A team of archaeologists has found that our obsession with hair removal can be traced to Roman times.
Hair removal was the way to get "the look" for men and women.
Archaeologists working in Wroxeter Roman City, in Shropshire, England, have discovered a huge collection of over 50 tweezers at the settlement that dates from the 2nd to 4th century AD.
English HeritageEnglish Heritage has said that the hair removal practices were just as routine for men as they were for women, noting that men who would engage in sports like wrestling would be expected to remove their body hair.
Cameron Moffett, English Heritage Curator at Wroxeter Roman City, a new museum that opened last week, told The Times that you "had to have the look.
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—, Cameron Moffett, Seneca, Moffet
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Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire, England, Roman City, Wroxeter, Britain