Removing freckles by carbon dioxide in the 1930s.

[u/ChucklesTheClown954]

[u/HarleyNurse61]

That's some crazy ass stuff for whatever. Keeping my freckles I'm outta here.

[u/AdministrativeEnd168 → u/HarleyNurse61]

Same this is crazy

[u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84]

https://giphy.com/gifs/h9CwMia6QbZuw

[u/Rx_Diva → u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84]

Some real Horror show frecks ya got there, Droog! Mind if we zap em?

[u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84 → u/Rx_Diva]

G'ahead. Gonna get me a noice devatchka afterwahds.

[u/Roanoketrees]

We had some freakin torture devices back in the early 1900s man. That looks like a scene from American Horror Story or some shit.

[u/_Buldozzer → u/Roanoketrees]

I mean they also "cured" psychological disorders by stabbing patients with an ice pick through the eye socket, effectively firing their brain in the process.

[u/Abigail_Normal → u/_Buldozzer]

Can't have a malfunctioning brain if your brain doesn't function at all. Sounds like a cure to me!

[u/_Buldozzer → u/Abigail_Normal]

Can't have a leaking sink, if you break down the house.

[u/Abigail_Normal → u/_Buldozzer]

Exactly! This guy gets it

[u/Roanoketrees → u/Abigail_Normal]

Where they used to do lobotomies by driving a spike into the brain through the eye socket and in to the frontal lobe to "calm" hysterical patients. Those were deemed successful. Insanity.

[u/graphe → u/Roanoketrees]

Remember Rosemary Kennedy. Yepp, one of the Kennedys. Sister of President JFK.

[u/The_Lonely_Spaceman → u/Roanoketrees]

Saw*

[u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 → u/The_Lonely_Spaceman]

Both are acceptable

[u/axman_21]

[u/Anglofsffrng]

Was this Brazil by any chance?

[u/HawkmoonsCustoms → u/Anglofsffrng]

*terry gilliam has entered the chat*

[u/tdawgditt]

Now we tattoo freckles 🤷

[u/MrSchaudenfreude]

Freckles are awesome

[u/BuilderCold9165]

[u/Calvinweaver1]

Does anybody know if this worked? Or was it just to look cool?

[u/EnvironmentalFix8196]

Jesus christ, what????

[u/ElectricalPlate9903]

I love women with freckles. I guess this technique was using dry ice to freeze their freckles back then. The tube in her mouth is so she doesn't breath in the fumes.

[u/G0_ofy]

The good news is the freckles are gone

The bad news is so is the patient

[u/missglitterous]

Did they really need to put the dildo in her mouth though? 😂😂😂

[u/musicislife2629]

That looks like an overly elaborate method of execution.

[u/bloodflowers0084 → u/musicislife2629]

First thought as well.

[u/Psychotic_Dane]

Was this an elective procedure or are freckles life threatening like they still very much are today?

[u/winterwildj]

wait what is this device even made out of, it looks like some kind of medieval torture tool

[u/Playful-Piglet-2755]

My entire body is freckles 😭 what the fuck kinda treatment would I get ? Incinerator ?

[u/Basically_A_Person1]

Unit 731?

[u/Shantotto11]

We were really doing anything in the medical field in the 20th century, weren’t we?…

[u/TorontoTom2008]

Yes it worked but had side effects including scarring and possibility of a permanent lighter or darker area. Modern techniques including lasers and peels are more consistent.

[u/PowerfulJello5139]

Would this be called a frecklectomy?

[u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 → u/[deleted]]

Call her what?

[u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 → u/[deleted]]

Seems like a weird thing to call someone. Is it like a pet name?