painfully painful! “beauty micrometer” measures undetectable facial flaws for the ugly and unaware.

oh my.
i recently came across this old article about a crazy cosmetic torture device designed by Max Factor:
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and although it’s not as torturous as the 11.5 million plastic surgeries that were performed in 2006, it most definitely proves that our f$%&ed up quest for perfection was always very healthy. hm, maybe healthy is the wrong word.

weirded out.


4 Responses to “painfully painful! “beauty micrometer” measures undetectable facial flaws for the ugly and unaware.”

  1. 1
    beeverly:

    datt new stuff is hot.funky n hip outfitz r sick!!!!in love wit demm.!

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    Lynne:

    As terrifying as that thing looks, imagine the real damage: a normal young woman slips it on and up to 325 “glaring distortions” are revealed. What a self-image crusher! And of course, everyone should strive for one identical, perfect image without variation–didn’t Aldous Huxley write about a society like that? Creepy, happy late Halloween!

  3. 3
    amanda:

    that has a strange pin-head vibe to it… ack! lol

  4. 4
    bigglassesgirl:

    maybe because I’ve had acupuncture done, but it doesn’t look half as bad as what I say in some csi-esuqe episode where they pulled out threading from some girl’s face (those nifty new facelifts). Uggg

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