vegetation on body is what modern women carefully fight against. Also it seems that such fight has begun with development of the cosmetology industry quite recently. Only then the whole systems on disposal of women of excess hair have appeared. It both wax depilators, and razors, and various procedures like photo and laser epilation, and many other things. However seldom who knows that the history of depilation consigns the roots to very distant past. And even ancient women were anxious with problem of removal of excess hair on body.
Excess vegetation on body brings feeling of the strongest discomfort, because of it ladies have complex and cannot put on short skirt, open blouse or undershirt. And though today all achievements of modern cosmetology are subject to women, they not always have time for removal of hair.
And there is question: and as our ancestors who had no such abundance of method and means coped.
Ancient women and men
To fight against vegetation not only ladies, but also men have begun still when were wrapped in skins of animals. And had it not so much cosmetic how many tactical sense – the lack of hair in the face and the head deprived of the opponent of opportunity to apply painful reception: to seize the enemy by hair and to pull.
Long hair also promoted that in them various knots, prickles and other garbage got confused. It gave to the person not only inconvenience, but also severe pain.
It is natural taking into account that in the ancient time people had no special choice, they had to take radical measures and hair simply to scrape off. Razors then have not been invented yet. Primogenitors of modern safety razors it is possible to call safely sharp stones, sinks of sea inhabitants, etc. It is clear, that together with hair also skin was often scraped off, but here had no time for the special choice.
Ladies and gentlemen of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is famous for the beauties, and about methods of their personal care the whole legends are put. Naturally, such nation could not but have enough advanced means for disposal of excess vegetation. So, for example, Egyptians used the razors manufactured of silicon or bronze and widely applied sugaring.
The Egyptian sugaring was certain mix two the technician: waxing and directly sugaring. Wax was its main component.
Egyptians applied to skin sticky weight from wax and put from above to it fabric strip. And then with force pulled it, getting rid of body hair. Ladies in Egypt destroyed all body hair. Sometimes reached that there were only eyebrows. And they shaved off head hair. Reached that availability of excess hair on body was considered as sign of barbarity.
Romans
In Ancient Rome the lack of hair on body classified the person as the member of wealthy estate. Vegetation mercilessly was removed pumice, self-made razors, tweezers and special depilatory stones. And it was necessary to do epilation regularly. Later among the European women practice of prevention of growth of hair has become widespread. For this purpose mothers rubbed walnut oil in skin of the daughters. The bandages moistened with vinegar and greased with cat's excrements were also widely used.