St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-04
WITH THE KNIFE
Ugly Blemishes Are Removed and
Eeauty Made.

IOauty ux0AGs
New York Tribune.
"fbe operation of reducing the pug is
simple and almost painless one." said
the surgeon in charge, demonstrating
one of these cases. "a little cartilage
is taken from the upturned member.
the slight wound is dressed and then a
clamp is adjusted which gives the nose
tendency in the right direction, and
in few days the change from pug
to straight has been perfected. We
have had number of these cases: one
was tall man.. an actor by profession,
who thought his nose the greatest Oh
stacle in his way to success. 1t was all
ugly feature, sure enough, and being a
calling where the slightest pretext for
chatting and guying is made the most of,
1t was no wonder he wanted the change
made. We helped him." the doctor
added. land sent him away after ten
days treatment with new and better
nose.
"a hump on a mans back the doc
tor said. must remain, but there is no
good reason why man or woman
should carry hump around on the
nose"
In proof of his ability to conquer
this facial ble,nIsh he showed a "betore"
ana latter" picture of one of his pa
tients, whose nose, Roman in the super
lative degree, had been modified until it
became thing of beauty.
But 1t is not the the iIl-shaped nose
alone that has yielded to the derma.
t0logist's art. The 'lop-eared' man
who discovered too late that by pulling
his cap down over his ears those menu
bers lost their shape, projected and
made him look unlike the man nature
Intended him for, has an instrument
placed on his ears, land after few weeks
he Is the lop-eared man no longer.
Women whose ears have become de-
formed through improper hairdressing
are among those who come for relief,
and many who were 'born so" have The
defect remedied. Then there are the
persons whose eyebrows meet over the
nose and form continuous line.
I'VE have Outgrown the belief in the
devils mark and all the superstitions
which are linked to the continuous eye
breW." said the doctor, but we must
coufess that this particular blemlsh
gives the face sinister expression.
Now, with all electrical Instrument, we
remove the superfuous hair and change
the scowling face into one open and
frank"
Moles and birthmarks are made to
disappear under treatment, and even
wrinkles which time leaves are cheated
and defraudet out of being. A young
woman who had the habit of corrugat-
ing her forhead by elevatIng the eve.
brOWS had four deep burrows across the
brow. which added several years 10 her
age in looks and did nothing to enhance
her beauty. She went to a dermatoio-
gist. submitted to all operation, and
smooth brow was the result.
ut was not painful operation" the
doctor explained, NOR is it one about
the result OF which there can be any
doubt. we make horizontal incision
along the forehead at its junction with
the scalp; then another eliptical incis-
ion is made, and the tissue bounded by
these incisiOns is dlssected out. The
lips of the wound are drawn together,
thus overcoming the relaxation which
results i'll the formation of wrinkles.
True. before the operation the woman
wore her hair brushed straight back.
but now. to hide the scar, she wears
little bang, aud looks years younger for
the change"
Probably the strangest work done IN
this nature-imprOvIng establishment is
the making Of dimples. In speaking of
this peculiar specially the doctor said:
IL 10 ooiiC YEARS uOW SiucC was UfSt
asked to make dinIple, and was in
clined to treat the request as a joke, till
the young woman assured me that she
was serious about it, and could not he
perfectly happy until she had dimple
in her left cheek. She was fine-looking
girl, too, and the thought of putting
knife into her plump. rosy cheek was
repellant to me.
81 reasoned and argued with her; told
her that she might be made hideous;
that the operation might leave great
red scar on her face, and that she was
too fair to run such chances. 1t was OF
no use. She Insisted OH having a dim.
pie, as child will on having a toy, and
finally, at her own risk and with the
darkest kind of picture before her of
what might be the result, | performed
the operation; and since then have
dissuaded no one who wants dimple,
because the operation was success,
like many of the same kind performed
since"
The dermatologist showed large col
lection of photographs to substantiate
bis statements and convince the doubt
er of the 9act that man can, with
scientific aid, frequently improve on
nature,