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Body wraps can help tone and tighten skin, improve blood circulation, detoxify body and help mobilize fat so it can be eliminated from body naturally. You do not need any special equipment other than a mixing bowl, heating pot and wrapping sheets like thin towels.
Body wraps work in two stages: absorption and squeezing (compaction). In absorption stage you apply a substance on your body by "wraps". Once pores of skin are opened, fluids are "extracted" or "absorbed" by substance and bandage.
There are several absorbents: sea clay, seaweed, herbal, mineral and aloe vera. The effect of wrap is determined by ingredients used.
Squeezing is simply compacting tissues together after "interstitial fluid" has been extracted. Once fluids have been extracted, there are empty "pockets" between cells. So if somehow we can squeeze them closer together, end result should be a thinner and leaner looking body. The body bandages and wraps squeeze body part and squeezing together empty "pockets".
