Using Arsenic as a Skincare Product
Arsenic is rat poison, but for some reason, women used to ingest arsenic to make them look paler. That, and it would kill them from time to time. Do not do this, please.
Public Plucking
Native Americans used to have a different way to go about waxing their private parts. There was a community ritual where men and women would stand naked in front of a crowd and pluck all of the hair off of their body between their thighs and belly button. That definitely did not feel good.