The helmet’s inventor, G.M. Ackerman, claimed that wearing this outrageous device resulted in a more natural beauty for those willing to give the “glamour bonnet” a try. Ackerman initially invented the helmet with the stars of Hollywood in mind. It was supposed to mimic the same technology of the scuba diving helmet and was said to lower the atmospheric pressure around your head, in a similar way to what mountain climbers feel at higher elevations.
