Anatomy & Skin Science
This is the largest organ of the human body, which body treatments aim to detoxify, hydrate, and renew.
What is the skin (integumentary system)?
This rich, mineral-thick wrap type utilizes ocean ingredients like kelp and algae to remineralize the skin.
What is a seaweed (or algotherapy) wrap?
This popular mechanical exfoliant uses coarse grains like sea salt or sugar mixed with essential oils.
What is a body scrub (or glow)?
This multi-head horizontal shower bar allows a client to receive a water massage while lying down on a wet table.
What is a Vichy shower?
Because heat and heavy wrapping increase core temperature, this trimester of pregnancy is a strict contraindication for full-body thermal wraps.
What is any trimester (or all of pregnancy)?
Body treatments often stimulate this system to help eliminate toxins and reduce fluid retention.
What is the lymphatic system?
Often called "pelotherapy," this type of wrap uses mineral-rich earth to draw out impurities and deeply cleanse the pores.
What is a mud (or clay) wrap?
To avoid irritating a client who has just shaved or has ultra-sensitive skin, an esthetician should substitute a harsh salt scrub with this gentler option.
What is a sugar scrub?
Derived from the Greek word for "sea," this branch of hydrotherapy uses seawater, sea mud, and marine algae for therapeutic benefits.
What is thalassotherapy?
Clients allergic to fish or shellfish should absolutely avoid body wraps containing this common marine ingredient.
What is seaweed (or algae)?
This term describes the bumpy skin appearance caused by fat deposits tugging on connective tissue bands, often targeted by firming wraps.
What is cellulite?
This type of wrap involves melting a warm, waxy substance over the body to deeply hydrate dry skin through occlusion.
What is a paraffin wrap?
This dry, pre-treatment technique uses a natural-bristle brush in circular motions to remove dead skin and kickstart circulation.
What is dry body brushing?
This hydrotherapy fixture is a deep tub where the client is submerged in water featuring high-pressure jets to relax muscles.
What is a hydrotherapy tub (or jacuzzi/whirlpool)?
Clients taking this standard blood-thinning medication or those with high blood pressure should avoid intense heat treatments.
What are anticoagulants?
This process, heavily triggered by thermal body wraps, allows ingredients to pass through the epidermis via the hair follicles and sebaceous glands.
What is transdermal absorption?
These wraps do not use blankets or plastics; instead, they use compressed elastic bandages soaked in an herbal or mineral solution to temporarily sculpt the body.
What is a compression (or contour) wrap?
This is the primary reason mechanical exfoliation is performed before applying a corrective body mask or wrap.
What is to increase product penetration/absorption?
This device utilizes a hand-held hose to spray a high-pressure stream of warm water at a standing client from a distance.
What is a Scotch hose?
This psychological condition makes a client an unsafe candidate for tightly enclosed body wraps or compression bandages.
What is claustrophobia?
Sweating during a thermal treatment causes vasodilation. This is the physiological term for what happens to the blood vessels.
What is widening or expanding?
When wrapping a client for detoxification or relaxation, the compression sheets or plastic should always be applied in this specific direction to assist venous blood flow.
What is from the ankles upward (toward the heart)?
This is the specific term for a body scrub made from finely ground walnut shells, apricot kernels, or pumice.
What is a granular exfoliant?
This advanced body treatment tech uses a vacuum-suction massage tool to deeply manipulate the skin and subdermal tissue to temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite.
What is endermologie (or mechanical subdermal massage)?
If a client presents with loss of sensation due to diabetic neuropathy, the esthetician must strictly avoid this element of a body wrap.
What is heat (or thermal treatments)?