Home - Formostar Infrared Therapy - Why Does It Work?

The Formostar provides a full body treatment. Far Infrared energy is absorbed up to 4.5 cm below the surface of the skin, reaching through muscle and tissue, stimulating the metabolism.

We feel this in the form of heat and the body absorbs as much Far Infrared energy as it requires, then starts to use natural processes to push the energy it doesn’t need out of the body. The Formostar actually is an “inside out” heating process, rather than heating blankets etc. that try to heat from the outside in, which is why it is very effective.

As the body warms, in addition to sweating, the blood thins and the speed at which it circulates around the body increases, while the body tries to cool itself down. The effect is to raise the temperature at the extremities of the body to the same temperature at the core of the body – a temperature at which fat can be broken down.

The increased blood supply is forced into areas of the body which typically have poor circulation – especially with people that are carrying too much weight or have other metabolic issues – where fat, excess body fluids and toxins are deposited. Toxins are both water based (residing in body fluids) and oil based (residing in fat tissue). The combination of the heat, which breaks down fluids and fat, and the improved blood supply, helps to carry away these deposits via the body’s natural sweating and waste disposal processes.

The heat is transmitted in such a way that you can safely undertake a 50-minute session. Medical opinion is that it takes the body 20 to 30 minutes to heat up (this includes exercise and other heat based treatments) and that the major value to the body occurs after that warming up process. The physical benefits of a Formostar session can last for up to 48 hours so having a Formostar session in the next 24 hours, while not harmful, would only produce minimal additional benefits and is therefore financially wasteful.