Counseling Sheet

Facial Contrast

Agatha M. Thrash, M.D.
Preventive Medicine

SUPPLIES:

• 2 basins large enough to put the face in
• snorkel
• salt
• extra hot water (in pitcher if not near the faucet)
• ice
• towel
• Kleenex
• waste basket

PROCEDURE:

• Fill one basin with hot water (so that the tender face can tolerate the heat).
• Fill one basin with cold water.
• Put 2 teaspoons of salt in both basins of water.
• Put the snorkel in your mouth and submerge your face in the hot water. Hold under water for 3 MINUTES breathing through the snorkel.
• Put face in the cold water for 30 SECONDS.
• Heat the hot water basin a little hotter than previously by pouring a little hot water in (may require removing some before adding the extra hot water).
• After 3 MINUTES put a little ice in the cold water and repeat submerging the face in cold water for 30 SECONDS.
• Alternate the 3 MINUTES hot bath and 30 SECONDS cold bath for 20-30 minutes or 5 or 6 changes.
• Add hot water to the hot bath and ice to the cold bath at each exchange.