10 Weird Beauty Standards Throughout History That You Won’t Believe Were Real

Layla Will

Beauty is one of the extremely essential needs for every person in society, whether ancient or modern. Beauty has been interested in by humans for thousands of years. At each time, in each geographical region, people have different fashion standards and definitions of beauty. Even among people living in the same geographical area, sometimes the standards and conceptions of beauty differ slightly, but this is insignificant. In general, it is common for each territory to share a set of beauty standards that may or may not be different from other regions around the world. Have you heard of strange beauty trends like stretching the neck, wearing lip plates, or applying mud to the hair? Today, let's learn about the weird beauty standards and trends that are especially unusual in some cultures around the world.
In fact, in some cultures, people have very strange, outlandish beauty standards that surprise and even frighten the rest of the world. Today, let's learn about the weird beauty standards and trends that are especially unusual in some cultures around the world.For more funny photos about fashion, check out our posts here, here, and here!

#1 Rough Skin & Keloids – Western Africa, New Guinea

Weird Beauty Standards 1 Rough Skin & Keloids - Western Africa, New Guinea

#2 Long Neck - Myanmar

Weird Beauty Standards 2 Long Neck – Myanmar

Source: inf.news


#3 Wearing Lip PlateEthiopia

Weird Beauty Standards 3 Wearing Lip Plate – Ethiopia (present trend)

Source: Quora


#4 Uneven Teeth – Japan

Weird Beauty Standards 4 Uneven Teeth - Japan (present trend)

Source: Womendialogue


#5 Unibrow - Tajikistan

Weird Beauty Standards 5 Unibrow - Tajikistan (present trend)

Source:  Pinteres


#6 Super High Forehead - Fula Tribe

Weird Beauty Standards 6 Super High Forehead - Fula Tribe

Source: Mathilda's Anthropology Blog. - WordPress.com


#7 Wooden Nose Plugs - India

Weird Beauty Standards 7 Wooden Nose Plugs - India (present trend)

Source: VAGABOMB


#8 Ohaguro (black teeth) - Ancient Japan

Weird Beauty Standards 8 Ohaguro (black teeth) - Ancient Japan

Source: Kilala.vn


#9 Elongated skulls - Ancient Mayan Civilisation

Weird Beauty Standards 9 Elongated skulls - Ancient Mayan Civilisation

Source: Vintage Everyday


#10 Lotus feet (bound feet) - 11th century onwards, China

Weird Beauty Standards 10 Lotus feet (bound feet) - 11th century onwards, China

Source: Reddit