Disgusting Beauty Secrets of the Ancient World
Plastic surgery, liposuction, Botox injections, hair transplants… you might think that modern medicine has given the world the ultimate in extreme beauty treatments. Not so. Women (and men) have always gone to great lengths to enhance their looks.
• The Romans believed that bathing in a mixture of crocodile dung and mud would keep their skin smooth and wrinkle-free.
• Japanese geishas used makeup made from bird droppings and rice flour.
• Iranian women died their hair red with a mixture of henna, tadpoles, and cow blood.
• Men and women in ancient Egypt used dark eye makeup made from lead. So what if it could cause heavy-metal poisoning… it also repelled insects!
• Women throughout medieval Europe used poisonous arsenic powder to lighten their skin.
(Source: Mental Floss)
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