Face steaming

[Complete_In_Him]

This is a practice that I have found beneficial. Anyone do this and if so, what is your practice, benefit or enjoyment from it?

I do this in conjunction with green clay(powder I buy & mix with water, Mountain Rose Herb) mask and glycolic acid cream, monthly at night. Wash face, steam 10 minutes or so, then apply mask, let dry, rinse off, apply glycolic acid cream. Ten minutes or so later apply moisturizer, I use goat milk lotion, from the spirit goat, love their products.

I also do face steaming, salt scrub then use a mineral mud(from Salt of the earth) mask, whenever I feel like one, couple times a month wouldn't hurt. When I face steam, no matter what method, I do it at night.

Been doing this since I learned about face steaming in November, my pores are non-existent.

 

[JosephsDreams]

I did it many years ago, for maybe a month. I was a lot younger, so the effect was not as dramatic as if it would probably be if I did it now. I did not have the patience to keep doing it. But it did improve the appearance of my skin, and being that
I was prone to blackheads at the time, it was a big help in clearing them out.

There are so many different modalities regarding skin health, and pore size reduction, many of them valid.
I am of the school to go first with the cheaper and more conservative methods.
I think it is commendable you are using your own natural ingredients.
Diet and lifestyle, as I am sure you know, is a long term key to young looking and vibrant skin.

 

[blue_ladybug]

This is a practice that I have found beneficial. Anyone do this and if so, what is your practice, benefit or enjoyment from it?

I do this in conjunction with green clay(powder I buy & mix with water, Mountain Rose Herb) mask and glycolic acid cream, monthly at night. Wash face, steam 10 minutes or so, then apply mask, let dry, rinse off, apply glycolic acid cream. Ten minutes or so later apply moisturizer, I use goat milk lotion, from the spirit goat, love their products.

I also do face steaming, salt scrub then use a mineral mud(from Salt of the earth) mask, whenever I feel like one, couple times a month wouldn't hurt. When I face steam, no matter what method, I do it at night.

Been doing this since I learned about face steaming in November, my pores are non-existent.

Actually, they're still there. Pores are what lets your skin breathe, and release sweat. So they are NOT non-existent, they are just small enough to not be noticed so much.

 

[Mitspa]

What does it do for age spots?

 

[Complete_In_Him]

Thanks for the posts and opinions.

What does it do for age spots?

The face steaming itself, probably does nothing in and of itself, for age spots. But, the glycolic acid cream lightens them and the overall tone of sun damaged skin. I think, there is benefit from steaming, like softening the skin prior to application of glycolic acid cream, in respects to absorption.

 

[blue_ladybug]

What does it do for age spots?

Honey, if I can live with 'em, so can you.. lol Actually I've heard rubbing yogurt on age spots diminishes them.

 

[oldthennew]

steaming has more that just one benefit: I learned many years ago while heating my water
for tea, that if I put my face over the steaming water and inhaled deep within my lungs, that
not only did my pores open, thus releasing toxins, but the steam that I inhaled into my lungs
gave me an added bonus of exhaling additional toxins and I felt immediate benefits.....
what was in the 'tea-bags' was the key, and how they were cured.....

it's kind of like, you have to try it in order to feel it....we can reap many benefits from natural,
organic, un-irradiated....