Historical story

Breast in the Middle Ages:Plants and Flowers for its Beauty

A woman of the Middle Ages. The breasts were one of the parts of the body that women cared for the most

If you believe that for the beauty of the breast is a modern "fixation", you are wrong.

The breast is the emblem par excellence of the female body, therefore women, since the dawn of time, have always taken care to keep it young and firm for as long as possible ( see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8840/storia-moderna/ricetta-bellezza-rinascimentale-ridurre-seno-senza-chirurgia).

Before the advent of plastic surgery , whose first rudiments date back to the 19th century, we had to be satisfied with do-it-yourself recipes mainly based on plants and flowers, which nevertheless boasted a certain effectiveness.

The medieval beauty manuals abounded with recipes for the improvement of tone, firmness and vigor of the décolleté.

The most recommended remedies were based on alchemilla and clay, with which you could create packs, lotions and creams.

The mix of clay and alchemilla was considered a real panacea for withered breasts, which thanks to their action, regained their youth and turgidity.