These Past Hygiene Practices Will Shock You

Image of shocking hygiene practice: Wigs — PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA.ORG

Wigs Crawling With Lice

You know the wigs you’ve seen in those stately portraits from the early 1500s and on into the 1800s? Well, there’s one little detail those portrait artists left out: the lice. The majestic wigs were often crawling with hundreds of lice and nits. Could you sit still long enough to have your portrait painted knowing you were covered in itchy insects?