Skin
We can surely say that sauna removes the impurities from the skin pores and keeps a bather’s skin soft and supple. Furthermore, combining sauna bathing and brushing with a rough brush removes the dried skin cells accumulated in the epiderm. In one word, sauna and other sweat baths significantly increase the freshness and the cleanness of our skin. This dimension of skin care through sauna bathing can be best described by the words of Ilmari Kianto in his novel The Red Line: “There in the gentle löyly, the wrinkles on her face smoothed away, and the deep-blue shadows under her eyes gave way to a healthy color. It was as if the heat had also melted away the darkness of her soul...“
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