Well, I helped this lady jump her car the other day when I got out of work. She worked at the mall, and when I saw her again she was working. She was Isreali, and she showed me some of her skin care products. I told her I have psoriasis, and she told me that people used to go to the dead sea all the time for that. She offered me Dead Sea Minerals for 30 dollars, she said it would last me a year.
Now here are the questions.
Have you heard of such a thing?
If I used it, and it worked, would it be possible to replicate to a certain degree the Dead Sea in, say, my bathtub?
Well, one of the reasons it helps skin conditions is the lower altitude absorbs more of the sun’s rays, a feat which would not be replicable in your bathroom unless it’s indoors
Re: the chemical mix, it’s mostly Magnesium Chloride and Potassium Chloride with a high concentration of Bromine. Now all those are uncited in the Wiki link but I do remember the mention of MgCl and KCl in the PBS special on the Dead Sea. Don’t know if those are the chemicals that give it its supposed health effects, but isn’t Magnesium a common bath salt?
I do not know about replicating the Dead Sea in your bathtub but i see no reason why you couldn’t add various junk to the water till you got, in effect, Dead Sea water.
That said I am a huge fan of aloe vera gel. Go to your local pharmacy and pickup a tube. Go for the stuff that is like 99% aloe vera without scent and the like. Shouldn’t cost more than a few bucks. I’ve seen it clear up all sorts of skin issues. I cannot guarantee it will work but it’s simple enough and cheap enough to be worth a try I think.
As always a talk with your doctor is probably best.
