--- title: Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber description: Chelsea Ake-Salvacion had previously praised the benefits of the machine canonical: https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-27T00:10:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:05:34.677Z article:section: Health og:title: Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber og:description: Chelsea Ake-Salvacion had previously praised the benefits of the machine og:url: https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber twitter:description: Chelsea Ake-Salvacion had previously praised the benefits of the machine twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 27, 2015 12:10 AM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 27, 2015 12:10 AM UTC A woman who worked in a cryotherapy salon and lauded the benefits of the treatment has [died in her own salon’s chamber](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/26/salon-worker-praised-cryotherapy-then-froze-to-death-during-treatment/). Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, 24, had recently given a quote to the [Las Vegas _Review-Journal_](http://www.reviewjournal.com/view/cryotherapy-uses-liquid-nitrogen-cooled-chamber-promote-healing-anti-aging) on the benefits of cryotherapy, which puts clients in temperatures of about -240 degrees Fahrenheit, the Washington _Post_ reports. But on Tuesday, two days before the piece was published, she entered the machine alone after hours and perished. She was found 10 hours later, but authorities say she died within minutes of entering the chamber. Cryotherapy has gained popularity in recent years as athletes like LeBron James have talked about using it to treat pain. But the technology has not been evaluated by the FDA, and many experts question its efficacy. \[[_Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/26/salon-worker-praised-cryotherapy-then-froze-to-death-during-treatment/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/"},"headline":"Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber","datePublished":"2015-10-27T00:10:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:05:34.677Z","description":"Chelsea Ake-Salvacion had previously praised the benefits of the machine","url":"https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/","keywords":["Health Fad","Nevada"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/","name":"Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber"}}]}] ```