HoMedics Paraspa Deluxe Paraffin Bath

A must have for arthritis sufferers. It's not bad for your skin either. Cuticles become easier to manage. Caution, however. I wouldn't recommend using it daily. It made the skin on my fingers thinner and small cuts would appear. Now healed, the bath is a luxury treat every other week.

I've owned two consumer units and I have been to a hand therapist several times and used commercial units. My first one was a dr. scholls, that one is nice because it only takes three hours to heat up and has a timer on it so you can set it to come on at three am so it's ready at 6 when you get up. That one also came with nice terry mitts but it's a shallower and a bit narrower unit, it's hard to get a wrist into the dr. scholl unit, this unit is better for wrists and probably ankles and feet too because it's wider and deeper. This one takes about 14 hours to melt the wax for the first time. Unlike the dr. scholl, you'll probably want to melt the wax and then leave it on all the time on low setting since it takes so darn long to melt; this one has several heat settings so it's not going full heat all the time (the Dr. School is high and low only, this has solid, warm, melt and two other settings in between). This unit is a little disconcerting because the heat light goes on and of... Read more

I love my paraffin bath. Several of my friends have put this item on their mother's day wish list. I, just wish I would have known I was getting 6 pounds of paraffin WITH the bath. I bought another 8 pounds of paraffin. On the bright side the paraffin will not go bad and will eventually get used.

Our first unit died after we left it turned on with no paraffin in the bowl for days at a time. This is the replacement unit. We have been very satisfied with it. Large enough for your feet (we tried up to size 13). Easy to use. Only con, probably shared with all such paraffin baths, is cleanup. Once the wax has spilled on the side or cover, only way to cleanup is to scrape it and use elbow grease to wipe it of. No big deal, but it just stops looking brand new fairly quickly because of it.

My rheumatologist and occupational therapist recommended that I get a paraffin spa for my hands. I have trouble with stiffness and swelling of my fingers. I have bought several Homedics products over the years and have always been pleased with their quality. This was no exception. I use my spa every day and I can think of nothing negative to say about it. I am glad I made the choice I did.