Why does soaking in hot springs cause skin diseases? These patients have been soaked in hot springs for several days, and their skin has been soaked in hot water for a long time and constantly rubbed, thus washing off the sebum of the epidermis and making it lose its isolation and protection. Therefore, their skin becomes dry and itchy, and it is easy to cause rough skin, rash and even broken skin after scratching, which becomes folliculitis. The skin that has been soaked in spring water for the longest time is the most common victim. In addition, there are many patients with hot spring dermatitis caused by soaking in special springs.
Dermatologists point out that if a person's skin is usually fragile, or has eczema, atopic dermatitis and other problems, soaking in a hot spring pool with high temperature and strong acid will greatly increase the possibility of hot spring dermatosis.
Therefore, hot springs should pay attention to:
1, before soaking in hot springs:
Ask the service personnel about the water quality and pH value of hot springs. Hot springs that are too sour and too alkaline are best diluted with tap water. It is good that the water temperature is slightly higher than the body temperature; Before soaking in hot springs, your body is clean, so you don't need to rub it hard to avoid rubbing the sebum membrane.
common sense
☆ It is worth reminding that overheated hot springs will have an impact on male sperm quality and motility, so it is best for men of childbearing age not to soak for too long or soak in overheated spring water.
☆ Women spend too long in hot springs, which is easy to destroy the normal pH and beneficial bacteria ecology in the vagina, and the vagina is susceptible to infection and itching.
☆ Old people (over 80 years old) or infants should avoid soaking in hot springs, because they are not sensitive to water temperature and are easy to burn.
2. When soaking in hot springs:
Get up and rest every 15 minutes. Old people and people with dry or itchy skin in winter should not soak in hot springs for too long. Remember to drink water to replenish the water lost when the body temperature rises.
In the hot spring pool, remember to take good care of your face, so as to avoid steaming pores at high temperature for too long, producing a lot of free radicals, which is more prone to aging. You can apply a mask or wipe your face with a cold towel.
3. After soaking:
Some people think that leaving the ingredients in hot springs on your skin is good for your health, but it is not. Because if you encounter a hot spring with high concentration of sulfur or alkali, if you don't clean it or dry it, the concentration left on the skin after water evaporation may increase by dozens of times, which is very irritating to the skin. It is best to wash it with clear water again.
If you want to use cleaning products to wash your body again, don't use products containing soap, the water temperature is lower, and don't rub hard, dry your whole body. Especially the skin folds around the armpit, crotch, navel and limbs, and then moisturize the face and whole body with lotion to lock the skin moisture.