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Dead Sea Minerals
The Dead Sea is rich with minerals and thus has very healthy waters. All together the sea contains over 21 minerals which are proven to beautify the skin and keep it healthy and youthful. Even plants growing along the shores of the sea have a high concentration of vitamins, minerals and valuable oils which are used on dermatology cosmetics and medicine. The major minerals found in the Dead Sea are actually essential for the proper function of skin cells making for healthy, beautiful skin.
Mineral salts and mud of the Dead Sea have a unique healing and beautifying effect on the skin. By just soaking in the salty waters people with psoriasis and other skin problems experience relief of their skin problem. Dermatologists all over the world prescribe patients with Psoriasis or other skin disorders to take mineral baths in the Dead Sea. The mineral composition found in Dead Sea salt therefore is the unique blend for the beautifying and therapeutic effect on a skin. Dead Sea minerals are known to cure skin disorders through strengthening the skin tissues, maintaining the chemical balance of the skin, stimulating blood circulation and eliminating toxins from the skin.
List of Dead Sea Minerals (most important ones)
Magnesium - A therapeutic mineral, it helps the healing of skin tissue, acts as an antiallergenic agent on the skin, improves cell metabolism, stimulates protein synthesis and facilitates energy production
Bromine - Soothes your skin with anti-inflammatory properties, calms and relaxes muscles and calms skin nerves.
Iodine - improves functioning of the thyroid gland and helps the skin cells' metabolic exchanges.
Sulfur - Is a known therapeutic mineral. Contains certain essential vitamins and is a natural disinfectant and antibacterial agent- thus making it effective against acne. Has also been shown effective to help relieve symptoms of skin disorders such as Psoriasis and Eczema.
Potassium - is a key moisture regulator and helps preserve a neutral skin environment. Signs of potassium deficiency include abnormally dry skin and acne as well as flare ups of Psoriasis.
Calcium - is the building block for corrective tissue under the skin's surface and plays an important role in cell protection. Regulates cell membrane permeability (absorption and oil production) and normalizes skin cells' differentiation.
Sodium - this Dead Sea mineral improves the skin cells metabolism, relieves muscle cramps and stiffness while maintaining a neutral environment within skin cells.
Zinc - This mineral is important for natural regulation of cell growth and regeneration. Also facilitates cell renewal and stimulates collagen and elastin synthesis (renews skin). A great antioxidant this mineral is a free radicals scavenger. It also improves sebo-regulation (anti-acne properties), anti-inflammatory properties and is a natural UV rays blocker.
Strontium - has effective anti-itching properties, reduces the signs of irritant contact dermatitis (a common problem for those with sensitive skin who regularly use cosmetics)
Manganese - Well known for powerful antioxidant properties out of all minerals. It also increases skin microcirculation (which promotes better anti-aging effects) and improves the condition of connective tissues.
Lithium - this Dead Sea minerals increases the effectiveness of bath salt treatment for psoriasis.
Boron - replenishment of the Boron mineral helps to relieve the symptoms of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
In addition to these essential minerals; the salt, mud, and aromatic oils from the plants that grow around the Dead Sea, and even the effect that the amount of annual sunlight has on these ingredients, contribute to the raw materials that are used in the mineral skin care that we retail.
Other skin ailments such as arthritis, joint inflammations, muscle stiffness, itching skin and pain are also relieved when these minerals are used. Due to the high mineral content, regular Dead Sea salt baths can improve various chemical imbalances of the skin and body.