• A new beauty ritual called fire facials is lauded for curing everything from dull skin around the eyes to obesity
• Fire facials involve soaking a towel with a “secret elixer” and alcohol and placing it on a "problem area" such as the face, legs, back, and neck and setting the towel on fire for several seconds before extinguishing it with another cloth
• While the origins of this treatment are unclear—some credit China, others Tibet— it's said to be painless and depending on what part of the body it's applied
• The dangers this treatment poses are hair catching on fire or the skin developing hyper pigmentation
