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‘hygiene’ to give a pineapple facial treatment.
A very young pineapple bud is grated and put in a cloth and rubbed on the face, which is sometimes washed with tea first.
This pineapple juice stays on the face for three days and the acid in it causes the skin to redden, swell, itch, and finally,
come off. During this time, the person undergoing the treatment should not wash her face or expose her skin to the sun. After
three days, the face is washed, powder is applied, and the pineapple juice rubbed off. Then rice powder facials are given
repeatedly for three more days, during which time the face is again not washed, and the sun avoided. Because of heat and irritation
to the skin, doing cooking is also avoided. After this time a total of six days have elapsed from the first application of
the pineapple, the treatment is complete, and the skin can be washed as usual. Since the outer layer of skin has been peeled
off, the new skin is quite soft. This practice continues on Simunul and Manuk-Mankaw Islands, but it is being replaced by
commercial creams on Sibutuh Island.
Do you want you and me to [do] pineapple facials tomorrow?
I cannot come out because I did a pineapple facial treatment.