Feeling good about oneself is not just about being beautiful on the outside. Beauty comes from health and wellbeing, which starts from within.

Modern people have numerous temptations to stray from nature in their search for food and external stimuli to make them feel good. We eat different kinds of prepared foods which have additives and preservatives, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, take oral contraceptives, and so on.

Unfortunately, a lot of us take our health for granted–until we get sick.

When a person drinks alcohol, or eats foods with preservatives/additives, drink too much alcohol, etc. toxins are taken into the body. Toxins are considered as chemicals, but the body has its own natural way of detoxifying, thanks to such organs as the liver and kidneys and skin, and through the bodily processes of elimination and excretion.

But all these factors taken together can cause toxins to pile up faster than the body can purify them. In the long run, these toxins can build up inside your body.

The body’s natural way of detoxifying these toxins will not be enough, and so it becomes inefficient, and illness can set in. That is why you will need to aid the detoxification process. Otherwise, you will soon acquire hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and insufficient metabolism.

If you experience symptoms like lethargy, allergies, occasional pains, and dull skin, then most likely you need a body detox.

The skin is the largest organ in the body. There are over one thousand skin-related diseases. Your skin takes a beating externally all the time to protect you internally. Internal detox has been covered in other articles, and definitely benefits your skin.

But now you can also detox externally.

Body wraps are now offered for people who want to undergo the detoxification process. Body wraps are specially-formulated to draw out all the toxins in the body.

Many detox body wraps are made from sea clay, which acts as a huge poultice. The clay draws out the toxins, compressing the soft skin tissues which regain the skin’s elasticity. You can expect clean, clear, fresh-feeling skin, and a muscle base that is firmer and smoother.

Seaweed is another common ingredient, as is mud, usually clay-based. Salt and sugar based scrubs can also work if used as a body mask and left on for a period of time. Epsom salts, put into your bath water, has been used since Roman times to open the pores and detox.