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9. Hair Removal By Irradiation

An indispensable item in the best North American beauty parlors in the 1920s was the recently invented X-ray machine, employed to remove unwanted facial and body hair. Other treatments available included radioactive face creams to lighten the skin and radioactive toothpaste for whiter teeth and better digestion, after which the customer could enjoy a radium-laced chocolate bar. As recently as 1953, a company in Denver was promoting a radium-based contraceptive jelly.

10. Colored Teeth
Sixteenth-century Italian ladies colored their teeth red or green. Russian women, however, always dyed theirs black.

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