Rather than snipping the ends, carve-and-slice involves cutting at the curvature of each curl, which Ms. Fowler said removes some of the weight and puffiness associated with curly hair.

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In the color and milling about, my eye picks out a basketball-size cloud of pure white puffiness across the floor, a vision that turns out to be a giant Angora rabbit named Alice.

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It defies common sense that a 15-minute treatment is going to eliminate or even minimize them, no matter how "clinically proven" the ingredients employed to reduce wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles.

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Castro also said that it's normal for a patient's face to swell up after being on a ventilator for a long time, though he also speculated the puffiness could be due to medications Chavez has been taking.

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