Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-07
PAINFUL QUEST FOR BEAUTY
Foolish Things Some women Do II
Bsautify Their Faces
DOCTOR SAYS MASSAGE MAKES WRINKLES
Treatment Damages Rather Than
Improves-Obiection 20 Face skin
ming and PIumpinE-TOr-
lures Women Undergo.

What do women do that Is wrong when
they get the craze TO beautify themselves?
Well, really thev do so many thoughtless,
silly things that IL tried to answer in one
sentence 1 would say they made fools OF
themselves"
The speaker was a physician who is a
skin specialist.
Massage is about the least harmful
thing they do when possessed OF the
beauty oTaze. and yet that lie bad enough, &"
he went on. The usual formula for facial
massage Is, believe, first to open ali the
pores Of the skin by steaming or bathing
with very hot water, then TO rub in a
lotion or cream Of some sort. Now
wouldn't you think that anyone would
know that the result Of such treatment
would be to stretch the skim
The Immediate effect lie good, yet. But
why7 Simply because the skin is thor
oushly cleaned. the thirsty pores are filled
with a soothing lotion and in the process
the blood is drawn to the surface sufi-
cisntly to impart a glow OF health TO the
face
But the result, when the immediate
eject has passed, is 20 cause more lines
o. wrinkles. The harder the massage the
more injurious It is to the face.
while J strongly advocate the gentle
application of a good cold cream I have
not found massage at all satisfactory. /
also advise the application OF sweet milk
to the face. 1t is not only soothing and
healing. but has a tendency to whiten the
sluiu.
"Just the usual bottled milk may be used
II should be applied at night with a soft
rag or 9 bit Of cotton and allowed to dry
on. know OF nothing better for tan,
sunburn or chapped sldn 1t is a simple,
inexpensive remedy and for that reason
Wi never be very popular.
"a step worse than facial massage is the
pssling or slkinning process. That Is us
W ~ done by the application OF an acid
Which causes the outer cuticie to peel off.
'Aof course the stronger the acid the
quicker the peeling, and arse, 1 might add,
the more painful. Why, have had women
come to me who described their sufferings
while having their faces skinned as agony.
How any thinking human being could ever
imagine that such treatment would i'm
prove the skin Is beyond me.
sIinninE the Face.
"a woman who came TO me a few weeks
aeo told me that when the first application
was put on her face swelled so that her
eyes looked like pinheads. Yet she went
back for a second treatment and finally
had the satisfaction Of seeing the skin
peeled OF her face in great flakes.
'4of course the first time she went out
and exposed her delicate new skin to the
air all the old marks returned. Fortu-
nately her experience was 50 severe that
when she was told that second skinning
was the only recourse she rebelled.
YET andother step to the bad, and 1t
would be hard to imagine anything worse,
I n taking out slips Of skin as a means Of
restoring the contour OF the cheeks and
chin. It is done every day, and women
who should know better allow It, Not only
allow It. but pay high prices to have 1t
done.
"only q few days ago a woman came
here and suggested that take out htue
alp OF skin over each temple. Her cheeks
had lost their youthful contour ana were
saREing around the jaws.
'"The operation. so she told me, had just
been performed on a friend OF hers. There
had been three stitches taken in each tenn
pie.
''I asked II the wounds had cured. She
vas very cheerful about It, and she SAID
oh. no; but the surgeon says the opera
zion was a perfect success and It Is only Q
question OF dine
"I sent her back to her friends surgeon
Of course. wasn't going to out wedges
OF skin out Of her temples to draw the
SagRinR skin up from around her jaws
!, ''rhare is one amusing instance that hal
recently come to my notice. woman
game In here one day with great bunch
Of curls on each side OF her face-the KIND