Paraffin Dips - how to use?

[Only_Me]

Paraffin Dips - how to use?

I wish they made it without the soy in it. I was thinking of my aversion to soy for a number of reasons, wondering if applying it topically would equal "ingesting" it, and then my nutritionist confirmed that for me. "Don't put on the skin what you wouldn't eat" is still my mantra.

Considering the above comment:

You can use other oils besides the eco-fin wax. One of my therapists was having some hand pain so he put our ayurvedic muscle/bone/joint oil concentrate in the bag and on his hand and wrapped it all up in a mitt to give him some medicinal heat therapy. Versatile.

I wonder if I could come up with a more organic variation on the theme, using maybe a combo of jojoba and coconut oils and essential oils for scent/therapeutic benefits, and use the system that way?

Also, considering the comments about the mitts/booties not having the grains all around, but only on one side-- I wonder if I can get one of my creative sewing friends to help me develop something more suitable with better heating coverage?

Thanks for your assessment, Shiva. It helps tremendously!

 

[Jocelyn L]

Paraffin Dips - how to use?

Yes I have seen other herbal/grain booties and mitts that you warm in the microwave...
I used to work for a spa that did this - they did not have hot towel cabis.
I would heat them up in the micro while client was getting settled by the time I got around to the hand and foot treatment they were still warm.
Topical products can be absorbed through the skin in the epidermal layer...but as far as getting down into the dermis or blood-stream, I don't know. I can see the hesitancy - when I was using progestrone it was a topical. Probably depends on the substance, the molecule size, and the chemical properties.

I am loving the "flavors" too.
Shiva - thanks for coming back for a follow-up.

I have already added this on to a Spa Package promotion to be unveiled for Christmas gift certificate season - so I will be ordering this soon to get it on the regular menu. LOL - since winter is coming they will be backordered if I wait too long :grin:

 

[nannyjankins]

Paraffin Dips - how to use?

I love paraffin dips but have never done them in my practice - I just might have to look into it seriously now...

-The mitts and booties are kinda floppy. Whatever is in them (grains?herbs?) is only on one side of the mitt and only on the sole of the bootie. So you're not exactly WRAPPING your hand or foot with the heat.

Have you thought about wrapping the feet/hands in hot towels instead of the mitts/booties? I used to get pedicures where she would do a paraffin dip with a plastic baggie and then wrap it with a towel to retain the heat...worked really well.