{"id":11238,"date":"2024-08-14T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2024-08-14T09:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:27:38","slug":"debunking-2024-health-trends-pimple-patches-dark-circle-creams-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11238","title":{"rendered":"Debunking 2024 Health Trends: Pimple Patches, Dark Circle Creams and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple cider vinegar, pimple patches, under-eye creams \u2014 do any of these actually work?<\/p>\n

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About a decade ago, a massage therapist in Santa Cruz, Calif., gave me a lecture on the healing properties of coconut oil.<\/p>\n

Once a day, she said, she\u2019d scoop a tablespoon into her mouth and swish it around for 20 minutes. Her gums had never looked healthier, she exclaimed, and she even had fewer colds. <\/p>\n

I was in graduate school for science journalism at the time and I knew I should be skeptical. But I thought about the dull pain I sometimes felt between two of my molars, which my dentist warned could eventually turn into gum disease. Maybe this oil thing would help.<\/p>\n

For several months, I swished and spat until my jaw hurt. And yet my gums still ached. When my dentist probed them with her metal spike at my next checkup, they didn\u2019t look any better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Like so many of us, I had given in to the allure of an easy fix. I knew deep down that oil swishing probably wasn\u2019t going to do much for my oral health, but I figured I had already tried regular brushing and flossing \u2014 why not this?<\/p>\n

In my case, my failed experiment only cost me some time. But other wellness trends can take a big bite out of your wallet \u2014 and sometimes even affect your health. This is why we provide expert- and research-backed guidance to help you avoid common traps.<\/p>\n

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Apple cider vinegar, pimple patches, under-eye creams \u2014 do any of these actually work?About a decade ago, a massage therapist in Santa Cruz, Calif., gave me a lecture on the healing properties of coconut oil.Once a day, she said, she\u2019d scoop a tablespoon into her mouth and swish it around for 20 minutes. Her gums had never looked healthier, she exclaimed, and she even had fewer colds. I was in graduate school for science journalism at the time and I knew I should be skeptical. But I thought about the dull pain I sometimes felt between two of my molars, which my dentist warned could eventually turn into gum disease. Maybe this oil thing would help.For several months, I swished and spat until my jaw hurt. And yet my gums still ached. When my dentist probed them with her metal spike at my next checkup, they didn\u2019t look any better.Like so many of us, I had given in to the allure of an easy fix. I knew deep down that oil swishing probably wasn\u2019t going to do much for my oral health, but I figured I had already tried regular brushing and flossing \u2014 why not this?In my case, my failed experiment only cost me some time. But other wellness trends can take a big bite out of your wallet \u2014 and sometimes even affect your health. This is why we provide expert- and research-backed guidance to help you avoid common traps.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11240,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11241,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11238\/revisions\/11241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}