39. Have you ever wondered how people managed their sun protection before modern sunscreen? Enter the 1928 full-face swimming mask—a peculiar relic from an era when maintaining fair skin was paramount. This mask wasn’t just about keeping water out; it was designed to shield the wearer from the sun’s harmful rays, a novel idea when tanning was far from fashionable.
While they might look like something out of a sci-fi film, these masks could very well be more effective at preventing skin cancer than the sunscreen we rely on today. Could this old-fashioned approach be making a comeback in our sun-drenched world?