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Galvanic treatment in the beauty industry has been described since at least the 1970s [15] and earlier. [13] Sometimes called galvanism, the treatment aims to improve the skin in two ways: (1) cleansing: a process called desincrustation, and (2) nourishing the skin condition, through an electro-chemical process [16] called iontophoresis [17] (also called ionisation). [18]
Medieval aesthetics refers to the general philosophy of beauty during the Medieval period.Although Aesthetics did not exist as a field of study during the Middle Ages, influential thinkers active during the period did discuss the nature of beauty and thus an understanding of medieval aesthetics can be obtained from their writings.
sweat gland. Skin secretions are those substances and materials that are secreted by the skin and the external mucous membranes.Some skin secretions are associated with body hair.
Aesthetic medicine is a branch of modern medicine that focuses on altering natural or acquired unwanted appearance through the treatment of conditions including scars, skin laxity, wrinkles, moles, liver spots, excess fat, cellulite, unwanted hair, skin discoloration, spider veins [1] and or any unwanted externally visible appearance.
The heavily made-up look of the 1920s was a reaction to the demure, feminine Gibson Girl of the pre-war period. [1] In the 1920s, an international beauty culture was forged, and society increasingly focused on novelty and change.
A sebaceous gland or oil gland [1] is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, which lubricates the hair and skin of mammals. [2]
Aristotle, in contrast to Plato, developed certain principles of beauty and art, most clearly so in his treatises on poetry and rhetoric.He saw the absence of all lust or desire in the pleasure it bestows as another characteristic of the beautiful.
A display of Victorian Era Cosmetics. Victorian-era cosmetics were cosmetic products used during the Victorian age.Victorian cosmetics sometimes used toxic ingredients such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and ammonia.