Steam and sauna bathing is one of the simplest and most comfortable ways to rid the body of accumulated toxins as perspiration helps eliminate waste products and accumulated toxins and a steam bath is a powerful perspiration inducer. More than common waste products are secreted through the skin. When heavy smokers sit in the steam room, a yellow residue is sometimes noticed on the towels! Taking a steam bath after a massage helps get rid of those toxins that have been dislodged by the massage.