Saunas and FasciaBlasting For Beauty

Stimulate Collagen and Elastin Naturally

To understand how to harness collagen and elastin for our beautiful skin, let’s understand that they are two essential proteins that play crucial roles in maintaining the structure, strength, and elasticity of the skin. Here’s how each supports the skin:

OK, we get it… Collagen and elastin help us have our 20-year-old skin.
So, what’s the best way to produce these naturally?

My top two picks are FasciaBlasting and Saunas. And these are my top two picks for good reason. They are the most scientifically proven methods, and they are totally noninvasive and natural.

There are other ways to produce collagen production, like chemical peels or other procedures, but these damage the tissue to create the result. Or collagen supplements, which have to penetrate the microbiome to be absorbed. So if you really want gorgeous skin all over your body… Hop in the sauna and blast away. Here’s what is happening at a cellular level.

FasciaBlasting has already been proven in peer-reviewed and published science to regenerate fascia tissue. In the science world, it’s called fascia remodeling, but remember, collagen fibers and fascia fibers are the same thing. Check out the ultrasounds from the study (1) on FasciaBlasting, where you can clearly see the “white stuff” reverse aging and return to smooth, hydrated, and new collagen fibers.

We believe that FasciaBlasting works to regenerate the skin and the deeper tissues below because in order to regenerate fascia, you need to apply mechanical pressure, stretch, and shear ⁽⁴⁾, which is exactly what FasciaBlasting does.

These mechanisms have already been proven to set off cell proliferation of native collagen. And with over 2 million users, we’ve seen incredible results of what this looks like on the outside.

Fascia Blasting alone is a great way to have gorgeous native fascia and beautiful skin, and you can accelerate the process with the addition of a sauna. Now, I have recommended heating and FasciaBlasting for decades, but it’s not just the heat. Heat naturally softens fascia tissue, making treatments easier and more pleasurable. Still, new research shows that “the right sauna” with near infrared, visible red light at specific frequencies and the right infrared heat technology stimulates collagen and elastin production. Like FasciaBlasting, infrared saunas also stimulate stem cell production. ⁽²⁾ Infrared has been shown to move stem cells from marrow to aid in soft tissue repair like fascia and 👏 whoop whoop, skin!

This is science-backed beauty that feels almost too good to be true. Photobiomodulation, also known as light therapy, harnesses the power of invisible near infrared wavelengths (700 to 1,200 nanometers (nm)) and visible red light (620-750 nm) to energize your cells, including stimulating collagen and elastin. ⁽²⁾ Research confirms that these specific light frequencies have distinct benefits. Near infrared, especially at the ideal 880 nm, penetrates the skin most effectively. When applied to your skin, fibroblast cells soak up this light, kicking collagen and elastin production into high gear. Combine that with visible red light at 660 nm, and you've got a powerhouse duo. Over time, this dynamic combination results in thicker, younger-looking skin, diminished lines, faded scars, and overall skin rejuvenation, promoting cell health and tissue growth. ⁽³⁾

FasciaBlasting in a Sauna

The latest science of Longevity

When the longevity story is eventually told, “I believe combining these two practices will be as important, if not more important, than nutrition and exercise.”

Adding the sauna is amazing for the actual act of FasciaBlasting. Fascia responds so well to heat. It melts the tissue like butter, allowing you to blast deep into the muscles. Using heat to increase the effectiveness of the FasciaBlaster is all about enhancing blood flow and tissue flexibility. By raising the temperature of your skin and soft tissues, vasodilation occurs, boosting blood circulation. This increase in blood flow enhances oxygen uptake and accelerates tissue healing. Heat also makes tissues more extensible, which helps in breaking down fascial adhesions more effectively.

Applying heat through methods like hot packs, saunas, or infrared light energy before using the FasciaBlaster can warm up both superficial and deeper tissues. This not only prepares the fascia for more efficient manipulation but also helps in pain relief by stimulating heat-sensitive calcium channels, which can reduce pain signals. ⁽⁸⁾

Heat exposure induces protective responses that promote cardiovascular health, such as increased heart rate, decreases in blood pressure, and improved blood flow. These mechanisms contribute to muscle mass maintenance and prevent muscle loss that can occur with aging. Studies also showed sauna use four to seven times a week lowered risk 66% of developing dementia compared to those who used saunas once per week. Proposed mechanisms for improved brain health in response to sauna include heat exposure and the subsequent cardiovascular response, increasing the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), an important factor supporting the development of new neurons in the brain, and increased blood flow to the brain. Heat shock proteins also protect against brain disease.

Check out the recent anti-aging research below, sorted by 5 impactful categories!

Every cell in our body is powered by the chemical energy produced by mitochondria called "ATP." Mitochondria love infrared light and are designed to absorb the energy from light waves, like a car fuels up at the gas station.

Muscle cells can contain hundreds or thousands of mitochondria, depending on the cell's energy needs. Mitochondria produce ATP, the energy that powers every cell. They absorb infrared light like a car fuels up at a gas station. Muscle cells can have thousands of mitochondria, while skin cells have fewer. Since the body can't store ATP, mitochondria must work continuously. Infrared light boosts their function, ensuring cells have enough energy. This is why using infrared before a FasciaBlaster session can enhance results by energizing your cells and improving muscle and tissue health. ⁽⁹⁾

Get that junk out!!!

Natural detoxification from the inside out

This is where FasciaBlasting and Saunas really go together so beautifully. In my blog and free 30-day program, The Great Reset, I went to great links to help my users understand the amount of chemicals that modern life can dump into our bodies, and I gave many strategies on how to get them out. Everyone seems to be focused on the lymphatic system, but the lymphatic system is so intertwined with the liquid fascia system that some now consider it to be one and the same. ⁽⁶⁾ The fascia is one giant system that houses all the liquid systems, like blood, and the structural systems, like our liver, so restoring the fascia system could be a big win for all the detox systems. And don’t forget that fascia itself is a giant sponge that soaks up blood plasma and toxins, sorts them, and sends them back into the blood or lymph systems… kind of like the goalkeeper in a soccer game.

Infrared saunas detoxify the body through two powerful pathways: inducing sweat to eliminate bioaccumulated toxic elements, heavy metals, pollutants, and other toxicants and supporting the organs of elimination, such as the liver and kidneys. Studies have demonstrated that sweating in infrared saunas can effectively reduce the levels of harmful substances in the body, especially as compared to blood and urine ^(10)(11). Paired with FasciaBlasting, it's a powerful combo for maintaining your beauty, well-being, and longevity.

I always say,

“You wouldn’t leave your week’s worth of garbage, let alone your lifetime of garbage, sitting in your living room,” right? It would stink and fester and destroy everything around it over time.

The body works the same way. We need to take in as little “garbage” as possible and take it out regularly, and FasciaBlasting and Saunas are two powerful ways to do this.

Healthy bodies have healthy cells and fascia that manage the chemical exchanges with nutrients and minerals. Environmental toxins can hinder that, affecting energy, stamina, pain, insomnia, obesity, mental health, and more. ^(10)(11) Perspiration, respiration, and elimination are the natural ways our bodies expel the metabolic waste produced inside us.

It’s no secret that I love my Sunlighten brand infrared saunas, but this particular technology, combined with its 25-year history and superior infrared and light technologies, is something to point out here. It’s not just being hot. It’s the right kind of hot.

Sunlighten’s patented SoloCarbon® infrared heating technology gives you the best detoxification experience because it is clinically proven to raise core body temperature by three degrees. You experience a deep, productive sweat from your cells as the SoloCarbon infrared waves penetrate your skin and heat your core to expel the toxins, rather than just sitting in hot, ambient air that only heats your outer skin. It’s a more enjoyable and more productive sweat, rather than an uncomfortable, stifling hot and less-productive sweat.

The whole point of this section is to emphasize that you need the “right” sauna and that you need to add FasciaBlasting. Sauna for 45 minutes and take breaks when necessary. I personally jump into the cold plunge intermittently and sometimes step out of the sauna to blast. This is not a simple “sweat it out”; this is for the purpose of DEEP DETOX! Try it, and I am sure you will feel an incredible difference!

The FasciaBlasting Sauna Lifestyle

Two of the most important things you can do for health span and life span