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Table of contents for The Rules of Engagement
- The Rules: The Introduction
- The Rules. Chapter 1: Take Care of Yourself
- The Rules. Chapter 1: continued 1
- The Rules. Chapter 1: continued 2
- The Rules. Chapter 1: continued 3
- The Rules. Chapter 1: continued 4
- The Rules. Chapter 1: continued 5
- The Rules. Chapter 2: Be Interesting
- The Rules. Chapter 2: continued
- The Rules. Chapter 3: Be Healthy
- The Rules. Chapter 3: continued
- The Rules. Chapter 3: continued 2
- The Rules. Chapter 4: Be Honest
- The Rules. Chapter 5: Be Sincere
- The Rules. Chapter 6: Be Prepared
- The Rules. Chapter 7: Be Observant
Mouth
Do you find that most people maintain at least a 15-foot distance from you during conversations? Are you puzzled by strangers offering you Altoids on the train? When you sing to your houseplants, do they wither and die? If your dog, who by the way licks his own ass, won’t get near your face, perhaps you should consider brushing and flossing your teeth. Smile into a mirror, what color are your teeth? Do they resemble a cue ball or the eight ball? Your teeth should be bright and white. 
Green and brown teeth are not attractive. Get thee to a dentist immediately. You should ask your dentist about getting your teeth whitened it’s easy to do, only runs a few hundred dollars, and great teeth are one of the first things women notice when you smile at them. If you have problems with chronic bad breath, carry mints or breath drops and use them liberally. Avoid eating garlic and onions if you’re going on a date.
Eyes
Are the circles under your eyes so big that they look like coffee mug stains? Are you getting that Bill Clinton – I haven’t slept in days look? Well you are not alone and there are many things you can do about this. Contrary to popular belief, most dark circles have nothing to do with actual skin color changes. Rather, dark shadows form when changes in facial anatomy occur. A normal part of the aging process, the infraorbital fat pad (the fatty layer located just above the cheek bone and below the eye) thins producing a sunken appearance. Light reflects off these hollows creating the illusion of shadowy circles. So while Baby Boomers struggle with fat accumulating around hips, tummy and jaw line, the opposite problem is happening beneath the eyes.
Hiding them provides immediate gratification and restores radiance to the eye area. Yellow counter-acts blue so this is the color of concealer to look for. A simple effective cover-up is T. LeClerc Liquid Concealer - Banane.
A firming antioxidant eye crème it will hydrate, firm and reduce morning puffiness, also just before going out for the night try using Manaji’s 911 Eye Treatment www.menaji.com to get ride of the dark circles under the eyes.
If unprepared for under eye bagginess and the dark circles that inevitably follow, try a quick fix straight out of the kitchen. Moist cool tea bags (the caffeinated ones) rapidly reduce swelling. The tannins in the tea help reduce the swelling by reducing inflammation. And caffeine draws water from the skin helping deflate puffiness.
Another solution is in the vegetable crisper…cool cucumbers. Enzymes contained in cucumber slices reduce tissue inflammation, shrinking bags and erasing unbecoming shadows. Keep these on hand for those little life emergencies like when you binged all Friday night and forgot about your hiking date with Olga Saturday morning. This is a temporary fix but it works.
Sometimes treatments just aren’t enough. Deep hollows may ultimately sometimes need to be filled in order to eliminate the problem. Fat transplantation has become a popular method of dealing with recalcitrant dark circles, mainly when puffiness is not an issue. Fat is removed from the hip, thigh or buttock through a syringe or liposuction cannula from locally anesthetized skin, rinsed and then injected under the skin into the hollow.
Added fat instantly plumps up skin and neutralizes shadows. It also helps reduce visibility of veins that peek out from beneath the surface. Fat transplantation is typically performed by plastic surgeons, and sometimes by dermatologists. It isn’t a permanent solution and you may need to undergo more than one treatment in order to see results but it may be worthwhile.
Next up: Body Hair and Fragrances
* Can anyone guess what problem Rick had and wanted as much research on solutions as possible?
** Here’s a bonus diet tip: Want to lose weight? Do a google search on the terms “bad teeth.” You’ll never want to eat again.
