Blood-Sucking Beauty.
Leeches - nature’s blood-suckers - have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.
Egyptian medics believed that by sucking out the bad blood, leeches could help cure patients of everything from fevers to flatulence.
And in medieval Europe, leeches were so commonly used by the the medical profession that the physicians themselves were called ‘leeches’.
Today, leeches are often used in plastic and reconstructive surgery because of their anticoagulant properties which help fights against blood clots.
In other words, leeches really do have a place in the world of health and medicine.
But leeches as a ‘beauty treatment’ ?
Who would have thought ?
Not many of us until Demi Moore let slip that she recently participated in ‘leech therapy’ to cleanse and detoxify.
Talking on The David Letterman Show last month, she said…
“I’ve always been somebody looking for the cutting edge of things that are for optimizing your health and healing, so just a week ago I was in Austria doing a cleanse and part of the treatment was leech therapy.”
“These aren’t just swamp leeches, these are highly trained medical leeches.”
Okay!
Is she serious ??
Sounds more like an April Fool’s prank to me.
This is definitely one beauty therapy I’ll not be suckered into trying…
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2 opinions for Blood-Sucking Beauty.
MizFit
Apr 9, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I also adored that she said (paraphrasing) that she’s all about health.
really demi?
I thought you were all about a few other surgical thangs.
MizFit
Liz
Apr 10, 2008 at 5:17 am
Well said!!
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