Heilbronn (ddp). After a day at the sea, the skin seems to Crackle. And it is filled with glittering salt crystals. After you have washed the whitish crust from the body, the whole body feels unusually soft and tender. «The salt crystals in the sea and the beach have a slightly peelende and rid the skin of dead skin cells», explains Bernd Salzer, Chairman of the Professional Association of German dermatologists in Baden-Württemberg. The brine solution also intense soft on the skin as pure water and care for a velvety body shell. But also a healing effect is said to have the salt. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory and can help to improve diseased skin», says Salzer. Skin diseases such as eczema, acne or psoriasis would be treated by dermatologists also works with brine. Also in the domestic bathroom you can take advantage the positive properties of salt. For inflamed skin areas of the face, such as strong acne, Salzer recommends envelopes with brine. «This one resolves to 50 grams of salt a litre of lukewarm water, so that you get a feed saline solution.» It soaks it with a soft cloth or a washcloth and sets this envelope on the inflamed areas.» About a quarter of an hour you should interact with the tincture can be and the skin then well out cleaning. «In case of acute to do otherwise approximately three times in the week that preferably twice a day,», says Salzer. Who suffers from bad skin and inflamed pimple on the whole body, can get relief with a brine pool. “«Acne should contain this salt bath between five and ten percent salt, 20 kilos salt come together in a bathtub as well», says Salzer. But also the visit of a brine pool can help reduce the pustule invasion. «If you have small wounds, one should enjoy but the salt water with care.» «It burns namely devilishly in skin cracks», warns the dermatologist. Also a facial water with salinity can heal inflamed skin areas. “You can simply leave a bottle with salt water in the bathroom and thus regularly rub the face. «After that should you leave the skin dry thoroughly and salt then rinse with clean water», explains how Salzer. For all these cures, there is ordinary table salt from the cupboard. «Salt affects the skin in its pure form, as sodium chloride.» «To do so it must come not necessarily from the dead sea or the Himalayas», says Salzer. Sole therapy helps but not everyone. «With saline water really only people should maintain themselves, who have oily skin prone to impurities or special skin.» «If you have already dry skin, should be the finger of the salt», says Salzer. Because the sole withdraw moisture of the skin in addition. Skin creams with salt, however, help in particular people with dry skin. «In conjunction with fat makes the salt for this, that the skin cells can save moisture better.» An application with pure salt, such as scrub, is to recommend a maximum of insensitive parts of the body such as the feet. «This undiluted contact were too intense for the face», says Salzer.