Fascinating half-bald goddess of the Renaissance (6 photos)

Modern beauties spend on maintaining health, beauty and hair density a lot of money and time. Fortunately, an arsenal of cosmetic means allows. But it was not always so.





And the ladies who lived in the XIV-XV centuries consciously got rid of by carefully shaving them in the forehead. On the canvases of time, women and girls look due to this feature almost that bald.



And since aristocrats were trendsetters, then the baton was picked up by many commoners. But why at all there was such a strange fashion?

Probable reasons for the popularity of semi-baldness



Researchers identify several possible reasons. And they all claim to be authentic:

Influence of the Islamic East. And dragged the trend crusaders returning from campaigns. In Muslim countries it was it is perfectly normal to remove hair on the body, face and head, so that at least somehow alleviate the influence of the scorching sun. Perhaps some Europeans adapted the tradition according to their own vision beautiful.

The impact of doctors and magicians. Then one from the other were not very different. Aesculapius learned to make certain correct conclusions, in particular, realizing that increased hair growth in women is a sign of changes in the body, which is manifested in difficulties with conception. It is clear that in order to demonstrate femininity and health ladies sought to get rid of excess vegetation. Sometimes even overdoing it in their aspirations.

Banal vitamin deficiency. The first paintings from the image of a semi-nude or naked nature demonstrates skinny, emaciated and pale women, showing clear signs of rickets. And his usually causes a lack of vitamin D - prolonged and extreme. Therefore, the first models resemble anorexics - skinny, with pronounced tummy, narrow hips, flat chested, with prominent foreheads.



And this is not surprising. Where would the unfortunate aristocrats take vitamins, if the poor things sat in their castles/ towers without getting out, without an opportunity to once again breathe fresh air and look at the sun. But women remain women, despite rickets, anemia and consumption.



And probably one lady complimented another, praising "refined" baldness, fairly pushed back the hairline from the forehead. About it learned the other, the third. And the process, stretching for almost two centuries, went.



Do you think that such a trend would take root now if the stars actively began to promote it?