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30 Super Bizarre Beauty Rituals Throughout History You Gotta Read!

Throughout the ages, women and men have done some really bizarre and ultimately disturbing beauty rituals to achieve good looks – and even today people are going as far as using flesh eating fish to eliminate dead skin or fire treatments ...

October 24, 2014
30 Super Bizarre Beauty Rituals Throughout History You Gotta Read!

Unusual feet treatment in Night Market, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. (photo credit: Getty Images)

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Throughout the ages, women and men have done some really bizarre and ultimately disturbing beauty rituals to achieve good looks – and even today people are going as far as using flesh eating fish to eliminate dead skin or fire treatments in China – where you put alcohol and an herb soaked towel on your back and set it on fire for clear skin.

If you think those two are outlandish – you have to read the rest of these “Beauty Tips from History” from Visual.ly. They will literally shock you. Comment your thoughts on MODERN's Facebook

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