Facial Features

Eyes – those things you see with. It covers the eyelid, eyelash, iris, cornea, and pupil. The iris is the colored part of the eye. The cornea should be the clear membrane which covers your eye and keeps all the insides in place. Then the white part is known as the sclera. This portion is usually white except when you're sad, tired, or stressed. Then it turns a pinkish red. When this portion turns pink altogether and itches or burns, one or both eyes may be affected. It might be tempting to rub and scratch at your eye. You also should not because this will lengthen the time of infection and spread the disease. If you must rub at your eye, please wash your hands afterwards. Under no conditions should you touch your unaffected eye or anything else. It should go away on its own. If it does not, I suggest a good dr.

Eyelid – this is what covers the eyes when you blink. It is really quite necessary to avoid drying out the eye or to keep dust and other allergens from entering in.

Eyelash – this is the little fringe hair on the end of your eyelids. Any discharge or gunk that collects from your eyes in your sleep will be right around here. A quick scrub with water will remove that for you. If your eyes are heavily irritated and discharging, you might need to seek medical help especially when your vision is affected. Other possible causes might be exposure to certain chemicals or substances with a strong smell. These are known to irritate mucous membranes and include things like onions. Usually, removal of the substance will fix the issue as will getting a little fresh air. If it does not, however, you may need to rinse your eyes out with water. Make sure this is cool to room temperature to warm.

Water too hot or too cold can shock the body and even cause pain. You might notice you have a hard time getting in a good position, so you'll need a helper to pour. For this you will need to tilt your head up enough so the water enters your eyes but not enough so the water can't drain back out. Make sure your eyes are held open for this. When you have debris stuck in your eyes like small particulate matter that stings and burns, this is the best way to treat. Now should you have something sticking out of your eye, please go to the hospital as quickly as possible. This is why Jesus mentioned the man with a speck in his eye versus the one with the beam. Should you have a log impaled in your eye, that really is quite a serious situation.

Nose – what you smell with. This is the collective term for the exterior that is made up by the nostrils. All nasal trauma, breakage, or injuries should go directly to the drs office due to the breathing system behind.

Nostril – you should have two, one passage on each side that make up the nose. Any congestion or drainage from illness will build up or drain out here. This is because it is an exit to the respiratory system which we will look at soon. Sometimes you will notice it gets stopped up or drains a little too much. This can be due to allergies, irritant exposure, or even a common cold. If it happened shortly after working with irritants, I suggest you remove yourself from the source of exposure and go get some air. It should clear up on its own with a little time. If it's due to allergies, see if you can find out what makes you allergic. Allergies will give themselves away by how you find yourself getting stopped up after one of them has trotted past.

Perhaps you don't even need something to walk past, you can just be working with what makes you sick. For those types of allergies, I suggest putting a layer of cloth or two over your mouth and nose to filter the air you breathe and lessen the risk of exposure. For congestion due to colds and other illnesses, boiling water or boiling water and salt creates vapors which relieve the nose. Sit beside the boiling pot and breathe the smoke in. However, you should take care not to burn yourself. For those who are too weak to do this, I suggest using a cloth to create something like a tent over them and the pot to contain the vapors. You can also add other things to the water for certain cases which we will see later when we deal with the lungs.

Mouth – what you speak with. It contains tongue, teeth, and lips which borders on the cheeks.

Tongue – tastes what you eat. It's that organ in the mouth behind the teeth. You should have four main taste buds: salty, sour, bitter, and sweet.

Teeth – what you chew with. You should have two sets some on the top and some on the bottom. If you're lucky you'll have a full set of both. Some children and elders do not have all theirs due to growth and maturity. The elders likely won't grow back in while the children's if their younger than ten will. Of course, that isn't exact, but most children's teeth will have fallen out and come back in again by then. The elders may need some adaptations to diet to soften and make it easier to chew or even a set of replacement teeth if these can be obtained. The dietary adaptations though usually work well enough for anybody. These consist of chopping or mincing the food.

Lips – keep the teeth and tongue contained within the mouth.

The cheeks appear on either side of the lips nose and eyes to round everything out.

At the base of your face, you have your chin.

Finally, the forehead is kept on top of the face above the eyes, just out of reach. Between the forehead and the eyes you'll find two fuzzy things known as eyebrows.

Then if you're a man you might have additional fuzz on your face known as whiskers. More scientifically speaking its' called a beard, goatee, mustache, or sideburns when gathered in the collective sense.

By looking at a face, can you tell where everything is?