5 Amazing aesthetic treatments of Antiquity

5 incredible aesthetic treatments of Antiquity
They say that " to look you have to suffer ", a saying that can be applied to the present, especially to the aesthetic operations that require so much recovery time and that take you through the operating room. However, this suffering for being more attractive comes from very far away. Practically from the beginning of civilization . Do you want to know some of the most amazing treatments of antiquity ? We expose them to you next.

1- Red hair fire!
In 1558 Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England. His popularity has increased since then and, consequently, the color of his hair: red hair . Apparently the subjects of this monarch decided that this was the best color for their hair and opted to dye at any cost.

How did they do it? With a terrible mixture of lead , quicklime, water and sulfur that had tremendously unpleasant side effects : their nose bled , their head ached, and uncontrollable nausea assaulted them. All for being more attractive! The worst of all is that, in addition, when mixing quicklime and water a reaction is provoked that can get to ignite combustible materials .

2- Cejijunto I am more attractive
In Ancient Rome being browsed was the most, which made you irresistible .

To get the eyebrows together over the nose, they used a print mix composed of flies and mated ants . Horrifying!

3- Gladiators, empty your sweat in this jar!
Continuing with the Roman Empire , did you know that when leaving the Colosseum, after seeing a gladiatorial spectacle, the most glamorous thing was buying a small bottle with gladiator sweat or animal fat? Well, it was like that.
The richest women bought these products because it seemed to improve the appearance of their face. Curious and quite unpleasant, right?

4- "Tasty" mouthwash
Did you know that the doctor Galen, in the second century, already advised his patients to take care of their teeth? How? Cleaning the cavities they had with a file . In addition, it is seen that to wash their teeth they used rinses every so often made with turtle blood . Ugh!
They also used as a toothpaste a mixture of flour, pumpkin juice, salt and hot vinegar. Worst? Another substance that was used to rinse was urine , because the ammonia it contains has disinfectant properties.

5- Whitening the face, sick obsession
We are currently striving to be more tanned and sunbathe as it peeks through the clouds, but we did not always want to have the darker complexion. Formerly having the whitest skin was an authentic obsession . About 1400 began to carry out practices that whiten the skin.
For example? Compounds made of hydroxide, carbonate and lead oxide with terrible consequences such as muscle paralysis . Terrible! Another recurrent technique was to use leeches or to press the skin with glass cups, making the vacuum , to diminish the sanguineous flow and to pale.

Would you be willing to carry out any of these practices? Which has surprised you the most?