Acne skin treatment appliance and method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
Apparatus for treating human skin, said apparatus comprising heater means for producing a draft of heated air directed against an area of skin, the heat of said air being sufficient to cause a physical change to occur within the pores of the heated skin without damage to said skin, said heater means being disposed within a passageway which is in direct communication with said area of skin to be heated in order to direct the heat directly on to only said area of skin, said passageway guarding said draft of air to prevent an ambient cooling thereof and to prevent any change of state of the heated air within said passageway, said physical change in said pores being an enlargement of their openings and a melting and softening of solidified debris within a follicle in said pore respective to said heated air, vacuum-producing means for applying an air suction through said passageway to said area of skin to draw the melted and softened debris out of the enlarged skin pores, said removed debris being drawn by said vacuum-producing means from said heated area of skin through said passageway and into means for collecting said removed debris, said last-named means being removable so that it may be washed and cleaned, the apparatus further comprising a motor chamber sealed and separated from the sauna chamber by a vertical wall, an air directing conduit extending from the wall to the water container within the sauna chamber, the said conduit formed by an upper horizontal wall and a lower inclined wall to define a tapering air path in the direction toward the water container, a blower positioned within the conduit at the wider extremity of the taper, the said closed passageway extending from the steaming area being provided with a funnel stream applicator at its extremity with a smaller dimension of the funneel secured to the passageway and the wider dimension having a sponge material around its peripheral circumference.
2.
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said heater means comprises a container for water and means for boiling said water to create steam, said means for preventing a change of state of said heated air including means for preventing said steam from condensing into water droplets before reaching said heated area of skin