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Loss of volume in the face is normal part of facial aging.

Loss of volume can also be the result of surgery and thermal energy devices used for skin tightening.

This hollow look can leave eyes looking tired and weary, and even make the eyelids look

droopy.

In this video, I'll discuss how addressing this hollowness can be achieved with a minimally

invasive procedure that doesn't require surgery.

I'm Dr Amiya Prasad.

I'm a Board Certified Cosmetic Surgeon and Fellowship Trained Oculoplastic Surgeon.

I've been in practice in Manhattan and Long Island for over 20 years.

Cosmetic eyelid procedure, from cosmetic upper and lower blepharoplasty, Asian double eyelid

surgery, and ptosis surgery are at the core of my practice.

As an eyelid specialist, I also perform revision and restoration work to correct eyelid surgery

originally performed by other doctors, with patients coming to us from around the world.

I have found that having surgical expertise with eyes especially complex cosmetic reconstructive

surgery including use of grafts and bone repair has informed my approach to the application

of injectable fillers.

As a teaching doctor, I've recognized the different levels of understanding of this

complex area between medical practitioners and I strive to educate colleagues to understand

this area to avoid potential complications.

Many people would assume that correcting upper eyelid and brow hollows would require surgery.

While there are surgical options, which in the past was the only way to treat these types

of hollowing, the introduction of a range of hyaluronic acid fillers has made this area

amenable to non-surgical treatment.

Surgical options for this procedure include modalities such as fat grafting.

In my experience, fat grafting has limited application and I do not recommend it for

thin eyelid skin.

The thicker skin of the lower brow area can be suitable for fat grafting.

Fat grafts can be placed below the brow and the hollow space above the eyes and this approach

has worked out well for many patients.

The issue patients can have with fat grafting is that it is a more complex and involved

procedure, and can be more costly.

Fat grafting is a two step procedure: Fat is surgically harvested from elsewhere in

the body, such as the abdomen with liposuction It is then processed and then surgically placed.

Drawbacks of this procedure is the predictability of the outcome and the time for healing.

30-70% of fat grafted into an area can be absorbed by the body or heal in an unfavorable

way resulting in irregularities.

I explain to patients considering a fat grafting procedure to be prepared to have at least

two procedures.

Significant swelling after surgery can last for months and even past 1 year.

In my practice, I typically recommend a procedure which is more convenient and predictable for

the patient.

This procedure involves the use of a filler in the hyaluronic acid family such as Restylane

or Juvederm.

This is where knowledge and surgical experience in the eye area is very useful.

Every part of the area below the brow has specific anatomy which is important for proper

filler placement.

For example, there is a space between the center of the brow where filler can be placed

just behind the brow skin where the filler can be placed in a manner where the material

can be stable and make a significant impact for hollowing, eyebrow position and eyebrow

shape.

I perform this procedure using an instrument called a blunt-tipped cannula instead of needles.

The techniques I use typically results in no bruising with minimal swelling.

The hyaluronic acid filler placed in this space can last from 6 months to up to a year

(and sometimes even more), depending on the individual.

It's been my observation that fillers do last longer in this space when compared to

other areas such as the lips.

It's important to understand that maintenance is needed as fillers are safely broken down

by the body.

Healing and recovery is typically minimal with people often returning to work right

after the procedure.

Even though bruising and swelling is minimized with my use of cannulas, some limited bruising

is possible which usually resolves within a week.

I see my patients for all cosmetic filler procedures after two weeks to see how the

filler has settled, and to make further enhancements if appropriate.

Attending an event soon after filler treatment is quite possible, depending if any slight

bruising from the injections are still present, but even these should be minor and covered

by makeup.

This is in contrast with fat grafting, where patients would likely need to wait at least

a couple of weeks due to swelling and bruising.

After filler treatment, appearance is generally stable after the two-week follow up.

The use of cosmetic fillers makes correcting brow and eyelid hollowing much more convenient

and predictable than fat grafting surgery.

Patients who undergo filler treatment can go back to their daily routine almost immediately,

and come for follow up and have maintenance visits on a regular basis.

In my opinion, the convenience and predictability of fillers makes them the optimal choice for

upper eyelid hollowing and brow volume loss.

I hope you found this information helpful...thank you for your question

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology - Duration: 6:45.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, named after Dr. Jan Peutz, who first described it, and Dr. Harold

Joseph Jeghers, who later reported on it, is a rare autosomal dominant condition in

which individuals develop polyps throughout their gastrointestinal tract, as well as dark

spots called melanotic macules in their mouth, lips, genitalia, palms, and soles.

The large intestine is found in the abdominal cavity, which can be thought of as having

two spaces - the intraperitoneal space and the retroperitoneal space.

The intraperitoneal space contains the first part of the duodenum, all of the small intestines,

the transverse colon, sigmoid colon, and the rectum; the retroperitoneal space contains

the distal duodenum, ascending colon, descending colon, and anal canal.

So the large intestines essentially weave back and forth between the intraperitoneal

and retroperitoneal spaces.

Now, the walls of the gastrointestinal tract are composed of four layers.

The outermost layer is the called serosa for the intraperitoneal parts, and the adventitia

for the retroperitoneal parts.

Next is the muscular layer, which contracts to move food through the bowel.

After that is the submucosa, which consists of a dense layer of tissue that contains blood

vessels, lymphatics, and nerves.

And finally, there's the inner lining of the intestine called the mucosa; which surrounds

the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract, and comes into direct contact with digested food.

The mucosa has invaginations called intestinal glands or colonic crypts, and it's lined

with large cells that are specialized in absorption.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is caused by a mutation of the STK11 gene, which is a tumor suppressor

gene that codes for a protein called STK11.

So without a functioning STK11 gene, the gastrointestinal cells are more likely to accumulate mutations

and start dividing faster than usual - ultimately giving rise to polyps.

These polyps are benign outgrowths that arise along the gastrointestinal tract, mostly in

the small intestine, but also in the stomach and large intestine as well.

Some polyps then go on to accumulate additional mutations in other tumor suppressor genes

like the K-ras gene and p53 gene, and at that point they might evolve into cancer.

The chance for any single polyp to develop into cancer is generally quite low, but with

people with many polyps, like those suffering from juvenile polyposis syndrome, the risk

for cancer becomes significant.

The STK11 gene is expressed in a number of tissues, so individuals with Peutz-Jeghers

syndrome also have an increased risk of developing extraintestinal cancers without polyps, such

as pancreatic, breast, lung, ovarian, uterine, and testicular cancer.

Polyps can be classified by their gross appearance.

Some are flat, which means that they don't protrude into the lumen from the mucosa.

Some are pedunculated, which means that they do protrude into the lumen and remain attached

to the mucosa by a stalk, just like a mushroom.

And some are sessile, which means that they also protrude into the lumen, but there's

no stalk and the entire tumor is attached to the mucosa.

People with juvenile polyposis syndrome develop hamartomatous polyps, sometimes just called

hamartomas, and these are either sessile or pedunculated.

People with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome also have flat, dark mucocutaneous spots called melanotic

macules, which appear during childhood and often fade as the person gets older.

These macules look a bit like freckles, but arise in different areas, like the mough,

lips, genitalia, palms, and soles.

Individuals with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome often don't have any symptoms; however, if a polyp

becomes big enough to obstruct the intestine, it can cause abdominal pain and constipation.

Some polyps can also ulcerate and cause gastrointestinal bleeding, which can lead to iron deficiency

anemia in the long run.

Diagnosis of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is usually suspected in individuals with melanotic macules

and typically requires colonoscopy, which is when a camera is inserted retrograde into

the colon and rectum and to take pictures of abnormal looking polyps and a biopsy.

The presence of hamartomas is key in making the diagnosis.

In addition, fecal occult blood testing is often done to look for evidence of gastrointestinal

bleeding.

Ultimately, genetic testing has to be done to look for a mutation in the STK11 gene.

If cancer is suspected, tumor marker screening in blood may be done, especially CEA for colon

cancer, CA19-9 for pancreatic cancer, and CA-125 for ovarian cancer.

It's important for individuals with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome to have frequent endoscopies to screen

for colon cancer.

Some individuals also undergo prophylactic surgery, which means removing the part of

the intestine that has hamartomas before they evolve into carcinomas.

Some individuals also get prophylactic surgery for breasts and gonads, but that can affect

childbearing.

All right, as a quick recap, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant syndrome

caused by a mutation of the STK11 gene.

It is characterized by multiple hamartomas throughout the gastrointestinal tract, along

with melanotic macules in the skin and mucosa, and a high risk of developing malignancy in

various organs, including cancers of the GI tract, pancreas, breasts, lungs, ovaries,

uterus and testicles.

For this reason, people with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome need regular monitoring through endoscopy

and imaging techniques, and sometimes have prophylactic surgery.

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ABNS Ep 7 Treatment for Sleep Apneas - Duration: 17:56.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] This is A Better Night's Sleep, a podcast about sleep, sleep disorders,

and evidence-based treatments.

From Military Health Sleep Experts, I'm Dr. Julie Kinn, with the Defense Health Agency.

[Dr. Jon Olin] And I'm Dr. Jonathan Olin, sleep physician and medical director of the

Evans Army Community Hospital Sleep Lab.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] Jon, in our last episode, you taught us about sleep apneas and how you

diagnose them with in-lab studies and studies at home.

Today, we're going to talk about treatment.

But before we get into that, can you please remind us about the different kinds of sleep

apneas?

[Dr. Jon Olin] Sure.

So obstructive is more common.

And think of it as frankly an obstruction, kind of like a cork blocking a bottle.

So there's actually a problem with a blockage leading to the person-- obstructive sleep

apnea, when the person is asleep, they're obstructed and they're not able to move air.

Generally, their tongue, their soft palate, their upper airway is collapsing and then

blocking and interfering with air flow.

So again, we earlier described that we don't demand perfection in the field.

They don't have to be open 100% of the time throughout all sleep time when studied.

But if that's occurring 15 or 30 times an hour, we'd call that, for more 15 to 30, moderate

obstructive sleep apnea.

If it's more than 30, we call it severe obstructive sleep apnea by frequency of events.

[Dr. Jon Olin] Central sleep apnea is again asleep, not moving air, but not an effort

to breathe.

And that's the brain not giving input to go ahead and breathe.

That's common in some conditions.

The conditions that are associated with central sleep apnea are broad.

Like obstructive sleep apnea is generally a blockage or is a blockage.

Central sleep apnea, all of us here in the Northwest, I'm in Colorado.

If you take me to the top of Mount Rainier or I take you to the top of Pikes Peak, both

of us are going to have central sleep apneas, where we're going to hyperventilate because

of the altitude and elevation.

We're going to hyperventilate and then our brains are going to go, "Oh good, I got a

good oxygen level."

And as we drift off to sleep, we're not going to breathe.

And then our brains are going to, "Oh, there's a problem."

[Dr. Jon Olin] So, that can be seen, for example, with elevation.

It can be seen with medications, including for example narcotics or respiratory depressants.

Medications that decrease brain input to sleep.

It can be seen with cardiac conditions, like congestive heart failure.

It can be seen with pulmonary conditions.

It could be seen with neuromuscular conditions, for example polio.

I know that's relatively rare in the US now.

So the causes for why someone is not breathing can be more complex than usually the causes

with an obstructive sleep apnea, which generally is an obstruction of the upper airway.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] And it sounds like you might not even know that you're prone to this until

you're deployed or having a permanent change of station to a place with a different elevation.

[Dr. Jon Olin] I mean realistically, I think a substantial portion of us are going to have

these central apneas at over 10,000 feet elevation.

Certainly, more people have them at Fort Carson, which is ballpark 6,000 feet, than say, Tacoma

area, basically sea level.

Is 6,000 feet absolutely where everyone has them?

No.

But they're way more common here.

And there is a sleep lab at the Air Force Academy here in Colorado Springs that's another

1,000 feet and they're more common just additional 1,000 feet.

So we're kind of teeter-tottering here at this elevation, at 6,000 feet, with more common,

but not way, way common.

And then think, at 14,000 feet, basically, everyone's going to have them.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] I'm assuming the treatments differ for obstructive sleep apnea and central

sleep apnea?

[Dr. Jon Olin] Sure.

So central sleep apnea, you figure out what the cause is and then address that.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] Okay.

[Dr. Jon Olin] If it's elevation, then they may need time to adjust.

We try to avoid studying someone that just got off a plane and just arrived here 12 hours

ago.

So we're going to give them time to adjust.

If they're on narcotics or medications, just had surgery, had a procedure, we're going

to try to study them off of the narcotics or respiratory-depressant medications.

And then if they have ongoing central events, we can look at PAP, which is positive airway

pressure, which can be useful.

Sometimes for people, [bleeding?] in oxygen can be useful, where they're getting some

extra oxygen.

And then there are special PAP-type machines that are useful for treating central apneas

called ASV, for example, is one type.

They're specific treatments for central apnea, but in general, looking at why they're having

the central apneas and trying to address that is useful and appropriate.

[Dr. Jon Olin] But we should really talk about the more common condition which is obstructive

sleep apnea.

So in general, you're going to try to somehow hold the airway open that's collapsing.

So one way to do that is weight loss or weight control, if that's relevant and appropriate.

So someone who is overweight by 10 or 20 pounds, or 10 or 15 percent, if they lose weight, that may

be helpful, especially lose some weight around their neck.

There's obviously no way to specifically only lose weight around their neck or in their

oral area.

But avoiding gaining weight is going to be important.

So weight loss, weight control is relevant for some, for some, not relevant.

They're normal weight or underweight and they still have severe apnea.

[Dr. Jon Olin] PAP, positive airway pressure, where you're holding open a collapsing airway

with air pressure.

So if I break my finger-- I know Julie we're doing this podcast not nearby, but if you

were nearby, you could grab a pencil or pen and some duct tape or something and splint

it up.

And we could go over to the ER and they'd look at it, but we could somehow splint or

control it so it's not flopping around my broken finger.

So airway, obviously, much trickier area to splint.

We can't tell people, "Hey, reach in the back of your mouth, pull your tongue forward, push

your tonsils out of the way, now fall asleep."

They're going to say, "I'm going to throw up, never mind try to fall asleep."

So one way to splint it, to hold it open, is actually with air and air pressure.

So these are machines that pump air and they'll get many different types of masks.

And they're connected with a tube, from the machine through the tube, to the mask.

And some of the masks go over just nose and some of them just barely touch or kind of

touch the nostrils, the opening and will push in air.

So holding open this airway that was collapsing.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] So is it pushing oxygen in to replace oxygen from breathing less?

[Dr. Jon Olin] It's actually room air.

So we're not pumping in that, oxygen only, it's room air that's being pumped in or--

that's using the room air pressure to hold open the airway.

That's actually a common thought is like, "Well, why can't I just put in a little oxygen?"

Like the nasal cannulas, you see those in medical movies or TV shows of like, "I could

just have some oxygen.

That'll help my obstructive apnea."

And it may help it very, very slightly, in the sense that your oxygen levels are slightly

higher, but it's not doing anything to open the obstruction.

It's just waving around a higher concentration of air in front of the obstruction, not going

to do anything to open the obstruction.

So we need to do something to open the obstruction.

[Dr. Jon Olin] So PAP sure can and that's considered the gold standard.

And for severe, that's going to be generally the treatment that's recommended.

There will be some people in a sleep study, either home or in lab, that have documented,

say, severe or moderate sleep apnea when they're on their back, supine, and none or good breathing

when they're on their side, lateral.

If there's significant data for that, then positional therapy could be considered.

And this is a person doing something in an organized way, not just saying, "Oh, my sleep

study said I'm severe on my back," but they're going to do something in an organized way

to make sure that they're not sleeping on their back.

So, that's going to be like body pillows, could be tennis balls sewn.

This will sound a little weird, but tennis balls, pockets for tennis balls sewn in the

back of their pajama top and you put those in an X or a T and you can sleep.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] So that if you roll onto it, it's uncomfortable?

[Dr. Jon Olin] Exactly.

So you train yourself to sleep on your side.

Exactly.

So why are people worse on their back?

Because their tongue is generally flopping back and then blocking or closing the airway.

So they do something in an organized way to make sure that they're not on their back.

Surgery can be considered.

There are multiple surgeries.

The most common one is removing tonsils and some of the soft palate and the adenoids,

the little dangly thing back there called the uvula.

The statistics for that are not very, very encouraging and that under 50% of people get

50% improvement is what I've seen and so it's generally not a first-line treatment.

It could be something that is considered for people in the mild range for severe obstructive

sleep apnea.

Some of these surgeries are not first-line treatments.

There are other surgeries that are more aggressive, but people need to be thoughtful and discuss

those on my opinion with an experienced eye, ear, nose, and throat surgeon before they

do that.

[Dr. Jon Olin] Generally, PAP is as I said the mainstay gold standard of treatment for

severe.

There are also, for mild obstructive sleep apnea, things called oral appliances or mandibular

advancement devices.

So it'll sound a little weird, but tongue, believe it or not, is attached to jaw and

if you do something with like a double retainer to advance jaw even millimeters, you're pulling

tongue forward millimeters and opening airway possibly millimeters.

So again, for someone very severe and not a first-line treatment, but for someone with

mild, the millimeters may be enough to then have effective treatment.

I like getting follow-up sleep studies to prove that treatments are effective.

If they had an in-lab study and we know they're good in various stages, including REM on their

side, then that's your data, but I like getting follow-up study with an oral appliance to

show that it's effective and achieving good results.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] Now what about nose strips and devices for the nose?

[Dr. Jon Olin] Nose strips can be useful for snoring.

There's not really good data that they're useful for obstructive sleep apnea.

So it can improve airflow through the nose, so then there's less fluttering or less snoring

as it's going by the soft palate.

But in general, the obstructions are an upper airway and so improving some airflow from

nose does not open the airway.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] Okay.

Good to know.

Sounds like there's a lot of different treatment options and that surgery is definitely not

the first step.

[Dr. Jon Olin] Yeah, there are many treatments.

I should say also with PAP, again for moderate is generally considered the gold standard.

For PAP, the machines now, they're increasingly modern.

They're quiet, they're quieter than your household's fan in general.

They're relatively small, they are little bigger than-- they're like a small shoe box

and they have modems in them.

So they track actually hours of use that the person is using it and advance per hour.

So it's I think interesting and fun for patients to be able to look at that data so they can

track their hours of use, their advance per hour.

Is it as accurate as a full in-lab attended study?

No.

Because it was not a tech nearby, there was not all the wires, but we can look at how

they're using it.

The army, I think of the military and the field, in general, consider adequate treatment

more than four hours a night, more than 70 percent of the time.

So in other words, 21 out of 30 days for more than four hours.

[Dr. Jon Olin] And in general, we'd like to see events per hour at less than five, especially

if they're moderate or severe.

Sometimes, if they have 100 events an hour in their eight-- with the PAP, they reduce

to 6.0 events per hour and might view that as pretty darn good, they're 94% improved.

But in generally like events, at less than five per hour.

So there aren't that many treatments we can see how people are doing over a 30-day period,

over a 60-day period.

But this is one and then hopefully we get patients and service members buying it and

going, "Oh wow.

Actually, I'm starting to feel a little better.

Does takes weeks off and I'm starting to feel a little better.

My memory is a little better, my concentration is a little better.

I've noticed my blood pressure might be a teeny bit better."

People can get a lot of improvement with quality life with improved sleep.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] So can you take the PAP machine with you on deployment?

Would having this kind of diagnosis and treatment make one unable to deploy?

[Dr. Jon Olin] No.

That's a good question.

So years and years ago, yes, you could not take it with you to deploy.

Now you can.

And in fact, it's encouraged.

If someone has a knee condition and need a brace, then we're going to say, "Yes, deploy

with a knee brace."

We're not going to ask you to rock or to deploy and do significant time on your feet without

your knee brace and the same thing for sleep.

So they do need access to electricity.

They may deploy with the battery pack, which is eight-hour one-night backup.

It's not a one month supply of ongoing battery.

They'd have to recharge it.

So they do need access to electricity.

I like people to have filtered air.

What does filtered air mean?

It means a room or some kind of enclosed container with a floor, four walls, and a ceiling.

In other words, I don't like PAP just being sat down, the machine being sat down in a

pile of mud.

[Dr. Jon Olin] Even if they have a generator nearby, yeah, it's not going to do well for

them or for the machine to be doing that.

Yes, it'll keep your airway open for some of the hours, but it's going to break the

machine impact on the filter.

But [inaudible] people deploy and the machines themselves will again track their use, track

their data.

But if someone has severe obstructive sleep apnea and then deploys, and then is not with

their machine, and then is bound to falling asleep, that's dangerous.

That's a problem.

So the dangerous significance and consequences of untreated apnea are not just civilian,

they can be military obviously also when deployed.

So the army would like people to, especially the people with symptoms, meaning daytime

sleepiness, to be deploying with their PAP because we want them to be treated, want them

to have a better quality of life, better concentration, better attention, better focus.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] I'm hearing that there's a lot of treatment options and that any sleep

physician will be able to walk our listeners through them to figure out the best

place to start.

[Dr. Jon Olin] Right.

And it doesn't have to be a Board-certified sleep physician, there are many of the PCMs

are increasingly knowledgeable about sleep apnea, abstractive sleep apnea, and treatment

options.

So review this with a provider.

They may consult or the person may choose to be seen by a sleep physician.

But treatment is better than the no treatment.

And there are many primary care managers that are familiar with many of the sleep conditions

and treatment options.

Untreated sleep apnea is associated with high blood pressure, strokes, diabetes, and car

accidents.

And these, again, things tend to, again, normalize with treatment.

Is it an emergency if someone misses their PAP for one night?

No.

But ongoing no treatment or non-treatment is a significant health concern and safety

concern.

So we do encourage people to follow up and get treatment for their sleep disorders.

[Dr. Julie Kinn] That's a great reminder about the importance of this topic for our listeners

and our loved ones.

Thank you Jon.

Thank you listeners for tuning in.

You can subscribe and rate A Better Night's Sleep on iTunes or wherever you get podcasts.

A Better Night's Sleep is produced by the Defense Health Agency.

You can get In touch with us on Facebook and Twitter @MilitaryHealth.

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Almond Oil | Eczema Treatment, Dark Circles Removal & Eyelash Growth - Duration: 5:36.

In today's video I will be unveiling a top secret that has absolutely changed my life! The product

I'm talking about today is sweet almond oil.

I use sweet almond oil on a daily basis for both health and beauty purposes. If you want to know the step-by-step

Instructions on how I use this amazing oil,

then stay tuned . Almond oil is extracted from the seed of the almond fruit. Almonds are actually not nuts, but instead a seed.

Almond oil contains vitamin E, A and B, which seal the moisture in skin cells to keep it hydrated.

It's high vitamin E content helps prevent premature aging.

It's easily absorbed by the skin, so you don't have to worry about it clogging your pores.

it's also a natural sunscreen with SPF 5. When purchasing almond oil you want to look for a hundred percent pure on it's label

since it has routine much more of its nutrient contents.

Reducing dark circles under my eyes is one of the main reasons to why I started using sweet almond oil.

I've been dealing with dark circles my whole life.

It's actually one of the things that I'm most insecure about. I tried all the most popular remedies such as placing sliced

cucumbers and potatoes under my eyes.

I spent so much money on under-eye serums that didn't work. You name it

I've most likely tried it. Applying almond oil is the only thing that I've found to work.

Almond oil is a natural bleaching agent and will help to reduce the pigmentation under the eyes. I

usually apply the almond oil right before bed. The way

I applied the oil is, I pour a few drops onto my fingertips, index and middle finger.

Then I rub my fingertips using my thumb to warm the oil up

After that, apply the oil to the dark circles under my eyes and being very careful. I also rub the oil onto my eyelids

I'll also typically massage the oil in a circular motion for about 60 seconds and then leave it on overnight

You'll definitely see major improvements within four days, and I promise you that you'll be amazed by the results.

Second main use for almond oil is healing split ends and helping with my eyelash growth.

I had the most parsed thin and short

eyelashes. Growing up

I used to be so envious of girls who had beautiful thick long lashes.

So I became obsessed with looking for ways to improve the appearance of my eyelashes.

It was really tough for me because I need to find something that wasn't going to irritate my skin.

So the only option that I had was to find a method that was natural. That's when I found sweet almond oil. I

applied almond oil before going to bed every single night after washing and cleaning my face of any makeup.

I pour a few drops of sweet almond oil onto a clean mascara brush. I then apply the oil as if I was applying mascara.

Starting at the roots , work your way up to the tips.

Repeat a few times to ensure that all lashes are fully covered. Be very careful not to get any of this in your eyes.

So good tip is to lean forward as you apply it. I applied sweet almond oil every single day for 3 months straight before

noticing great results. I noticed that later my lashes doubled in length and density

I highly recommend you guys to try this method if you want to grow out your lashes naturally.

As for how I used to eat almond oil to treat my split ends. Since is super rich in vitamin E

and contains healthy omega-3 fatty acids. It works amazing in treating damaged hair.

This is how I apply almond oil to my hair.

I pour a few drops onto my hand then I slowly start to saturate the ends of my hair.

Third and final way that I use almond oil is to help treat eczema flare-ups. If I fall off my diet and eat things

I'm not supposed to, like

processed foods or foods that contain a lot of sugar and dairy, my eczema tends to flare up.

And I found that applying sweet almond oil on the flare-ups,

helped relieve itchiness and also hydrated my skin. To apply the almond oil.

I would pour a few drops onto my hands and rub them together to warm up the oil.

Then I would just apply the oil directly onto the eczema flare-ups by gently rubbing it in.

Another benefit that I discovered to my surprise, is that when eczema flare-ups heal they tend to leave scars.

So on the areas where I applied the sweet almond oil,

I noticed that the scars healed much faster and due to almond oil being a

bleaching agent, the dark marks from the scars were almost completely gone.

I was honestly so excited and happy to find this out, because as you can imagine I had so many leftover scars

all over my body and now I have clear beautiful skin. Before I go

I like to mention a couple more personal uses of almond oil that worked great also. During the wintertime,

I use almond oil to help moisturize and hydrate the skin on the soles of my feet.

They tend to get very dry, the oil works so much better than any other moisturizer or cream that I've used.

Almond oil also makes a really great natural lip balm. So definitely give that a shot also!

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