What is Skin, and How are Dead Sea Minerals Beneficial for It?

I know my body’s covered in it, but what is Skin?

Skin is an organ. Most people tend to think of organs as the essential insides—the heart, the lungs, the liver, the kidneys—but, yes, skin is an organ, and it’s the largest one you’ve got!

Skin is part of the Integumentary system. This system also includes the hair, nails, sweat and oils. The Integumentary system has a very important job: it holds you together and serves as your barrier, your protector, your own personal army against germs, UV rays and other environmental hazards. In addition, it works with your nervous system so you are able to “feel”. Skin is your body’s “feeler” and reads sensations of hot and cold, smooth and rough and feels vibrations. In addition, your skin regulates your internal body temperature by not allowing heat to escape, and keeps your blood vessels open and flowing.

Skin thickness varies from person to person, but is thinnest at the eyelids and thickest on the palms and soles of the feet. It is made of three basic layers: the Epidermis, Dermis and Subcutis (Hypodermis). They break down as follows:

• Epidermis: The part you see; Dead skin pushes to the top surface and sloughs off; Serves as the incoming sensory system
• Dermis: Thickest layer; Stores water and houses blood and lymph vessels, fights infections; Home of hair follicles and sweat glands (up to 3 million sweat glands per person); location of Collagen and Elastin

• Hypodermis: Layers of fat, arteries and veins; Insulates body and Absorbs shock for organs

So, really, what does this all mean?

This means your skin is a very important part of your structural being, and that it must be properly maintained and cared for over your entire lifetime. The use of Dead Sea minerals helps to beautify and maintain youthful looking skin.

What is so special about Dead Sea minerals?

While less salt is a good thing in dietary terms, the more salt from the Dead Sea, the better!

The Dead Sea offers 26 essential minerals, 12 of which do not exist anywhere else in the world. The highly-concentrated salts and minerals from the Dead Sea have special healing and curative properties for all skin types because they are “hydroscopic”, meaning they attract water and therefore help to hydrate the skin and ultimately help skin retain naturally occurring minerals in the skin that deplete themselves throughout each day and over the course of a lifetime. Dead Sea minerals also do the following:

•                 -Increase intercellular communication
•                 -Nourish skin
•                 -Increase blood flow
•                 -Help skin retain moisture and reduce dryness and flakiness
•                 -Promote skin renewal by increasing division and growth of cells
•                 -Decrease inflammation and redness
•                 -Relax muscles                 
•                 -Promote faster wound healing
•                 -Help prevent and reduce inevitable signs of aging

ObeyYourBody® offers a full range of products from salts and muds to creams for the face and body that allow you to bring the benefits of the Dead Sea to the comfort of your home. Why wouldn’t you want to nourish, protect and beautify your skin—naturally?