7 Medical Spa Treatments You MUST Try During the Winter Season

Here in the deep Florida south, we’re experiencing our chilly winter season. We know, we know, our lows are in the 60’s and we have nothing to complain about!

But believe it or not, even this slight dip into colder temperatures means our skin can feel the changes in the atmosphere. If you live where it snows or moves into freezing temperatures, you surely notice how the weather affects your skin. It’s drier, acne and rosacea can flare up, you may experience pale or dull skin, and any other skin problems you have may become worse.

So what’s the best way to protect your skin during the winter? And is it possible to even improve your skin’s condition?

In this article, we’ll discuss seven of the best spa treatments you can try during the winter to give the skin all over the body new life!

• Massage – A good massage isn’t just good for the body. It’s good for the soul. In the wintertime, your body’s circulation tends to slow down. When you’re cold, your body keeps more heat at your core to instinctively protect your vital organs. Unfortunately, your feet and hands tend to feel colder because of this. It also means your skin (the outermost part of your body) gets less blood supply, too.But a good massage helps improve circulation all over your body. A full body treatment brings fresh warm blood into your hands, feet, and everywhere in between, warming you up, and in turn, delivering oxygenated blood to your skin.Your skin benefits because your cells get a much-needed boost of oxygen and nutrients, and the results last for days after your treatment. Couple this with skin-hydrating and nourishing massage oils and lotions, and you’ll leave with soft, supple skin like you haven’t had since those last moments of summer.

• A Series of Slimming Body Wraps
  Of course, slimming down is on many people’s lists after the winter holiday season. That makes them a really great choice during the winter for those who want to reshape their body before beach season rolls around again.Body wraps help melt away and smooth cellulite using herbs that help detoxify the body. Your body will be massaged with serums and wrapped tightly to safely increase your core temperature. After several minutes, the wrap will be removed, the skin will be cleansed, and a firmer, tighter you will be revealed.Some extra benefits: You’ll feel warm during the treatment, something you may not have felt for a while. You’ll also get somewhat of a massage and exfoliation, helping to improve circulation and skin health while also removing dead skin cells.

• Floatation Therapy
  Take warmth and relaxation to a new level in our floatation therapy tank, a sensory deprivation tub full of skin-temperature water and Epsom salts. Epsom salts are going to help your body detoxify, something we need to do in the winter.For many of our clients, winter is a season when they drink a little more wine, eat a few more holiday desserts than necessary, and skip their gym sessions more often than they care to admit. And that’s 100% okay! But it also leaves our skin in need of some much-needed care. Here are ways an Epsom salt bath can benefit you:Softens the skin

Strengthens skin barrier for better hydration

Decreases muscle pain

Restores magnesium balance

Reduces stress

Improves mood

Increases relaxation

Improves quality of sleep

Promotes overall wellness

When you come for a floatation therapy session, you’ll be alone in what is essentially a large bathtub where you can float in low light, completely uninterrupted. Our clients love our floatation tub treatments for the benefits they offer. They are restful, rejuvenating and can reduce stress, depression, and anxiety.

• Infrared Sauna
  Have you ever heard of the skin being called, ‘The Third Kidney?’ The skin was given that nickname because it can eliminate large amounts of waste through our sweat glands (pores). An infrared sauna uses infrared waves to penetrate into our bodies and activate our sweat glands. The sweat glands are one of the tools that the body has at hand to eliminate toxins.An infrared sauna mimics the heat the sun produces in a safe way, causing no sunburns or sun damage of any kind. In fact, infrared saunas can actually help improve our skin’s condition.Infrared saunas cause your blood vessels to dilate. When this happens, blood circulation all over your body improves. It flushes out toxins in your skin so you have a more vibrant, less dull tone to your skin. One of the best things? It can help with skin aging.The light from the sauna can stimulate collagen and elastin production in your skin, leaving behind fewer wrinkles and a tightened appearance!

• Oxygen Facial
  If your skin’s in need of a pick-me-up, an Oxygen Facial will give you exactly what you’re looking for. Oxygen facials use the same kind of pure oxygen doctors use in hyperbaric chambers. Using a small wand with a tip on the end, your aesthetician feeds this pure oxygen directly into your skin.The results? Plumped, smoothed skin! Hydrated skin! Nourished, bright and glowing skin! It’s a truly remarkable treatment for those who suffer from dull, lifeless skin in the colder season.

• IV Vitamin Therapy
  IV Vitamin Therapy is an intravenous treatment delivered by medical staff that delivers a matrix of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids directly into the blood. This allows the matrix to be absorbed fully and quickly to give you a massive energy and health boost that you feel immediately.IV Vitamin Therapy is excellent in the winter because it’s a time when many of us eat higher carb, lower fruit and vegetable diets and we tend to feel more sluggish. An influx of vitamins through IV can have these (and many more) effects on the body:

Acne improvement / fewer breakouts

Collagen production improvements

Improved energy levels

Immune function improvement

Brighter skin tone

Fewer fine lines

Skin (and body) rehydration

Stronger immunity against flu and colds

Improved overall skin health

Stronger immune response against viruses

Improved sleep quality

You can have IV Therapy as often as you feel you need them. You’ll feel some effects right away, and the feeling and benefits will last for days or even weeks, depending on the IV cocktail you choose.

• Venus Legacy Skin Tightening
  Venus Legacy is a seemingly miraculous treatment from Venus Concept, a leader in the medical spa industry. Using proprietary technology, Venus Legacy helps address cellulite reduction, diet-resistant fat reduction, skin tightening, and even wrinkle reduction.Legacy uses Radio Frequency and PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic fields) to heat multiple tissue depths, stimulating fat breakdown and encouraging protein synthesis. This gives you a slimmer, sleeker, firmed body with no downtime and no pain. You can even go back to work after your treatment.This treatment works on diet-resistant fat and cellulite; that’s fat that won’t seem to go away no matter how much you exercise or diet. The treatment is usually most beneficial when you have about 15 lbs to lose to be at your target body weight. You can use Venus Legacy on your back, hips, butt, thighs, tummy, or even arms. It’s incredibly safe and has many built-in features to help your aesthetician customize the treatment just for you!

The wintertime can be difficult for your skin and for your overall health. But medical spas have many treatments that can improve your overall health and the health of your skin. From helping you slim down after the winter holidays to nourishing your skin so it’s vibrant and healthy, there’s a treatment at Solea that’s perfect for you!