Celebrities do everything they can to stay beautiful, sleek, young and healthy. But don’t they sometimes get a little carried away in this? These are Hollywood’s most bizarre health hacks. Our tip: don’t try this at home!
Bee stings
Gwyneth Paltrow swears by apitherapy, a treatment in which she lets bees sting her face. The animals’ venom has a paralyzing effect that would be similar to using botox. She told herself in an interview, “I tried Botox too, but those chemical muscle relaxers made me look like Joan Rivers. This Apitherapy gives me a more natural look.’ Although animal protectionists are vehemently against the beauty treatment with the endangered species, according to Gwyneth, it has been used for thousands of years to treat inflammation and scars. Admittedly, the Goop-entrepreneur, at nearly 52, has fresh and glowing skin….
Leeches therapy
Many thought there was a stitch loose with Demi Moore when she confessed that she regularly puts leeches on her body to detox. ‘They are not just leeches from a swamp, but critters specially trained for medical purposes,’ she explained. According to the actress, it works “tremendously relaxing. ‘You first feel the beast biting into your body and then want to scream, but instead you have to take a deep breath and relax. They cleanse your blood, get the toxins out, and afterwards I always feel fitter.’ The leech therapy is also said to be anti-inflammatory, and some researchers even claim it has a positive effect in fighting cancer
Penis facial
Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett are fans of it: the penis facial. As plastic as it sounds, fortunately it is not, but dubious we think. This is because the actresses use an exclusive serum containing cells used from foreskins of Korean babies. These are preserved after circumcision, cloned in the laboratory and used in the so-called EGF serum. It is said to help create collagen, make your skin feel firmer and give a glowy skin. We thought it was a monkey sandwich story at first, but Sandra once confirmed her beauty secret on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. ‘It’s not that I smear little pieces of foreskin all over my face, it’s just the cells,’ she explained.
Eating placenta
From Chrissy Teigen to Alicia Silverstone and from Mandy Moore to Kim Kardashian, numerous Hollywood ladies decided to eat their newborn’s placenta after giving birth, claiming it would help combat postpartum depression. ‘I had it freeze-dried and made into pills and not fried like a steak, like some others do,’ Kim said. ‘I recommend it to everyone; every time I take a pill, I feel a surge of energy.’ With this, she also inspired sister Kourtney Kardashian, who wrote on Instagram, ‘I will be balking when my placenta pills run out because they are life changing. Actress Hilary Duff went a step further, incorporating her daughter’s placenta into a smoothie. ‘I haven’t had a smoothie this good since I was 10,’ she said. Cheers!