SaunaScape

The blogscape has been abuzz the last few days since the LA Times published their piece on the hot new spa treatment for women: Vaginal steam baths. Some are considering it the next vajazzle.

A male reader of the Spa Week Daily feels left out, and wrote the editors wondering when special male-only treatments would be available for him to enjoy at the spa.

This inspired us to create a new poll. Enjoy.

BTW, the photo is of a variant of the vaginal steam bath called a SSuk Jim (ok, you can stop giggling now) from SeoulStyle.com

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Rusas Spa in Budapest. Image from Budapest Winter Invitation

If our 12 Days of Sauna Christmas list wasn’t enough for you, the city of Budapest and Malev airlines just announced their “Budapest Winter Invitation.”

The deal is this: If you book a 2 or 3 night stay at one of the participating hotels, you’ll get one night’s stay free. Hotels at all price points are available. Malev airlines is also offering special fares as part of this promotion.

A part of the package, you get complimentary admission to one of Budapest’s historic spas: Gellért Baths, Széchenyi Baths, or the male-only Rudas Baths. Of course, with a three-day stay, there’s nothing stopping you from visiting all three of them, and even making a dent in the more than 40 other baths in the Spa Capital of Europe.

When you’re packing for your trip, make sure to bring your swimsuit, a towel, slippers and your own soap/shampoo. Any mixed gender baths are swimsuit required.

Single-gender areas are nude, but the custom at some baths is to tie a cloth around you to cover your private areas. Men’s cloths are worn around the waist, while women’s cloths are more like an apron. These are provided by the bath.

Budapest Tourist Guide advises that you should be sure to have some small change with you to tip the attendants in the bath. Many of the baths have the option to have your locker double-locked: once with your key, and a second time with an attendant’s. Take this option if you have valuables with you. They also caution that men-only days at some baths tend to attract a gay clientèle.

This promotion is available through March 2011, so book now if you’re interested.

Budapest Winter Invitation via Spa Finder Club Spa Blog

If our 12 Days of Sauna Christmas list wasn’t enough for you, the city of Budapest and Malev airlines just announced their “Budapest Winter Invitation.” The deal is this: If...

Spa Week Daily recently posted “Seven Reasons NOT to Spa When You’re Sick.” Since its the time of year when runny noses, colds and flus are making their rounds, we thought that this would be worth sharing here.

We’ve already covered how regular sauna visits can help keep you from getting sick, but what happens when you’ve succumbed to that cold? A trip to the steam room might be just what you need to clear the creeping crud out of your head.

Not true according to Spa Week.

Rapid temperature shifts going into and out of hot rooms like saunas and steam rooms are just going to weaken you further than the cold already has. Possibly to the point where you might faint.

The idea that you can “sweat out a cold” is a myth. Germs don’t respond to it, so why tempt them?

Finally, if you’re going to a public sauna, with your weakened immune system, your body is more likely to catch other germs that other people are carrying around the facility. There are thousands of viruses that are floating around out there. Nothing is worse than getting one strain of cold after another.

And of course, don’t forget the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If you’re sick, you don’t want to be spreading your germs around to all the other patrons there.

So when the sniffles strike, stay home, rest and use a steaming bowl of chicken soup to help clear your head. Save the sauna for after you’re better.

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Image via Wikipedia Spa Week Daily recently posted “Seven Reasons NOT to Spa When You’re Sick.” Since its the time of year when runny noses, colds and flus are making...