Top 10 Unusual Medical Treatments
In light of the world's first full face transplant, TIME takes a look at unusual medical procedures and treatments from around the globe. Obviously, this list is not a substitute for professional medical advice.
There's wearing pearls and then there's wearing pearls. Applied in either a powder or a cream form, crushed pearls are used in traditional Chinese medicine as a skin care agent. And applying pearls now might delay your eventual appointment with the pearly gates. Practitioners claim that the treatment not only cures acne, but also prolongs life expectancy and has anti-aging attributes.
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