The Unthinkable Ways Society Has Tried To Improve Their Beauty

Every day, so many of us are bombarded with ways to reduce fine lines we didn’t know we had, make our hair smoother than a roll of silk, and to add/remove/hint at freckles that might or might not be in style right now. It’s nothing new. However, things have come a long way throughout the years.

How far would you go to look the way the rest of the world tells you that you should look? The unthinkable ways society has tried to improve their beauty shows that, for some, there’s no limit. Instead, it’s all about looking ahead of the trends and keeping up with the rest of the world.

Blood cream is one of the more recent beauty trends to catch on

Kim Kardashian is one that so many look to when it comes to beauty products. That’s why she helped propel the idea of using blood cream, and it wasn’t long before people couldn’t get enough. Dr. Barbara Sturm is the one behind Kim K’s facial, admitting she uses a client’s own blood to create the facial. The idea is to stimulate the blood into thinking it’s been injured, therefore forcing it to make proteins that help to enhance the face cream. In return, the facial is supposed to encourage skiing turnover and healing across your face to provide a more youthful look by the end.

A Beauty Micrometer was meant to measure someone’s beauty in the ‘30s

Max Factor is now a name that so many know in the beauty industry, but not everyone knows just how long the company has been around. Back in the 1930s, Max Factor was already one of the leading names - and the one behind the Beauty Micrometer. Want to know how good you look and the areas that you need to improve? That’s where the machine came in. a metal cage-like device was placed over someone’s head to figure out which areas of their face were fine on their own and which parts needed to be enhanced with makeup.

The 1940s were filled with ice masks to reduce the signs of drinking

The world wasn’t always filled with people going out and having a good time, especially when it came to women. However, that started to rapidly change in the 1940s, with the Golden Age of Hollywood proving that women could out-party the men with ease. The problem? They were still expected to look red carpet ready at the drop of a hat and needed a way to achieve that in an instant, which is where Max Factor’s ice mask came in. The mask was covered in ice cubes and was meant to reduce puffiness by wearing it after a hard night on the town.

Wrinkle prevention masks were worn to help people look younger for longer

Plenty of people would do a lot to avoid getting fine lines, but what about wearing a wrinkle-prevention mask? These covered someone’s entire face, leaving holes for their eyes, nose, and mouth, and were meant to keep their skin in one place to, you guessed it, prevent wrinkles. They also helped to avoid any issues from the outside world, such as too much sunlight, to keep the wearer’s skin as plump as can be.

Fire treatments have long been used in China by the beauty obsessed

Want to set yourself on fire all in the name of beauty? Amazingly, it’s something several people in China have been doing for years, and it all starts with a secret elixir. This is used to completely soak a towel - alongside a little flammable liquid - before it’s laid over someone’s face and lit on fire. This only lasts a few seconds before another towel is used to extinguish the flame, but why? It’s believed the treatment helps to stimulate the skin and, therefore, combat wrinkles, sagging, and dullness.

Freckle removers were once all the rage in the 1930s

Freckles are in, and then they’re out - there’s no way to keep up with whether or not they’re the trendiest accessory for the season. Right now, some people will do just about anything to get some freckles of their own. However, that wasn’t the case in the 1930s, when women would go to extreme lengths to get them gone. Dr. M. Matarasso, an Italian physician, was the one behind the invention, utilizing carbon dioxide to freeze off each freckle. The idea was a sharp point would use dry ice to freeze each freckle before the skin would heal freckle-free by the following week.

The unthinkable ways society has tried to improve their beauty go to show that some people will do just about anything to ensure they’re the ones who look more youthful, glowing, and full of life than anyone else. The problem? They’ve always said that beauty is pain - and it seems they were onto something.