Random Most Bizarre Beauty Treatments Women Have Ever Used (15 items)

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  (#7) Hot Buttered V-JayJays - Ethiopia

  There is a little-known practice found in Ethiopian salons. Women are given a 45-minute massage head to toe, using butter as the massaging medium. Butter is also applied everywhere, from toe to scalp. Plastic bags are put over the hands and feet, and the guest is given a large chunk of butter to spread over her lady parts.

  Then she is led to a room with a long row of toilets and smoke holes.

  The woman sits on the toilet with her legs as far apart as possible, with her hoo-ha positioned over the smoke hole. Three heavy blankets are thrown over her so that no smoke escapes. And she'll sit like that until all of the butter is melted, and she has become a giant, steaming yam.

  The idea is to tighten up the vaginal muscles post-pregnancy, and perhaps your partner prefers butter on their muffins. No word on cost, except some modesty, dignity, and several tubs of Blue Bonnet.

  It's an honorable effort that you might call out of control, but here in America, we have been known to vajazzle and tell .
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  (#9) Platza Bath - Russia

  More accurately called "platza," these baths are available in New York for $44 per session.

  Clients are free to steam in a warm room, most rooms being co-ed, either half or completely unclothed. Once they've sweated enough liquid to fill the Grand Canyon, they are then led into a stone room, which is outfitted with faucets and a bench. The client lays face-down on the bench (or rubber mattress), and an ice-cold cloth is placed over their head, sealing out what's about to come next.

  Two large men then proceed to beat you with oak leaves that have been soaked in olive oil. Intermittently, you are bathed in soap and hot water. Soap, beat, rinse, repeat– you are the equivalent of human laundry. About 30 minutes of this goes on, while your "beaters" regularly drench themselves with buckets of ice cold water.

  After your bath & beating, your 100+ temperature body is doused with ice-cold water. From there, you are led into a cool-down room to relax. If you're lucky, you'll walk out.
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  (#2) Bird's Dropping Facials - Japan

  We're always looking for the best facials we can get. I've spent hundreds (I hope, at this point) on things like this , but this kind of takes it to an extreme.

  Smearing your visage with nightingale excrement sounds about as fun as, well, getting pooped on by a flock of seagulls. The aptly named Uguisu no fun, a Japanese powder made from songbird poop, was used by 18th century geishas and kabuki actors to wipe the heavy white makeup off their faces. Don't pooh-pooh the doo-doo just yet, however. Rich in the amino acid guanine, the rarified droppings are said to impart a soft, porcelain-white mien, but it'll cost you. At Shizuka New York Day Spa, for instance, a 50-minute facial will run you $180. We don't suggest you try this at home, since the droppings have to be sterilized to remove toxins and then ground into a fine powder. So back away from Polly and shop online instead.

  But apparently this "bathroom facial" is not a new trend and it looks like it's one that's here to stay, introducing the pee facial . It's pretty self explanatory and honestly I don't even want to talk about it.
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  (#11) Ewe Placenta - Malaysia

  Similar to the idea and nutrients of pig placenta, EMK Placental has brewed up an entire range of products from post-natal tissue—including facial masks, eye gels, and hair serums—that celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria and Madonna are rumored to partake in.

  The cost for your basic face cream starts at $90 and goes up from there. Source: EMKPlacental.com (If you want to save money, try lowyat.net. Their cost is 20 MR (Malaysian ringgit) or $6 USD per packet.)
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  (#13) Micro-Needle Therapy - California

  The concept is simple: the pin-pricks puncture the skin just enough to break it, and reveal the new skin underneath. In comparison to chemical peels and dermabrasion, this spiky roller can actually break down and diminish scars and skin blemishes.

  The idea being that you penetrate the skin just enough so that the natural healing process begins. The MTS Roller is unique because it produces maximum results without expensive equipment and without removing too many skin layers; treatments are comparatively inexpensive and pose minimal risks.

  The starter kit is $180, but you can contact your local spa center to find out if they practice this method – of course, they’ll have their own costs.
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  (#14) Foot Binding - China

  This process would begin very early, usually between the ages of three and eleven. A girl's foot would still be developing, thus the tissue was still pliable.
  First, each foot would be soaked in a warm mixture of herbs and animal blood; this was intended to soften the foot and aid the binding.

  Then, the toenails were cut back as far as possible to prevent in-growth, followed by a foot massage. Cotton bandages, ten feet long and two inches wide, were prepared by soaking them in the blood and herb mixture. The toes on each foot were curled under, then pressed with great force downwards and squeezed into the sole of the foot until the toes broke. The broken toes were then held tightly against the sole of the foot.

  The foot was then drawn down straight with the leg and the arch forcibly broken. At each pass, the binding was tightened, pulling the ball of the foot and the heel close together, causing the broken foot to fold at the arch, and pressing the toes underneath. When the binding was completed, the end of the binding cloth was sewn tightly to prevent the girl from loosening it.

  As the wet bandages dried they constricted, making the binding even tighter. The girl was required to walk on her broken and bound feet, so that her own body weight would help press her feet into the desired shape. Girls whose toes were more fleshy would sometimes have shards of glass inserted within the binding between her toes to cause infection deliberately, thereby forcing the toes to fall off. I'm not sure I've ever wanted to fit into a size 6 THAT bad. Source: wikipedia

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