The effect of hardening in cold water

Deep breathing

Once under running cold water, or immerse yourself in it, a person starts to breathe very deeply. It is the outward manifestation of the body's attempt to cope with the stress of a sharp change in the environmental conditions as well as the increased need for oxygen required to maintain normal body temperature. When you take a cold shower, the airways revealed almost as much as during intense exercise. If you regularly tempers, the average consumption of oxygen your body will increase, and this will allow you, for example, less tired during the day, and better able to cope with physical activities.

Healthy skin and hair

It is well known that hot water dries the skin and hair. However, the cold water makes the hair shiny and skin - healthier. This is due to the fact that under the influence of low temperature skin pores are narrowed, and it helps to prevent the accumulation of fat in them and dirt. In addition, cold water helps remove toxins from the body. These toxins have a multifaceted impact on the health, including lead to premature aging of the skin Aging Skin: The three most common problems and their solutions . Finally, cold water helps to strengthen the hair cuticle, and thus themselves become healthier hair. It is believed that hardening may even prevent hair loss, but for those who have a predisposition to baldness, likely effect will be minimal.

Improving overall health and a burst of energy

There are many reasons why you should start regularly take a cold shower. In the ancient samurai every morning poured on the heads buckets of cold river water. It was a cleansing ritual on a spiritual level. They believed that the cold water cleans their spirits and helps to start really a new day. You can not share these beliefs, but a cold shower really gives strength and invigorates better than hot coffee. When you poured cold water, the heart starts to actively pump blood, and the remnants of sleep Dreams: how to understand our dreams   flies instantly. And yet - although studies have not confirmed this, many people argue that the hardening helps them to more efficiently cope with stress in everyday life.

Stimulation of hormones

Cold water stimulates the glands of the body, resulting in increased production of hormones. For example, the tempering can be very helpful to the reproductive system at a time when you are trying to conceive a child. The testes of men should not be too hot - which is why they are outside the body. When the temperature of the testicles becomes too high, the number of sperm is reduced. The experiments were conducted in the 1950s showed that the hot tub can be an effective means of contraception for men Contraception for Men - when a man takes responsibility . Men who for three weeks every other day taking a hot bath, in the next six months remained fruitless. In one recent study, men every week for 30 minutes, take a hot bath or go to the sauna. After the experiment, the number of sperm and subjects has increased by 491%, and sperm motility also improved. It did not produce hardening as strong effect, but it may increase the chances of successful conception. Moreover, it was found that regular cold shower helps regulate the endocrine system - including adrenal and thyroid glands.

How to start

It is recommended to gradually decrease the water temperature. If you are used to take a hot shower, and take a cold morning, it will be too much stress How to beat stress? Create an oasis   for the organism. Most likely, you will come to the conclusion that the hardening is not for you, and do not dare to repeat the experiment. Therefore it is better to go step by step out of your comfort zone, and do not do anything that your body would be too unpleasant. One can try to include cold water for 30 seconds and then in hot water to get warm. Listen to yourself, and gradually you will find exactly the right way for you to hardening. Of course, there is a possibility that this procedure you absolutely do not like it, but it may very well be that your personal fountain of youth is in your shower.

The new procedure for the treatment of hyperhidrosis

New research shows that ultrasound therapy can reduce sweating in the armpits about 80%. Researchers used ultrasound to microfocus impact on the sweat glands in men 14 women aged 18 to 75 years. All of them suffered from hyperhidrosis - disorder in which a person produces more sweat than is needed to cool the body.

The findings suggest that ultrasound therapy is a safe and effective way to treat hyperhidrosis. Its principle of operation is that it heats and destroys disposed underarm sweat glands. The study was extensive enough to draw definitive conclusions, but the currently available information looks promising.

Excessive sweating

About 3% of people on the planet suffers from excessive sweating, or hyperhidrosis. Doctors diagnose hyperhidrosis using samples Minor, also known as iodine-starch test. On the skin, which is particularly intense sweating, put a solution of iodine. When it dries, starch is sprinkled there. People with hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis - it is better to determine the cause   the starch becomes purple hue.

Study details

Participated in the study, patients were twice as ultrasound therapy, with an interval of 28 days between sessions. One axilla researchers exposed the present ultrasound, and the second was used "bogus treatments" that looked exactly the same (that is, in fact, a placebo). To assess sweating using standard methods including iodine-starch test. After two sessions of therapy in all 14 subjects noted improvement. Two months after the second procedure sweating in patients decreased on average 80%. Sweating in the armpits exposed dummy treatment, has not changed.

Some of the subjects noted a temporary reddening of the skin, numbness, increased sensitivity and bruising.

The procedure lasts 40 minutes - 20 minutes for each armpit. Now consider the possibility of using ultrasound therapy for the treatment of hyperhidrosis of hands.

Botox can help to cope with sweating

Botox may be best known as a remedy for wrinkles, but recently scientists have discovered that it can also be used to combat excessive sweating Excessive sweating - affordable treatment . They were using Botox for treating hyperhidrosis have twenty-three woman who since childhood has suffered from excessive sweating in the right armpit and the back of the right hand. Over the years, episodes of sweating became more frequent, and brought more trouble. At times, with her hands is literally dripping sweat, preventing normal work. In previous years, she unsuccessfully tried a variety of methods of treatment - is it for six months did not do Botox injections in those places that sweat the most.

After that, excess sweating stopped. The patient was well tolerated treatment, her quality of life improved significantly.

Botox contains butilintoksin that temporarily blocks the production of acetylcholine - a substance that stimulates the sweat glands. It helps with hyperhidrosis, which can not cope with the help of anti-perspirant, although it provides only a temporary effect. We must remember that Botox - formulating agent that can assign and use a doctor.