Old School Beauty Treatments That Should Stay Vintage

Receding The Hairline - Yes, You Read That Right

While most people would pay huge sums of money to do the opposite, Rita Hayworth actually had a procedure to recede her hairline. She did this in an attempt to look "less ethnic" for Hollywood, which is really sad. She also dyed her hair for months at a time and changed her name. The process she used to recede her hairline was actually called hair electrolysis, and it works exactly as it sounds.

A doctor would take a metal probe and use it to shock the hair follicle, essentially ensuring that it didn't grow back. It sounds like a pretty painful procedure, especially if you had to do it to avoid discrimination.