Portrait of man with fake mole on cheek. In the 1700s, fake nevi were also used by men
Everyone knows that in fake represented one of the most popular beauty accessories in the 1700s , but most believe that it was a complement of exclusively female use (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/1684/storia-moderna/moda-nel-700-i).
But no:even if not as much as women, men too, at times, used moles to add a touch of class to the face.
It was usually used to cover a blister, a pimple or an unsightly blemish on the face; in silk or velvet, the rubbery side of the mole was moistened and applied to the affected area.
Of various sizes, moles also had different forms: in addition to the classically round ones, there were also, among the most common, star-shaped and heart-shaped ones.