Infrared sauna, cold plunge, and red light therapy.
60 Minutes
$35 CAD
New to Sous La Face? A Recovery Room visit is included with your first RRR treatment.
Up to 3
The Recovery Room at Sous La Face Yorkville brings infrared sauna, cold plunge, and red light therapy together in one self-guided circuit. As the body counterpart to Sous La Face’s lymphatic facial sculpting work, the combined experience supports muscle recovery, healthy fluid movement, sleep, and skin radiance. It can be enjoyed before or after any treatment, or booked as a standalone wellness reset for Yorkville.
Twenty minutes in the infrared sauna to warm the body, raise heart rate, and support circulation and lymphatic flow through sweat.
Ten minutes of red and near-infrared light to finish, absorbed by the mitochondria in skin and muscle, closing the loop on the circuit.
Red and near-infrared light penetrate below the skin’s surface, where they are absorbed by mitochondria. In a randomised controlled trial of 128 people, 30 sessions improved wrinkles in 69 percent of those treated against 4 percent of untreated controls, and significantly increased collagen density and skin smoothness. Wunsch and Matuschka, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 2014. Evidence for red light in pain and athletic performance is earlier and less settled.
Infrared sauna, cold plunge and red light therapy each have peer-reviewed literature behind them, and the honest position is that it varies in strength. Heat dilates the vessels, cold constricts them and resets the nervous system, and red light is absorbed by the mitochondria in skin and muscle. The large Finnish cohort studies associating frequent sauna use with lower stroke and blood pressure risk were conducted in traditional dry saunas, and their authors state the findings should not be applied to other sauna types, including infrared. A Cochrane review of 17 trials found cold water immersion significantly reduced muscle soreness for up to 96 hours after exercise, while rating the study quality as low. For red light, a randomised controlled trial of 128 people found wrinkles improved in 69 percent of those treated, compared with 4 percent of untreated controls.
Wrinkles Improved with Red Light
Controlled trial, 128 people
Improved Without Treatment
Untreated controls, same trial
Reduced Muscle Soreness
Cochrane review, cold immersion
Sessions in the Red Light Trial
Twice weekly
The Recovery Room at Sous La Face Yorkville is a curated circuit of infrared sauna, cold plunge and red light therapy, designed to support full-body recovery. The recommended circuit is 20 minutes of infrared sauna, 2.5 minutes in the cold plunge, a shiver, then 10 minutes of red light therapy.
Sous La Face Yorkville offers an infrared sauna, cold plunge, and red light therapy circuit at 110 Scollard Street in Yorkville, Toronto. Private and shared space bookings are available, with a maximum of 3 people per session.
The Recovery Room can be added on to any treatment at Sous La Face Yorkville for $35 CAD. Standalone sessions and private buyouts are also available. Pricing varies by duration and whether the space is private or shared.
Contrast therapy eases muscle soreness after exercise and settles the nervous system. A Cochrane review of 17 trials found cold water immersion significantly reduced muscle soreness at 24 to 96 hours after exercise, though the authors rate the study quality as low. The large Finnish cohort studies associating sauna use 4 to 7 times per week with lower stroke and blood pressure risk were conducted in traditional dry saunas, and the authors state their findings should not be applied to other sauna types, including infrared.
Red and near-infrared light, typically 660 to 850nm, penetrate below the skin’s surface where they are absorbed by mitochondria. In a randomised controlled trial of 128 people published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery in 2014, 30 sessions improved wrinkles in 69 percent of those treated compared with 4 percent of untreated controls, and significantly increased collagen density and skin smoothness. Evidence for red light in pain relief and athletic performance is earlier and less settled.
The recommended circuit at Sous La Face Yorkville is 20 minutes in the infrared sauna, 2.5 minutes in the cold plunge, a brief shiver to integrate the contrast, then 10 minutes of red light therapy. Sessions can be adjusted based on tolerance and goals.
Yes. Both private and shared space bookings are available at Sous La Face Yorkville. Maximum 3 people per session. Showers, towels, robes, vanity station, and hot hair tools are included so you can shower, change, and continue your day comfortably.
Hydrate with electrolytes after your session to support hydration and the body’s natural recovery processes. Mild headaches can occur with dehydration. Our changeroom includes complimentary towels, robes, a vanity station, and hot hair tools.
Yes. The Recovery Room can be added on to any treatment at Sous La Face Yorkville for $35 CAD. It pairs especially well with RRR™ Face, RRR™ Body, or any of our advanced enhancement treatments to deepen lymphatic and circulatory benefits.
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