The Benefits of Salts from the Dead Sea
While we cannot make specific claims to any implied health benefit from using sea salts as a topical agent, there are some assumed benefits from using salt harvested from the Dead Sea, which has unique properties not found in any other salt:
- Dead Sea Water has approximately 30% salt concentration, compared to ocean water at 3%.
- Salts harvested from the Dead Sea have 9 times higher mineral concentration than any other sea salt in the world. The salts are rich in magnesium, potassium, calcium chloride, bromides, iron, manganese and sulphur.
- In regard to skin treatments, studies performed on Dead Sea Salt benefits include management and relief in skin conditions as psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema and general scaling, irritated skin.
It is thought that Dead Sea Salts have a positive impact as a therapeutic skin treatment because the mineral content helps to rebalance skin metabolism through:
- Improved circulation after natural salt granule exfoliation
- Calcium chloride aids water retention
- Sodium and sulphur acts as a natural antiseptic, allowing skin to heal
- Sodium also softens water which can soothe irritated skin
- The overall combination of salt minerals improves skin moisture balance