#wet wrap

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You talk about Soviet psych hospitals. Do you have any further knowledge on them?

It’s notan area I’ve done a lot of reading on yet, but it’s quoted and brought up as anexample in a few of the more general books I’ve read.

 Rejalidevote a few pages to them, but considering his book is almost 800 pages long Iwouldn’t recommend buying his book for more information. What I say aboutSoviet psychiatric hospitals I got from Rejali’s basic outline.

 Theyessentially marked a turn away from show trials in the Soviet Union. Part ofthe purpose of show trials was to discredit the opposition both at home andinternationally. Which worked for a long time, decades, during which theinternational community generallyseems to have taken forced confessions at face value.

 But itcouldn’t last forever.

 Declaringkey members of the opposition insanebecame the alternate way to discredit them. Doctors were forced into animpossible position: they could defend diagnosis’s they knew were wrong or rejectthem and be labelled enemies of the state. The former put them in league withtorturers and the latter risked making them victims.

 Falsediagnosis varied but a common one was ‘sluggish schizophrenia’. I’m unsure ofthe precise definition but I think it was designed to suggest someone couldappear perfectly normal and lucid most of the time then suddenly manifestschizophrenic symptoms.

 Many ofthe people committed were drugged, often as a punishment. Haloperidol wasapparently common as was aminazin. The first produces side effects similar toParkinsons. The second makes people sleepy, groggy and generally knocks themout. Sulfazin was used to induce fevers and ‘insulin shock’ was used as a treatment.Sodium amobarbital, LSD and peyote were also used. So were tranquilisers.

 They werebeaten regularly, something the patients referred to as ‘fisticine’. Somethingsimilar to waterboarding was also described: using a wet towel to asphyxiateprisoners.

 Restraintswere used, including four point restraints and straight jackets. Restraintswere sometimes used in conjunction with something called ‘wet wraps’. The victimwas wrapped tightly in wet cloths, as the cloth dries it tightens furthersqueezing the victim ‘like a vice’.

 Here aresome of the sources Rejali used, they might serve as a starting point for yourown research.

 ZhoresMedvedev A Question of Madness,translation E de Kadt 1971

VladimirGusarov It Was Better Under Stalin inSoviet Psychoprisons publishers NewYork: Norton, 1979

ValeriyTarsis Ward 7 1965

AlexanderPodrabinek Punitive Medicine

 Hope thathelps. :)

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Czym jest Mokry Opatrunek ?

Mokre opatrunki to specjalne techniki  bandażowania, które mogą być stosowane w ramach leczenia umiarkowanego i ciężkiego, wyprysku i gdy nie były stosowane wcześniej zabiegi, takie jak miejscowa aplikacja leków nawilżających i steroidów wskazanych do stosowania miejscowego. Mokry opatrunek obejmuje stosowanie podwójnych warstw bandaży w formie rękawa lub podwójnych warstw gotowej do użycia odzieży, przy jednoczesnym użyciu steroidów o średnim potencjale lub emolientów, kremów lub maści.

Ważnym jest, aby ktoś kto zna procedury oceny stanu skóry dziecka (lekarz dermatolog, lekarz alergolog, pielęgniarka środowiskowa, lekarz pierwszego kontaktu, pediatra) wspólnie wraz z Wami zdecydował, czy mokry opatrunek (Wet Wrap), jest odpowiednią metodą leczenia Twojego dziecka.

Uwaga: metoda mokrych opatrunków przeprowadzana w nocy nie  może być stosowana w zastępstwie  rutynowych zabiegów nawilżająch w ciągu dnia. Reżim leczniczy wymaga równoległego stosowania Wet Wrapping w nocy i standardowej rutyny w dzień.

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MISSION - NO HEAT!!!

Alright ladies, we all know that heat is damaging to our hair. Whether it be the blow dryer, the frying...[woops I mean't] flat iron or just the lovely sun outside.

One of my favorite methods of reducing heat is airdrying after a wash. I usually air dry my hair by a wet wrap. Lets define some terms...

Air Drying - (verb) Make or become dry through contact with unheated air.

Wet Wrapping - (verb) Make or become dry through contact with unheated air while the hair is wrapped. Just as you would wrap it any other time lounging in the house or preparing for bed, except now its WET!

Simple right?

My Steps/Tips for Wet Wrapping My Hair

If your hair is like mine when you air dry your hair, it becomes frizzy because it is reaching out for moisture elsewhere. You can solve this problem by:

Using a moisturizing shampoo / conditioner & deep condition for 10-20 minutes.

If you chose not to use the above, use a moisturizing leave-in. (I do both)

My preferred moisturizing shampoo is the One n' Only set reviewed --> HERE

The Next step is to dry your hair...I prefer using my turbie twist for ten minutes then detangling. You don't want the hair soaking wet, but damp, when you do the wrap.

Now you're ready to wrap, wrap in any direction you like. After each rotation gently go across with a boar bristle brush. If your hair isn't smooth when you wrap it, your ends could end up frizzy and hair wont be straight.

Now Your done, put hair in silk or satin scarf, wake up the next morning to straight hair. If you're post relaxer you might have to flat iron your roots if you chose to. ***+++( I know this would defeat the purpose of "no heat" but if you want super flat roots at the crown it has to be done. Hey its better than blow drying and then flat ironing all at one time.)