How to Look Beautiful, LIFE, 1961.

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Compared to this beauty-enhancement technology of Ye Analog Days gone by, wheatgrass and colonics sound positively tempting. "Woman wearing a magnetic collar to dissipate wrinkles and slow aging process of cells." Bel Air, CA, US, 1961. Photographed by Allan Grant for LIFE Magazine. (via, thanks Susannah Breslin!)

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