🇫🇷 France · Modern
Seaweed Massage (Thalassotherapy)海藻（タラソテラピー）マッサージ
Thalassotherapy treatment from Brittany with seaweed paste and sea water, rooted in the sea-water cures of the late 19th century.
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Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France · 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Era
- Modern
- Classification
- Spa treatment
- Techniques
- Herbal / Water
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Other
- Clothing
- Skin contact, draped
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Thalassotherapy massage · Algae wrap
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