Jabber, I have heard that cucumber slices on the eyes can relive puffiness that is probably edema-related, but I don't think it will resolve the challenge Ellemm is talking about.

And Princess Lenora, I'm not saying I KNOW that other blogger did a trade-out of promotion for her surgical costs, I'm just saying I WONDERED whether she had...

I have certainly heard of people bartering work for promotion of said work, or something similar. For example a few years ago I had a house I was trying to sell and the Realtor told me it would sell better if we put a new roof on it. We didn't have funds to put into a roof. But at the same time, we had a client who wanted a new website -- and they just happened to be a home improvement company that did roofing.

We traded them the web site design for the roof. Actually, I think we offered potential buyers their choice of a new roof worth "X dollars" with the promise that the buyer could select the roof of choice.

The eventual buyer liked the idea, but he wanted a higher grade roof than we would have installed, so he paid the difference. As I saw it, it was a case where everybody won...

But so sorry to have taken the discussion away from plastic surgery... "We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion..." LOL!