Steam vaporizers are a common name in households just as it is in many salons and beauty parlors. One finds several uses for this little but extremely useful product, be it for skin care or health related issues.
A steam vaporizer, generally speaking, looks like a medium sized mixer jar. It has a bigger lid on its plastic body and a wire attached to it. The plastic body is totally transparent which helps in observing the water level as well as amount of plaque that gets accumulated inside of the walls, if any. There is a central plastic coated metal shaft attached to the lead which goes all way down to the bottom of the jar. This is nothing but the heating coil used for warming the water.
The operation of a steam vaporizer is absolutely simple. Just fill the jar with water till the indicated level on the jar. Fix the lid to its place. Plug in the power cable and wait for some minutes. As the water heats, you will see steam vapors coming out of the jar. You can hold the jar with the lid handle and move it across the area where you wish to have the steam ‘bath’.
Following are the uses of a steam vaporizer:
A. Medical-
1. Inhalation treatment, for common cold, headaches, cough, bronchitis and sinusitis.
This should be used strictly under the physician’s advice.
2. for soothing sprained stiff muscles and joints
3. Aromatherapy.
B) Beauty-
1. Facials and steam bath
2. Nail softening for pedicure and manicure
3. for removal of make up
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