Steam Rooms and Body Hang-Ups

Steam rooms are supposed to be relaxing, but if you are self-conscious, using steam rooms in public can be anxiety-inducing.

It's not surprising more people are opting for their own private, personal steam rooms. New technology means it's possible to install steam rooms into your own bathroom. And you don't need a film star's salary to afford steam rooms. Bathrooms are increasingly becoming places we use as a sanctuary and escape – places which embrace spa-style equipment such as jet showers, wet rooms, saunas and steam rooms. And when you consider what puts many people off using public steam rooms, especially women, it's easy to see the allure of your own private spa.

Baring All in Steam Rooms

Even glamorous woman seem to be riddled with body anxieties as illustrated in an episode of Sex and the City where Charlotte refuses to remove her towel in a steam room because she's scared everyone will stare at her thighs. And yet when she does bare all in the steam room, another woman says enviously how great her figure is. But not all of us have TV-looks and figures, and body-image can stop many people from enjoying spas and steam rooms. The truth is steam rooms reveal that there is always someone skinnier, prettier or more attractive. Everybody is beautiful in their own way, but steam rooms and gym changing rooms highlight these body anxieties more than anywhere in life.

Relax in Private Steam Rooms

And perhaps the deep-seated anxiety all women seem to feel means some women find it difficult to bare all in gym changing rooms and steam rooms. Opting for home steam rooms is one way of reducing this kind of insecurity and indulging in the luxury of a private spa. The fact is, there aren't many women who feel secure enough to stroll around naked without a care. No matter how strong they are as feminists, body anxiety is hard to shake. Steam rooms are places of relaxation – if you're one of the many women who feel simply too uncomfortable to completely relax in public, it might be worth investing in private, personal steam rooms. It seems inevitable that we always want what we haven't got – if you've had enough of feeling like every trip to the gym's steam rooms is like running the gauntlet on your self esteem, it could be worthwhile investing in a steam room just for you to enjoy!

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