Is Hammam Good For Skin?

Moroccan and Turkish hammam are exceptionally beneficial for healthy skin.

Suitable for all skin types, regular hammam spa days should be included in your self-care routine. 

Hammam bathing is an ancient hydrotherapy treatment that happens in several stages to fully exfoliate your skin from head to toe, as well as purify, hydrate, and soften the skin. Turkish and Moroccan hammam are both excellent ways to enhance overall skin health at the surface and below the surface. Hammam spa bathing promotes healthy radiant skin that glows!  

‍How Are Hammam Treatments Good For The Skin? 

Regular skin maintenance is important at any age, especially if you have skincare concerns like very dry skin, excessively oily skin, or a lacklustre complexion. A proactive skincare routine (i.e., for the face and body) will help the skin regenerate and repair so it feels great and looks healthy and young throughout your life.  

Dedicated skincare is important to your body’s health and your appearance. Your skin is the largest organ you have, so good skincare is essential to good health. Key skincare fundamentals include: deep cleansing, exfoliation, toning, and hydration. Hammam addresses all of these skincare fundamentals during treatment.  

During a hammam spa treatment the skin will be softened and skin impurities will be purged while you relax in a steam room. Hammam heat is ideal for preparing the skin for a deep clean and maximum hydration.

If you select a Turkish hammam treatment, your skin will be scrubbed and washed to exfoliate away dry skin and excess oils from its surface. A Moroccan hammam spa treatment can include the application of topical body masks with ingredients that purify and detox, as well as moisturise. A hammam massage will help restore firmness and improve skin texture.  

‍Hammam ticks all the boxes when it comes to holistic skincare. 

Skin issues that will benefit from regular hammam spa treatments:

• Dry skin 
• Dull complexion
• Oily skin
• Acne
• Sagging skin
• Cellulite
• Poor skin texture 
• Weak circulation 
• Oxygenation
• Dehydration below the surface

And most importantly, a hammam bath refreshes and rejuvenates your body, leaving you with healthy glowing skin from head to toe! 

‍Book your hammam spa day with confidence. Here’s our helpful tips to prepare for a hammam spa day!  

‍Hammam Spa For Healthy, Glowing & Soft Skin 

Moroccan hammam and Turkish hammam are recommended for all skin types. There are many skincare concerns that can be improved or eliminated through regular hammam bath treatments. Here’s how hammam benefits different skin types and skin issues.   

‍Benefits: Hammam for dry skin

Hammam is wonderful for treating dry, flaky skin, as the traditional hammam exfoliating body scrub is done with a special mitt, often made from natural fibres called a kese. A hammam full body scrub is vigorous and firm to slough off old, dry skin. The benefits of a hammam hot scrub include: cellular turnover, skin hydration, improved skin elasticity, smoother and younger looking skin. 

Hammam massage helps to strengthen and firm the skin by stimulating collagen production below the surface. An increase in skin collagen can help improve skin hydration and its overall appearance (i.e., better skin tone, reduction of fine lines and wrinkles).  

‍Benefits: Hammam for oily skin & acne

A traditional Turkish hammam spa experience starts in a steam room. The heat and humidity of a hammam steam room help to open the pores, which allows the body to expel excess skin oil or sebum. Increased perspiration or sweating helps the body to detox the skin’s surface; grim and oil buildup comes to the surface for removal during the hammam hot scrub. A hammam steam room session stimulates increased blood flow, which helps with skin repair and infection. As a result, your skin will look fresh and dewy, as opposed to shiny and oily. 

A distinctive Moroccan hammam spa treatment is the application of rhassoul clay all over the body. This natural mineral clay originates from Morocco’s Atlas Mountains and it is famous for exfoliating and purifying the skin.

Regular hammam treatments are a holistic way to deal with recurring and persistent acne on the body.    

‍Benefits: Hammam for ageing skin 

As we age, our skin starts to sag here and there as it loses elasticity; it also becomes much drier. Regular hammam treatments are a fabulous way to naturally force skin hydration and cellular renewal, as hammam heat and humidity boost blood circulation and ramp up the lymphatic system to rejuvenate and repair skin tissue. Old, dry skin can be easily exfoliated away during a hammam body scrub.

The deep skin cleaning of a hammam treatment, plus the benefits of a stimulating hammam massage, help the body to produce skin collagen and elastin which helps to firm and lift sagging skin.   

Hammam massage will improve skin elasticity and strengthen the skin by stimulating collagen production below the surface. An increase in skin collagen can help improve skin hydration and its overall appearance (i.e., better skin tone, reduction of wrinkles). Studies have shown improving skin elasticity through massage can help reduce the appearance of skin folds and lines. 

‍Benefits: Hammam for a dull complexion 

All the elements of hammam, from the steam room, the hammam hot scrub and body exfoliation to the hammam massage help to boost blood and oxygen circulation in the body, which will help to improve a lacklustre complexion. Better circulation brightens the skin, it will give your face a happy, healthy glow! 

‍Benefits: Hammam for bumpy skin & poor texture  

Hammam has a reputation for delivering one of the best full body exfoliation treatments available in the spa world. Vigorous and firm scrubbing of the skin helps to improve its texture, helping to refine the feel and look of the skin’s surface.

The hammam steam room also plays a big part in softening and hydrating the skin’s surface. Hammam massage helps the body to produce fresh collagen and elastin, elements essential to firm and smooth skin.    

Hammam is essentially holistic skincare that benefits the whole body. Find out how Moroccan and Turkish hammam make the body beautiful — inside and out. Our blog Hammam: The Best Fit For Healthy Lifestyle has all the reasons why hammam treatments should be part of your regular self-care routine.  

‍Este Birmingham Hammam To Offer The Ultimate Skincare Services

Opening in the new year, an extraordinary hammam West Midlands day spa — Este Spa & Hammam. Este Medical Group is expanding with the largest hammam spa Birmingham UK! 

Now is the time to start planning your skincare self-care for 2023! Este will offer both Moroccan hammam in Birmingham and Turkish bath hammam Birmingham, plus a variety of luxury massage treatments. 

Visit us again for more tips on hammam and hammam skincare advice. Feel free to contact us if you have questions about the new Este Spa & Hammam.