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For most people, showering is part of their daily hygiene routine. The warm water seems to make all the little problems of everyday life disappear, leaving you with a feeling of cleanliness and simply "being". A shower can do much more, too: you can use that jet of water specifically to boost your health. It strengthens your immune system and stimulates your blood supply, so that you feel fitter, and your skin is tauter and looks younger. We can show you how this works.
Invigorating contrast showers
The key to good health and tauter skin: contrast showers. Try switching between hot and cold water as you shower. Admittedly, turning on the cold water is a challenge, especially during your warm, comforting morning shower, but it's worth it: contrast showers are invigorating, improve your circulation, strengthen your heart, improve your performance and boost your body's natural defences. Your tissues become tauter, helping your skin to retain its youthful beauty. Initially, that first jet of cold water will perhaps be a bit of a shock and make you gasp, but after your contrast shower you will be rewarded with a feeling of inexplicable vitality and strength. The very best way to start the day.
Here's the best way to use alternating water temperature: start with hot water. Enjoy the warmth for a few minutes and really warm your body up. That's the easy bit. Then change to cold water for one minute. Beginners are allowed to use lukewarm water. Start by turning the cool water on your limbs. First spray your legs, one at a time from your foot all the way up, and then your arms from your hand to your shoulder. Then rinse off your stomach, chest, neck, back and face with the cold water. Now you have completed the first cycle and can enjoy the warm water again until your body has warmed up. Then repeat the procedure with the cold water and finish your shower with cold water.
Stimulating massage
Our second tip for wellbeing and beauty is massage. Many showers nowadays incorporate back jets. That's a real bonus for your health. The pressure, going from gentle to quite powerful, and combined with wonderful warmth, releases tension in your neck and back. By using a handheld spray, you can target specific areas that are painful or cramped. Massaging with a special brush not only loosens tense areas of your body but increases your overall physical wellbeing. The brushing stimulates the blood supply to the skin and helps it with removing toxins. Dead skin cells are easily removed. Massaging warms the skin, making it silky soft.
So here's how to do it. Because a massage is very invigorating, you should do it in the morning. Use a soft brush with natural bristles or a sisal massage mitt to massage your whole body before or during your shower. Start with your legs. Use long stroking movements and gentle pressure to massage both legs from the foot right up to the top, followed by your arms. It's best to use circular movements to massage your stomach, bottom and chest. Make sure that you always stroke towards your heart. Be sensitive in handling your body: don’t apply too much pressure but massage gently yet firmly.
In what way is showering good for our health?
Warm showers and contrast showers have a noticeable effect on our body and our mood:
• You can feel how the hot water releases tense muscles.
• Showering puts less strain on your circulation than taking a bath.
• Contrast showers stimulate the circulation, strengthen the immune system and make skin tauter.
• Massaging with brushes or special massage mitts activates the blood supply and the body's natural detoxing process and removes dead skin cells.
• You will feel fresh and invigorated.
Does showering help reduce stress?
Showering is part of our daily feel-good routines. As well as being a time for washing and caring for your body, an enjoyable shower in the morning can be a time when you can concentrate entirely on yourself. It is the ideal way to start the day feeling calmer, and do yourself some good first thing in the morning. Then you are well-prepared to cope with the stress and hurly-burly.
What temperature should the shower water be? How long should one stay in the shower?
A temperature of 37 to 38 degrees is perfect for a shower. Water that is too hot attacks the skin's natural protective layer. Staying in the shower too long also dries the skin. So a shower should last no more than five minutes.
What kind of skincare products would you recommend?
Especially if you have dry or sensitive skin, you should not put the naturally acidic protective layer of your skin under additional strain by using aggressive skincare products. Even the best product is not as good as your skin's natural protective layer. Make sure that shower gel has a pH value between 7 (neutral) and 5 (acidic). Shower oils and creams are also highly recommended. For example, you should only use shower gel under your armpits or on your feet, i.e. on parts of your body that need cleaning because of sweat or dirt. For the rest of your body, cleaning with water is quite sufficient.
Wellness Tips
Properly selected shower gel lets to cleanse your skin during showering, without causing dryness. The physiological balance of the skin guarantees its healthy appearance and smooth and soft surface. Simple operation, which is the washing of the skin in the shower can also be a moment of rest and relaxation, or act refreshing and energizing, thanks to aromatic extracts, such as lemongrass extract, cucumber, green tea, grapefruit and ginger.
