The Roman Britons cared a lot about hair removal, and it shows in artifacts
An conservator from English Heritage looks at one of over 50 pairs of tweezers Roman men and women used to remove armpit hair. Jim Holden/English Heritage Ancient Romans were apparently staunch believers that “pain is beauty,” especially when body hair removal is involved. A collection of tweezers once used to remove armpit hair are amidst over 400 new artifacts on display at a Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire, England. [Related: This ancient Roman villa was equipped with wine fountains.] Some of the objects related to both cleanliness and beauty in Roman times include a skin scraper called a strigil, bottles of perfume, jewelry made from jet and bone, amulets to ward off evil, and make-up applicators. “At Wroxeter alone we have discovered over 50 pairs of tweezers, one of the largest collections of this...