Dry Skin Brushing Station

Since my knee is still messed up Russ thought it would be a good time to send me to the spa for a little pampering. He is really a thoughtful husband who has hardly complained about my screwing up his hiking plans. So I went kicking and screaming, well only one leg could kick to the spa. I enjoyed the whirl pool and the sauna before I had a decedent hour and a half massage.

I opted for a hot and cold stone number with the cold stones going to the sore muscle parts. Part of the treatment included something I had never experienced before, dry skin brushing. Of all the new age mojo out there this is the newest. The masseuse told me that it was supposed to improve my lymphatic system by increasing the circulation to the skin, encouraging my body to discharge metabolic waste and eliminate toxins. Lord knows I’m full of metabolic waste, but we just called it by another name. Dry skin brushing also helps your skin to breathe by removing dead skin cells, and opening clogged pores she went on to say.

Apparently you should slough off a pound of dead skin per day. Huh, I’ve been trying to lose weight from the inside out and apparently I could be doing it faster if I just scraped it off me. I was given the brush she used on me and I am going to start brushing at every available moment. My masseuse told me in all seriousness to brush in small strokes starting at my feet and hands and brush towards my heart. She never got the joke when I asked if it mattered if I had my arms up in the air brush down or by my side brushing up. Apparently there is no joking in the dry skin brushing community.

True to all beauty hoaxes dry skin brushing also claims to remove cellulite. As the whole world knows, if you want to sell any snake oil you claim it cures cellulite. My girl said I was a good dry skin brushing candidate since I had a lot of fluid in my legs. I told her that my fluid was in the form of fat, and yes, thank you I already knew I had fat legs.

I need to take some measurements of my thighs and if I can brush hard enough to shrink them down an inch or two I will start a dry skin brushing station at my house where you can stop by and purchase your own brush and be instructed in this major medical break through. Results will be coming so start saving your pennies.