The title might sound a bit oxymoron but believe it or not the Dead Sea is the only living spa in the world and is another one of those fascinating gifts of nature.
The Dead Sea is famous for its mineral rich skin healing waters. The historical beauties, Queen Sheba and Cleopatra have visited the sea in order to bathe in its mineral rich waters. The minerals of this amazing sea sure give women their beauty boost as it has many beauty effects. They sure do wonders for people's hair, body and face.
The most amazing thing about the Dead Sea is its tendency to keep you afloat even when you don't know how to swim. The secret to its quality of never letting you drown is its high content of salt that makes it fit for anyone who does not know how to swim.
The therapeutic effects of the salty waters of this sea are many. Every year hundreds of tourist tend to visit this so called living spa to seek its spa like qualities. A bath in the Dead Sea improves the quality of life and tries to heal the skin from different ailments.
The beneficial effects of the Dead Sea's raw material on the skin and their unique therapeutic effects and its beautifying powers have been recognized for a long time. It is also referred as the sea of Salt and it lies at the lowest point on Earth and has greater solid content than any other body of water. As the atmospheric pressure of the sea is the highest on the planet and this great therapeutic and mineral rich combination makes the it unusually therapeutic.
You would also be quite surprised to know that the Dead Sea is known to contains 21 minerals including Sodium, Magnesium, Calcium, Bromine, Bitumen and Potassium. Twelve of these are found in no other sea or ocean and some are recognized for imparting a relaxed feeling, nourishing the skin, activating the circulatory systems and for easing rheumatic discomfort and metabolic disorders.