Since time immemorial, people have been willing to endure the ordeal to fit society's idea of beauty. In Africa and Asia, women of certain tribes are distorting the metal spirals that disfigure their neck and shoulders. In China, where it was in vogue foot binding, were elderly women, crippled by this procedure. In the western world, too, has its share of these strange procedures. The obsession with youth pushes people to the terrible risks, such as the injection of toxins their faces, surgery, even swimming in excrement ... Below are the ten most dangerous, disgusting and ridiculous cosmetic procedures from around the world.
1. Thai massage, facial slaps
While many of the procedures in this list is quite risky, facial slap is more on the funny and ridiculous procedures. This service offers a masseuse from Bangkok named Tata in his massage parlor in San Francisco. Treatment consists of pinching, stretching the skin and lungs of slaps, which according to her, take away wrinkles and reduce pores. Does a little bit this procedure to restore youthful appearance of the skin is a highly contentious issue, it is known only one thing - this service is not cheap. One 15-minute session will cost you $ 350.
8. Cosmetics from stem cells
The use of stem cells for medical procedures remains a controversial topic, and the opponents of the practice argue that their use represents a "Games in God».
Short - stem cells can be "transformed" into any other cell, and used by the body to of "repair". The only stem cell treatment approved by the Commission for the Control of Drugs and nutrients to the United States, is a bone marrow transplant in the case of leukemia, but that does not stop many patients from seeking advanced plastic surgery, during which the cells are removed from the body using liposuction, and then entered into face to eliminate wrinkles. Unfortunately, the process is in its infancy, and there is no way to predict exactly how cells behave. At least in one horrific case, a woman in the age of increased bone.
3. Fish Pedicure
Fish doctors Garra Rufa-endemic rivers and streams of the Middle East are toothless creatures the size of a guppy fish. Like most fish, these fish are not particularly fussy eaters. Furthermore, their use for several years to perform pedicure. They bite off the dead and calloused skin from feet. Apparently, this terrible procedure is quite effective, and those who have tried it say that it is painless. However, once these pedicure treatments began to gain popularity, they were banned in most countries of the world, as zapuskanie fish in the shared bath and nibble fingers customer does not meet the standards of sterility. Fish were withdrawn vector broad spectrum of bacteria, including those bacteria that cause cholera and streptococcal infection.
4. Face mask of bird droppings on prescription Geisha
The ideal of a Geisha stranger to the Western world, its role is often varied from a maid to a concubine - actress, she was also everything that is included in this interval. Perhaps the most notable aspect was their white geisha makeup that once was on the basis of lead and spoil the skin. To restore your skin, use a Geisha cream made from nightingale droppings, which contain a reducing enzymes. Well, or you try to convince the staff that «Shizuka New York», elegant Japanese spa in Manhattan. For just $ 180, they namazhut your face with bird droppings, thoroughly disinfected by ultraviolet light or mixed with some other ingredients to hide the odor. Although the effect of this procedure more than doubtful, some customers claim that their skin after it "shines».
5. DC-CIK treatment of cancer
DC-CIK treatment is controversial another procedure that involves taking blood from a patient suffering from cancer. The blood is then sent to a laboratory where it increases the concentration and then injected back into the patient after chemotherapy or surgery. This procedure supposedly speeds up recovery. However, some questionable clinics in Hong Kong have begun to offer treatment to give patients a more youthful appearance. At the moment, has been registered for at least one death from septic shock and several other people were taken to hospital with infection with Mycobacterium species mycobacterium abscessus, terrible bacterium that causes lung disease and infection in wounds.
6 . Urine
For most of us, the relationship with the urine are based on the sheer necessity - a rapid descent and she's gone. However, there is a small but dedicated community, which extols the alleged restorative properties of urine. These people claim that drinking urine can cure (or at least alleviate the symptoms) of a huge number of diseases ranging from lupus, multiple sclerosis, and ending even cancer. Urine is also used for cosmetic procedures: the supporters of this treatment claim that when applied topically it is great for the skin, treats psoriasis, eczema and acne. Obviously, the best urine is urine collected in the morning, in the middle of urination, as in the morning urine contains useful hormones that have accumulated over night. Perhaps it is not surprising that the traditional medical community has not recognized any benefit from the consumption of urine.
7. Plastic toe
Although many body modifications made in the name of beauty, can be characterized as frivolous, the narrowing of the toes is one of the most stupid. A growing number of people dissatisfied with "thick" toes turn to pediatricians for help. The procedure, which can be called pretty awful, involves cutting the toes and sawing bone and adipose tissue. Despite the fact that this procedure is not terribly risky, she still possess all the complications that accompany surgical interventions. In addition, the recovery period is very long.
8. Microneedle therapy
Mikroigolchaty movie resembles a kind of medieval instrument of torture. Fitted hundreds of tiny spikes it is designed to pierce the skin at a microscopic level in order to improve the penetration of the cream in it, and to it a more youthful appearance appeared in the healing process. It is rumored that many celebrities enjoy microneedle therapy, and in China it is especially popular. Although the efficacy of the treatment is controversial, the risk that accompanies it such is not: at the moment there is no way a complete sterilization of the equipment and its use on different people provides an excellent environment for the spread of infections, including pathogens transmitted through blood, such as HIV and hepatitis.
9. The mask of bee venom
Advertised as a "safer" version of Botox (which is a weakened version of the botulinum toxin, one of the most poisonous substances known to science), Anti-Wrinkle Cream on the basis of bee venom has become incredibly popular beauty secret of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall in the UK. Pretty expensive cream apparently causes a reaction in the skin, which causes the body to believe that it stung or damaged. Because of this, the body increases blood flow to the area and collagen cream application. Poison himself going through "harmless" weak discharge of electrical current that passes through the glass plate and makes a bee sting, releasing poison in the glass. For several years, there have even greater movement of the use for the treatment of bee venom of various diseases, multiple sclerosis to arthritis, but tests have shown that it is inefficient. Obviously, the use of poison is a serious risk, as are people who have an allergy to bee stings can easily die from anaphylactic shock.
10. Tattooing nipples
This procedure raises the degree of masochism in which it is difficult even to imagine. A few decades ago, the vast majority of people with tattoos on his body were bikers, sailors, and various types of criminals. As of today, tattoos have become popular with girls from different university communities. Cosmetic tattoo - it is not a new phenomenon, and many women do get a tattoo eyebrows or lips. However, more recently the UK swept the country crazy. Women do a tattoo to highlight the border of their nipples and make the color more intense. For more than a dozen tattoo parlors offer this service, and fashion captures more and more clients. The nipples of a local anesthetic is applied, and then the master does a tattoo nipples, using a color that is suitable for the skin of each of the clients. This tattoo is on the nipple is updated every year and a half to maintain a pleasant appearance.