14 historical Bizarre Beauty Treatments
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 18-08-2014
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Tapeworm DietFirst advertised in the 1900s, patients would swallow beef tapeworm cysts, typically in the form of a pill, and hope the parasite would make its way to the intestines and absorb food. Once the dieter reaches their ideal weight, they have to take an anti-parasitic pill and excrete the dead tapeworm.