Sauna, sweating at all without moving – not for me. So I wince at the word “facial steamer” and eye the “Facial Ionic Steamer” on my desk suspiciously. My mental cinema produces horrible images of a soaking wet forehead and dripping sweat on the tip of the nose. No, I don’t like the device, but I have to do my personal product test. I’m also curious whether the steamer actually plumps up my skin with moisture, evaporates rough, scaly eczema spots along with dryness lines and pimps my complexion youthfully fresh and smooth.
Operation is child’s play, the device can be quickly filled with distilled water from the pharmacy. Plug into the socket, turn the power switch until it clicks into place and wait 30 seconds. Then, like a hissing dragon, the device spits hissing hot steam into my face (which keeps a respectful 25 centimeters safety distance because of the heat development).
In no time my head cinema becomes reality – and my face a wet biotope. But I have to admit: the whole thing is not unpleasant. On the contrary. As I rock my face left and right at a meditative snail’s pace to distribute the steam evenly, I relax more and more. Even my rock-hard neck gets buttery soft and my head feels comfortably loose. I notice that steam and/or sweat – I can’t tell them apart exactly anymore – dripping onto my blouse, but suddenly I don’t care!
I just enjoy the moist warmth, which feels like a kind of cleansing process to me. So relieving. It’s a shame that the ten minutes are already up. But I can still extend it and treat my face to a regenerating massage with my face cream in the second “sauna session”. I don’t have to read that twice in the manual.
And my skin? A dream.
Further information
The “Facial Ionic Steamer EH2424” from Panasonic costs around 129 euros. In return, it comes with a filling funnel, VDE test seal and a two-year guarantee. In the next issue: the Aquatitan chain for more energy.
So velvety soft, so radiantly clear and smooth as ironed. No more traces of bumps and the three small eczema islands on the cheeks. The steamer does it – with an effective secret in the invisible nano range. In its “belly”, millions of negative ions reduce the water droplets to a microcosmic 400 nanometers (nm). For comparison: Ordinary vapor contains 8000 nm “large” droplets. The electrically charged particles z. B. after a summer thunderstorm whizzing through the air, water droplets shrink so much that they slip into every skin pore. Deep in the keratin cells of the epidermis, they stimulate regeneration processes and act like a rejuvenating moisture-oxygen shower.
Conclusion: An addictive substance, that’s all I can say! Since then I’ve been hanging on the Steamer every three days.
