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Hi all - my colonics therapist told me about this and she used a term for it that I just cannot remember... it's where you get wrapped up and the wraps draw out toxins and water leading to weight loss. Apparantly very good. Can anyone remember the technical name for it? Or had experiences with it? Thanks!

Hi Peebs. Is it called 'mud wrap'? If so there is a place here in Sydney www.milkdayspa.com (http://www.milkdayspa.com) who does them. You could call and ask for more information.

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Body wrap is the tecnical name :)   Any water loss is totally temporary, it's just sweat. Unless you are after something to slim down a particular area (usually arms or thighs) for a particular event, it's probably not worth focussing on the cetimetres lost, they will return pretty quickly, not quite as fast as when you drink the next glass of water, but it's not a long term solution.  For the dramatic centimetre reducing option, you get wrapped up in long elastic bandages like a mummy - I'm not aware of any place offering that style in Australia (it's quite common in America, there probably is somewhere doing it in Australia, just it's not the usual body wrap)

The usualy body wrap is you get covered in gunk and wrapped in plastic to cook for a while. You will sweat wrapped in plastic, so there are some toxins/water coming out.  What the gunk is depends on what you are after - seaweed will do a detox, makes you go to the bathroom a lot, makes you lethargic afterwards, but feel good the next day IF you drink lots of water.  Clays & muds will remineralise you, and draw out some toxins if it dries out, though they usually don't dry out, because you are sweating, active clays will be quite invigorating, other clays/muds, depends on the type. The gunk can be alowe vera for a sunburn wrap, some hydrating cream to de-winterise your skin (bannanas are good, but any hydrating cream can work)
Herbal Linen wraps another kind, again  not common in AUstralia, because they are a pain to do, they're very traditional European spa, sheets (linens) are soaked in a very hot herbal tea solution and then you are wrapped in the sheets (no gunk applied, it's all what the sheets are soaked in that is doing the work), makes you sweat, as you cool down you absorb the tea solution and reabsorb some of your sweat so the skin becomes super hydrated.

Paraffin body wraps are another option - you get covered in hot paraffin wax, if forms a seal, you sweat, toxins come out, sweat comes out.  You can have gunk applied between the skin and the paraffin that will be absorbed after you stop sweating.

And the latest high tech options are things like FIR wraps - Far Infra Red flexible panels are velcroed around you and switched on, results are the same as being in a FIR detox box/sauna.

I could go on, there are more, but this basically covers it.

They're not too difficult to do, and can be fun.  Get a blanket covered with a plastic sheet (drop sheets from the hardware store are good) with a very wide large piece of muslin over the plastic, all large enough to wrap around you securely, get some green clay make up a mud, slather yourself in the mud, lie in the middle of the blanket/plastic/muslin, throw one side over, then flick the other side over, (or easier, get someone else to tuck you in) and relax. 20min later go have a shower. You can use aloe vera instead of the clay, or a hot oil mix with essential oils or whatever.  What you're paying for at the day spa is someone to apply the gunk and wrap you securely, dim the lights, adjust the volume of the soothing music,  maybe give you a face/scalp massage (if your head is not wrapped), unwrap you, remove the gunk, then usually you add a massage.........  Some spas will have the vichy shower so you don't even have to stand up to wash the gunk off, or they will use hot towels to remove the gunk.  OK, maybe the spa option is sounding better than wrap yourself.....

Thanks for that great info, melb!!! Very helpful.

It was something different actually - endermologie - here is the info:
http://www.endermologie.com.au/

Body wraps I have done before and yes,aware the weight loss is water! However,that's what I want it for as retain a LOT of water!!! I am doing a series of ten infrared body wraps over the next four weeks... combined of course with 811 diet and exercise.
will look into endermologie whn I get back from London... it is a bit more expensive than the body wraps I'm doing but might be worth a try.

Endermologie is so 2 years ago!!! last year it was Velasmooth which is basically endermologie and FIR at the same time. And this year it is Lippomassage, brought to you by the Endermologie people, which is Endermologie with exercise at the same time, they had to do something to counteract all the Velasmooth results....

Endermologie is so passe it's become a home treatment with the Wellness Box, as seen on TVSN!

Endermologie does not draw out toxins or water. They all use suction, basically just to pull the skin up, which causes it to swell up and look smoother, looks smoother people don't see dimples, therefore they think it helps cellulite.   Either option really only works for someone fairly slim with stubborn fat deposits, it can help loosen it up and spread it around more evenly (the sculpting they refer to)  (the Velasmooth website openly says BMI 20-30%, the other sites don't mention it, but I know one owner of an Endermologie machine that said the best results were on skinny people)
These machines cost between $500-$2000 per week for the clinic (depending on their how much they are paying off, the $500 per week is just for the annual maintenance, the rest is paying for the machine) so they really need customers to use them.

If you're doing the FIR wraps already, I'd recommend try manual lyphatic drainage massage (MLD) possibly combined with seaweed wraps, though they can be a bit hard to find these days since they stinks, lots of places have moved on to the less smelly mud/clay wrap options, which smell better and don't have the lethargic after effect.   IF MLD doesn't work, try endermologie, but fluid reduction is not what it is known for.   

Another option would be a really good LaStone therapist for stone massage, but be warned, for fluid it must include cold stones, which does not make it a nice relaxing spa fluff treatment. Most hot stone people don't work with cold stones, LaStone is the main style that does, and only a very good LaStone therapist would be really good with the cold stones.

Have you tried the do it yourself dry body brushing?

I have done an infra red wrap which left my skin glowing and i only did one wrap to try it. So on the losing weight side of things cant giv eyou much detail except that i did sweat alot and it makes your heart race.