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We all know the great benefits of taking ice baths as an athlete or just a person who does regular intense workouts. It helps reduce inflammation and soreness in your muscles, it can improve your immune system, and it can even help out with your mental health. But did you know ice baths can even improve the health of your skin? Well in this blog post, we will describe the many ways ice baths can improve this aspect of your body. Once people finish reading this blog, they will want to jump into their icetubs as soon as possible. Inflammation As mentioned before, ice baths are a great help to reduce inflammation. Think of an ice bath like an ice pack that wraps around your entire body. Inflammation doesn’t only cause pain and aches in your body, but it also can lead to bad skin problems such as acne and psoriasis. Ice baths reduce these issues. The freezing water helps ease the redness and puffiness of the skin. Blood flow Immersing your body in cold water can stimulate the flow of your blood faster through your body. The blood flow to the skin will nourish it with the oxygen and nutrients the blood carries. The increased blood flow encourages the skin to be healthy and radiant, giving the skin a nice glow. Skin tone What keeps our skin all firm and elastic, is the protein called collagen. Getting into an ice cold bath will improve your skin by stimulating the production of collagen in your body. By stimulating more collagen to be produced in your body, the appearance of fine lines and/or wrinkles will be reduced. This will help your skin stay healthy looking for a long time. Puffiness If you are worried about puffiness in your face or skin in general, ice baths will be a great help with this issue. Taking a plunge in ice cold water can help lessen any puffiness or swelling. You will be left looking and feeling more refreshed. This works because cold water constricts your blood vessels, which can in turn reduce the impression of any under eye bags as well as puffiness in the face. Tightens pores When submerging your body in cold water, the pores on your skin will tighten making them smaller. This will help make the appearance of pores lessen, making your skin look smoother. Not only is this a great advantage, but for people with an oily skin type, the tightening of pores will aid in controlling excess sebum production. With no excess sebum, there will be no ance breakouts.
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