Why should you keep a spoon in your freezer?

Keeping a spoon in your freezer is a simple trick with a few surprisingly useful applications:

• Puffy Eyes Relief:
  • A chilled spoon, when gently pressed against puffy eyes, can help reduce swelling and inflammation. The cold constricts blood vessels, minimizing puffiness.  
• Minor Burn Relief:
  • Although extreme cold like ice is not recommended for burns, a very cold spoon can provide some soothing relief from a very minor burn. But also to be very carful and avoid very cold materials touching burns. It is always better to run cool water over burn.
• First Aid for Bruises:
  • Applying a cold spoon to a fresh bruise can help reduce swelling and minimize discoloration by constricting blood vessels and slowing down blood flow to the affected area.  
• Removing Splinters:
  • A chilled spoon can help numb the area around a splinter, making it less painful to remove.

Essentially, a frozen spoon is a readily available, small, and easily applicable cold compress for minor first aid situations.