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This article comes to you not from a doctor or expert, but from a parent who has seen it first-hand, and lives with it every day. I have spent several years learning every tip and trick I can, and it pleases me to share those with you here. If you have any tips, please comment below with them.

Let me begin by saying that nothing can replace the care of a doctor when it comes to asthma. You have too much to lose to start trying to go alone here. There are, however, things you can do to help alongside your doctor’s care.

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Whether you want to look younger or just want to make sure you don’t age prematurely, below is a list of some common as well as lesser known ways to shed the years.

• Apply a Retin-A or EGF-based product.
• Always apply a moisturizer to your face (but does not contain mineral oil)
• Use sunscreen (SPF 15+) 365 days a year AND wear a wide-brimmed hat
• Try to keep yourself from squinting, puckering, or making other faces that can cause wrinkling over the years.
• Stay out of the sun
• When you get out off the shower, pat your face to dry it - don’t rub or scrub it!
• Wear sunglasses when outside to prevent squinting which leads to wrinkles
• Avoid smoking and cigarette smoke
• Try not to sleep face-down
• Exfoliate your face at least twice a month
• Run a humidifier when you sleep
• Lose extra pounds and keep them off (This could be one of the biggest factors!)
• Get plenty of sleep every night, even on the weekends
• Keep allergies under control
• Be sure to get plenty of vitamins A, E, and C, preferably through vegetable and fruit juicing for best absorption
• Eat fish several times a week
• Avoid alcohol
• Massage your face thoroughly every week to increase circulation to the area
• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables
• Don’t chew on your lips
• Don’t forget to apply SPF-factor lip balm
• Drink lots of water. Not other drinks. Water.
• Avoid stress
• Use very mild soaps
• Consider taking acetyl-L-carnitine and alpha-lipoic together

Everyone has a “surefire” cure for hiccups. I loathe hiccups because I get them so violently that they cause pain to my stomach and throat. Fortunately for me, I have THE cure. I’ve been using this trick for well over 30 years and my family has been doing it much longer. It has never failed me. I’ve shown quite a few people, all of whom have given me that same look of doubt when I tell them… only to become believers when their hiccups disappeared moments later. I don’t take credit for it, only for passing it on to those of you who hate hiccups as much as I do.

You simply fill a glass with water. Take a washcloth and put it over the glass. Then you drink the water through the washcloth. Actually it should be more like sucking a bottle, ensuring you’ll get a lot of bubbles in the water. Do this for about 30 seconds. The harder you suck, the more bubbles are formed by the washcloth’s fibrous material, which is a good thing. So after 30 seconds, stop and see. I’d say 75% of the time they will already be gone. Once in a while you’ll need to do it again, but most often your hiccups will be gone in 30 seconds.