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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

A Shockingly Gruesome History of Beauty Marks, Real and Fake - Racked
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A beauty mark or beauty spot is a euphemism for a type of dark facial mole, so named because such birthmarks are sometimes considered an attractive feature. Medically, such "beauty marks" are generally melanocytic nevus, more specifically the compound variant. Moles of this type may also be located elsewhere on the body, and may also be considered beauty marks if located on the face, shoulder, neck or breast.


Video Beauty mark



Fashionable beauty marks

In the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark generated a new vogue. Fashion model Cindy Crawford's prominent mole helped revive the fashion.


Maps Beauty mark



Artificial beauty mark

False beauty marks are sometimes applied to the face as a form of make-up. Beauty marks were particularly highly regarded during the eighteenth century and creating false ones became common, often in fanciful shapes such as hearts or stars. They could be purchased as silk or velvet patches known as "mouches" (flies). Alexander Pope's 1712 poem The Rape of the Lock mentions such patches as indicators of "secular love":

The Monroe piercing has gained popularity in recent years as a flexible way of approximating a beauty mark.


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In media

In the conclusion of the book The Silence of the Lambs, the heroine Clarice Starling gains an artificial beauty mark when burnt gunpowder gets lodged in the flesh of her cheek. She retains this mark in the sequel novel Hannibal. This symbolism (along with Dr. Lecter's polydactylism) did not get carried over into the film.


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See also

  • Birthmark
  • Freckles
  • Melanocytic nevus
  • Monroe piercing

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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