TATTOOED CHEEKS

Evening Star, Issue 20990, 2 January 1932, Page 18

TATTOOED CHEEKS

PERMANENT COMPLEXIONS A new method of beauty treatment, involving the use of a tattooist’s needle for tinting the cheeks and lips to a permanent redness is now being practised, and women are flocking to the salons of beauty experts to acquire lasting loveliness, states the ‘ Daily Mail.’ “This method of applying a permanent complexion is quite painless and most satisfactory,” Mr J. C. Bell, a Wigmore street, TV., beauty expert, stated. “ First the complexion is mapped out on the cheeks, which are then frozen with a local anaesthetic. Then, with an electrical needle, the old tissues of the cheek are dispersed, and each tiny pore has a quantity of harmless vegetable colouring inserted into it. The cheek is shaded like a picture, and the tint particularly suited to the client is applied. WAX BATHS. “ After a week a new skin is formed with a natural tint which lasts practically for ever. “ Wax: injections for lines about the mouth are no longer used. A new compound is now injected into the skin by means of a hypodermic syringe. This involves only a slight pin-prick, and the compound is easily smoothed into shape, giving the face a smooth, unwrinkled surface which lasts for some years.” The most fashionable reducing treatment of the day is a wax bath. The patient lies on a large wickerwork cradle lined with waxed paper, and is covered with soft, warm, white wax, which is alllowed to harden on the body while cooling lotions are applied to the face and neck. After half an hour the patient gets warmer, and the wax softens until it is time for the substance to be taken off. The treatment concludes with a shower bath, hoi at first and then colder. Lastly the patient is given Swedish masasge. Women often lose between 21b and 31b in weight with each bath. It is claimed that the baths are also good for rheumatism, bad circulation, and worn nerves.