Evening star., 1914-11-15

This treatment is far more etflCaClouS than
the iodine plaster" formerly employed, and
is much safer. 1t is also more readily APP
Piled and removed. The treatment consists
of a number of very active drugs which are
plastered in little squares OF surgeon S gauze
over the surface intended to be beautltled-
beautitied at any cost. After several days
the pieces can be picked off, taking what re-
mains of the old skin with them.
The new surface will be found to present
a very fine imitation of baby's skin-for
time If the treatment is allowed to remain
on too long, Assesses and ulcers are likely
to appear, and the hcroine's last estate may
be infinitely worse than her first.
That method of wrinkle eradication
known as "enameling or "reJuvenating"
may we'll be Stunned as delusion and
sophistical snare. This consists in painting
the face with whites of eggs in which certain
chemicals are incorporated, and permitting
the mixture to dry on. Several coats of this
"beautifer' are applied, and after the last
one the lady is in possession OF a set OF tea-
lures that have all the animation, mobility,
and expression of turnlp.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the ena-
mel cracks off in the course of few days,
leaving the face even more rugged and un-
refined than it was in the first place: for
the natural function of the sweat glands has
been inhibited, and anything that destroys
normal functioning is a splendid thing to
avoid.
Face steaming" is another reprehensible
method employed in the attempt to Danish
wrinkles. For a short period-say during
sixteen-courSe dinner party-the steamed
face may appear plump and reJuvenated,
because certain amount of local reaction
follows the steaming process. But the pitt
less hand mirror and the cold gray dawn of
the morning after combine to disillusion
the woman who is addicted to the pernicious
practice of face steaming. AS a general
proposition it might be safe to say that the
oftener and more thoroughly wrinkles are
steamed, the deeper and more obvious they
will become.
In this form of incarnation the tace Is llb-
erallv creased, then bathed with "medi-
Gated steam-the meditation consisting
of something to give the steam pleasant
odor. This opens the pores, and permits all
the sweat-gland secretions to escape; which
perhaps might be we'll enough but for the
fact that the natural oil, so essential for the
nourishment of the skin, escapes at the
same time.
Excessive Steaming weakens the secretory
functions of the glands of the skin, and also
has a tendency to leave the skin dry and
coarse. 1t does the very thing it is supposed
to prevent 1T makes four wrinkles grow
where before there was only one and sus-
piCion of a few others.
THOSE little skin -thckened tumors known
as warts constitute another gift that
humanity, especially the feminine part of it,
can very well do without. Any physician
can burn these off painlesslv and effectually
by the use of the electric needle, freezing
spray Of ethyl chlorid, or some cauterizing
agent. SO one doesn't have to keep them
unless one chooses to- And there certainly
is no good reason for being and remaining any
uglier than Nature and Science intended.
The common or domestic mole, with or
without hair, can be driven from the prem
ises by the same gentle means that are en-
ployed 50 successfully with warts. Perhaps
electrolysis is the most popular and effective
form OF treatment for moles, and in the hands
of an expert it leaves very little scar tissue.
Even better, in that the remaining scar is
hardly perceptible, is the treatment of all
these various growths with "carbonic snow"
frozen carbon dioxid' Most skin special
lists now employ this in preference to any
other method in removing growths and skin
defects. Applications Of the carbon dioxid
snow are painless in fact the principle of
intense cold is utilized to produce local anes-
thesia, and the resulting sloughing and heal
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