She Thought Alternative Treatment Could Save Her.. But It's Wrong!

A woman was left with a huge deep hole in her nose after using an alternative treatment she thought would cure her skin cancer. A truly horrible video, documents what happens after she rubbed black salve - an ointment which burns and destroys skin tissue - onto her face and forehead.

Within a few days of applying the paste, horrifying inch-wide black and green coverings appeared as the salve ate away the skin. She was left with an unsightly crater in her nose - through which she could draw air - and needed major reconstructive surgery to rebuild it.


Black salve is a paste used on moles, scars and skin cancer that was popular in the early 1900s. The product is commonly classified as an escharotic - a paste which burns and destroys skin tissue and leaves behind a thick, black scar called an eschar.  The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has listed it as a 'fake cancer treatment' and is actively trying to ban it.

Source: Daily Mail