How to fake a good night’s sleep: ‘In a pinch, you can use cold teabags’

The old trick of putting cold teabags on your face to deal with puffiness actually works, says dermatologist Katherine Armour. Photograph: invizbk/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Maybe you’ve been kept up all night by a baby, a lover, a dinner-turned-drinks, or even gnawing worry. Maybe you’re simply one of those people who plants their face in the pillow, pulls the doona cover over – and wakes up crinkly and oxygen deprived.

Getting into bed at 3am and waking up at 7am looking perky is a young person’s game.