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After reading about the PEM, I wanted to see if 30 min. Might Mitigate the effects. And it has, but now my skin is insanely itchy. I tried copper, but Nothing! Any advice?
After reading about the PEM, I wanted to see if 30 min. Might Mitigate the effects. And it has, but now my skin is insanely itchy. I tried copper, but Nothing! Any advice?
IMO, 30 minutes is way too long to do a sauna, especially if it's your first one and you have CFS. When I did saunas regularly, I usually limited myself to 20 minutes. The owner of the spa I went to said he learned that 10 minutes worked better for him.
He felt the "sweating effect" is often over emphasized, and that shorter (and cooler to the body) saunas were more effective for detoxification than longer ones. --- I don't know however, whether a shorter sauna would have had a different effect on your skin or not.