X-rays were once used in beauty salons and barber shops across the US for hair removal! It started in 1915, when Dr. Albert Geyser wrote an article claiming that the Cornell tube (a mini-x-ray machine which, no surprise, he had invented) required “no protection of any kind, either for patient or operator.” His Cornell tubes were leased to beauty shops and trained operators to handle them. Sessions were called ‘light treatment’ or ‘short-wave treatment.’
The long-term effects of Cornell tube treatments eventually became clear. Patients’ skin wrinkled and thickened from radiation exposure. They developed skin lesions, ulcers, and cancer. The x-ray hair removal clinics functioned into the mid-century. The government didn’t take action as would be expected nowadays. Instead, personal horror stories published in newspapers spread awareness and cut off demand for the service.
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