Naturally Unearthly? 5 Alternatives for Skin Care
June 29th, 2009Change is the essential premise to both history and the skin’s natural aging cycle. One of the anchor points in human existence however, is the concern for premature skin aging and overall health condition. It isn’t absurd then, that in an age affected to capricious technological makeovers, the most atypical and novel skin care solutions stem from the organic traditions.
Among robust traditions, the trendy Uguisu no Fun - Japanese for ‘powdered bird droppings’ - is one such natural skin care treatment. This highly unusual approach was once a tightly kept secret of 18th-Century Kabuki actors and Geishas to deal with skin makeup heavily laced with lead and zinc Apart from their excellent makeup-removal status, eventually, Nightingale droppings began to be highly valued as glowing skin and tissue-restoration enhancers.
Czechs, Germans and Austrians have come up with their own take on wacky solutions for skin care: Bohemian Beer Spa treatments have been so successful that you can find it spilled all over the place. The reasons for this hype are claimed by spa owners to be thorough skin cleansing and nourishing properties, supposedly provided beer’s reputed high content of essential B-complex vitamins and yeast hops.
The people of Tyrol, in the European Alps, have developed a more humble solution this matter. Hay Sweat Bathing is another spa-related treatment, and as such it has gained popularity as a stress-relieving aid among wealthy tourists. The benefits of this tradition were established by the correlation between the local farmers’ general endurance and the hay they carried on their backs, which is pretty ironical considering the treatment’s present-day position.
Conventional wisdom does not limit itself to the above examples. One of the most unsettling and culturally nuanced treatments yet, placenta-based cosmetics are worn to fight off wrinkles, reduce the appearance of aging and moisturize the skin. Currently, a constant stream of vegetal, bovine and human placenta is derived for the avid cosmetics industry - all this on the account of the controverted organ’s bio-stimulating properties.
Among bizarre healthy skin solutions, snail wrinkle-smoothing serums are the most down-to-earth.
Escargot secretions have been recently exposed as wonderful supplements for a responsible skin care habit, which shows that their worth goes beyond the delicacies of French cuisine. Dermatological studies have sensibly shown how snail slime - specifically in its facial serum and care-cream form - can help to prevent premature skin aging.
Boasted by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, the benefits of snail natural skin care creams are not only restricted to anti-aging behavior; their skin regenerative and antioxidant properties are now being accounted for the treatment of keloid scars, sunburns, age spots, facial blemishes and sagging skin.
In the age of free radicals and pollution, when dermatological concern is not only limited to women’s skin care and anti aging skin treatments, the finest solutions are to be found perhaps in the least conceivable places. Being snail-derived, Bioskinrejuvenation extract may well properly be a supreme natural care product to aid in skin rejuvenation and the prevention of premature aging.
- Samira Al Romaith