Body wrap was a treatment where plastic wrap were wrapped tightly around the body in order to make weight loss. While it’s effectiveness debated, it’s popularity still popular to this day, although not quite as much popular as the new version of the slimming body wrap which is a wrap filled with creams, seaweed, lotions, mud and sometimes even algae and clay. Once a person has been covered with lotions or creams, they are wrapped for around 20 minutes and kept warm. After that, the product is rinsed off and lotion will be applied to the person. Sometimes it is referred as a body cocoon or a body mask.

The seaweed wraps are proposed as detoxification treatments that rid the body from toxins by stimulating metabolism. Body wraps that use creams and lotions are intended as hydrating treatments which help soften the skin and create general sense of relaxation. Usually, before the body wrap starts, the person will be exfoliated with a salt scrub or dry brushing and treated with a massage. All this effort will leave the individual relaxed and completely rejuvenated at the end of the session. The effectiveness of this body wraps cannot be argued, as those who have tried them are extremely satisfied.

Once it is complete, the product is left for around 20 minutes while the subject continues to keep warm. This is, of course, with the intention of sweating out the toxins. Once the time is up, the body mask comes off and the individual is unwrapped. For this reason, many body wraps take place in wet room, such as a shower room. Regardless of the particular process, the individual is completely washed down and rinsed off at the end of the session and there is generally some type of application of body lotion or cream to moisturize the skin and rejuvenate the body.

There are a few issues about the body wrap. The process can leave you feeling drained and exhausted. This is because the toxins are being taken out from your body. Along with the toxins will come a considerable amount of vitamins and minerals that your body needs. You have to make sure that you are completely up to date on all of your vitamins and minerals supplements in order to make sure that you will not left exhausted and worn out after the body wrap.