10 Outrageous Ways Women Have Suffered To Be Beautiful
9. Tapeworms For Weightloss
Women have always tried to be thinner than they are, but using tapeworms to accomplish that? You might think that it's a step too far, but for a while it was a huge trend.
In the 19th century women used to swallow tapeworms to lose an excessive amount of weight in a short time. They would swallow the tapeworms in the form of a pill, where the worm would grow and eat any food they would consume. Once they reached their goal weight, the women would then take anti-parasitic pills to kill off the tapeworms.
Obviously it didn't always work and ladies would develop illnesses such as meningitis, epilepsy and dementia.