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Home Remedies: Tea Bags Over The Eyes
Posted by: Suzanne Costa in Aging Information, Botox, Dangerous Procedures, Face Lifts, Natural Treatments, Thermage, Thread Lifts on November 5th, 2009
Years ago, there was no option to choose plastic surgery in order to improve one’s appearance or reconstruct one’s features. By trial and error, people all over the world discovered many home remedies to help keep their appearances looking as fresh as possible. One such home remedy was putting tea bags over the eyes in order to reduce the appearance of dark, puffy circles and re-hydrate the skin on the eyelids and around the eye. This home remedy is still in use all over the world, with many people swearing by its effects over any cream, facelift, or lipolysis injection.
Simple home remedies can replace plastic surgery.
How To Use Tea Bags to Rejuvenate Your Eyes
This treatment requires your tea bags to be nice and cool in order to work properly for most skin types and works best when used before bed. Prepare your tea as your normally would, by placing two orange pekoe teabags in boiled water. Let them brew for approximately five minutes before wringing all liquids out of them. Flatten the tea bags out again, place them on a plastic dish and put them in your freezer for about fifteen minutes. After removing the tea bags from the freezer, find a nice, comfortable spot to lay down. Close your eyes, place the tea bags over them, and relax. Turn the tea bags over after about 10 minutes, and let them sit for another 10 minutes. When you’re all done, dispose of the tea bags and rinse your face with cool water to remove any tea stains or residue.
In winter months, many people opt to use warm tea bags to help relax the eyes a bit more. The same instructions above can be used with warm tea bags, and works quite well for people who find their skin exceptionally dry. If using warm tea bags, you’ll want to have a towel under your head to prevent staining of furniture or pillows in case the liquid seeps down your face.
Spa Treatments
This is a treatment program that has become quite popular in various spas, and many have begun to market special-formula tea bags designed for this kind of use. While many people swear by these spa-brand cosmetic tea bags, even more find that a simple orange pekoe bag works fine and is far more cost effective. However, if you want something tailored to your specific eye-skin issue, spa tea bags might be the answer for you.
In a world where we are over-encumbered by expensive creams, treatments, cosmetic surgeries and more, a simple and inexpensive treatment is a welcome relief. For most people, there is absolutely nothing to lose by trying this eye rejuvenation technique – except for two tea bags and about an hour of your time.
Face Lift Alternatives – Thread Lifts
Posted by: Suzanne Costa in Aging Information, Thread Lifts on November 3rd, 2009
Thread Lifts, also known as “weekend face lifts” or “lunchtime lifts” are becoming quite popular for those who prefer to avoid invasive cosmetic surgery. It involves minimal time in surgery and only three days recovery time, a very short period in the world of surgical rejuvenation of the face and neck. Given the procedure and reduced financial obligations involved, thread lifts are quickly becoming a replacement for the traditional, surgically invasive face lift.
Thread lifts commonly replace the traditional facelift.
Thread lifts
By using barbed sutures (threads), a surgeon is able to tighten sagging skin tissue around the eyebrows, lids, nose, mouth, and neck. Requiring no surgical tissue removal (i.e. cutting away excess skin tissue), this means that no incisions or stitches are required and this equates to no scarring – a common concern among anyone considering invasive cosmetic surgery, such as a traditional face lift.
Essentially, the surgeon will use the barbed sutures to lift the sagging skin. Using a tiny needle, the sutures are placed beneath the skin tissue. The barbed end of the suture moves the skin tissue to the desired location, while teeth on the opposite end of the thread act as anchors and secure the excess skin to underlying facial tissues.
There are two types of threads being used in the United States – Contour thread and Aptos thread. Depending upon the clinic, surgeon, the extent of work to be done, and individual preference, your surgeon will select the right thread for your procedure. The barbs used in these sutures have been shown to stimulate collagen products within the subcutaneous layer of skin. Wrinkles are caused when the production of collagen is slowed or stops in our bodies.
Thread lifts are in most cases, outpatient procedures. This means that you go in, have surgery, and leave the same day. You may be retained in order to ensure that no reactions to anesthetic or other medications occurs, or if you seem especially groggy. In most cases, patients are able to leave just a short time after surgery and find they are not bothered at all by the anti-anxiety medications or anesthetics that are used.
The success of these procedures is based on many factors, so it is very important to pay close attention during surgical consultation, be honest with your surgeon about your medical history and ask lots of questions. An experienced and confident surgeon will be ready to answer your questions and will be happy to offer alternative methods before resorting to cosmetic surgery.
