Weight-Loss Earring
The Acu-Ring, or weight-control earring, was introduced in 1978 and continued to be sold until at least 1990.
You were supposed to wear the ring around the edge of your ear and squeeze it whenever you felt an urge to eat. Soon you'd see the pounds melting away!
It supposedly worked by means of 'acupressure'. The theory was that there's a spot on the ear that controls the stomach, so putting pressure on that spot would lessen appetite. (Couldn't a similar effect be achieved just by squeezing the edge of your ear with your fingers? Apparently not.)
A similar idea lay behind "staplepuncture" (or ear stapling) which we've posted about previously.
You were supposed to wear the ring around the edge of your ear and squeeze it whenever you felt an urge to eat. Soon you'd see the pounds melting away!
It supposedly worked by means of 'acupressure'. The theory was that there's a spot on the ear that controls the stomach, so putting pressure on that spot would lessen appetite. (Couldn't a similar effect be achieved just by squeezing the edge of your ear with your fingers? Apparently not.)
A similar idea lay behind "staplepuncture" (or ear stapling) which we've posted about previously.
Brigham Young University Daily Universe - Oct 7, 1982
Allentown Morning Call - July 17, 1978
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