Interesting IR sauna background material on your site which I havn’t seen elswere.

I want you to know that I have been living in Finland for 20 years. My 1st time user impression of the Finnish sauna was that it was quite uncomfortable to use but I quickly got use to the tempratures used and found that my general skin condition improved dramatically - almost all my acney problems dissapeared within the first month of use and have rarley returned. I like the ‘good sweat’ as it really does clean the body much more than the ‘English bath’ does. (after all, do you think you really get clean skin when you sit in a tub of your own dirt) ?

Last weekend I had my first sauna session using a IR sauna. Yes, the same sweating occured and I stayed in the sauna longer than our Finnish sauna (in our home). I noticed the same evening that my skin had a nice red glow to it which looked as though I had sat in the sun for many hours, but I didn’t feel burnt. My skin felt smoother and not so dry than after the Finnish sauna. I could really feel my increase heart rate and I didn’t feel tired after a 20 min sauna session.
After the IR sauna I had a swim. I managed to swim at least 5 mins longer than normally, so getting a better excersise session.

We are considering installing an IR sauna in our home too, alongside our normal Finnish sauna which we use normally twice/week.

Jerry,
Finland