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AROMATHERAPY is an ancient method of caring for the
body through the use of botanical oils, among the most commonly used
being rose, lemon, peppermint, and lavender. Added to a bath,
massaged into the skin, or inhaled, essential oils have been known
for more than a thousand year to be helpful in relieving pain,
fatigue and tension, and, in general, caring for the skin and
maintaining health.
Unlike other oils, essential oils are not greasy
and evaporate quickly while easily penetrating the skin.
Though the ancient Egyptians were aware of the
beneficial uses of fragrant oils in massage, medicine, and bathing,
it wasn’t until the 11th Century that the concept gained
awareness in Europe, where it was introduced by Crusaders returning
from the Middle East.
With the advent of pharmaceutical drugs in the
late 1800s and 1900s, the uses of essential oils waned in Europe.
However, popularity revived in the 1920s and 1930s due to the work
of French chemist Rene’-Maurice Gattfosse’, who
coined the term “aromatherapy”.
Despite what was becoming common usage in
Europe, the idea didn’t become widespread in the United
States until the late 1980s.
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Simply put, the uses of essential oils are based on the
fact that the odors we smell impact the way we feel.
Certain odors are known to directly affect brain activity,
since essential oils consist of small molecules that
penetrate the skin, passing directly into the blood system.
When added to the bath, massaged into the skin, or inhaled,
essential oils can relieve aches, fatigue, and stress.
Here at The Face Place, our specialists in the
applications of aromatherapy are carefully trained and experienced in the uses and blending of essential oils. Every
care is taken to eliminate the possibility, however remote,
of skin irritation or any minor adverse reaction.
We are dedicated to the prospect of using aromatherapy for
the purpose it was intended: to provide virtually immediate
relief to the commonplace adversities of our day-to-day
lives: tension, stress anxiety, fatigue, and, while it
won’t cure it, aromatherapy can even alleviate the
annoying symptoms of the common cold.
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