u/Best-Rabbit1960

Hey beautiful people. Nothing serious here so don’t be in a rush to respond!

I never learned to do cornrows when I was younger, my mother usually did it for me. Now I’m 27 and I think I finally did it! This is my second attempt doing my own hair.

I do need to help with the start. I suck at parting so please forgive me but also the start of my plaits aren’t solid? I think neat or distinct is the right word. How do I fix that it?

I have a lot of baby hair and I honestly can’t grip it into the plait so I think that’s part of the problem but am I adding hair too soon? How many plaits should I do before I start to add hair?

27F, 5’4”, 150lbs, Non smoker, on BC.(Think I’m formerly anemic, not sure If currently)

I’m in need of a second opinion or some type of solution.

I’ve been getting sinus infections & bacterial sinus infections continuous about every two weeks for around 2 to 3 years now maybe 2024. It first started off as just sinus infections but now they are getting increasingly worse and more frequent. I have been to the urgent care more times than I can count for the same issues and I end up on antibiotics. I ended up going to an ENT who suggested a surgery. I had a deviated septum, Rhinitis sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. The only scan I got on my face was before surgery. I was told to go to the Allergist to see if I may be allergic to anything or if my immunity was low. I am not allergic to anything and my immunity levels came back okay.

I ended up doing the surgery around June of 2025. I had returned a few days later because some part of my right nostril had folded in on itself and it was completely blocked again which had caused it to not be able to drain any liquids. I had to endure the ENT pulling that flap open and putting a cotton thingy up my nostril because the numbing spray couldn’t reach the area and this was the only way to keep that area open to heal properly.

A month or so ago, I woke up to my left eye swollen shut and blood shot, I had puss (inflammation) coming from both of my nostrils but mostly my left side. My ears felt clogged and had alot of pressure. My mucus is always thick green, yellow-ish with occasional blood or now orangish and it always feels like I have a ball up my face. Also I’ve been placed on antibiotics so much that I think my body literally became resistant to the one I kept being giving. The labs taken of my nostrils around May 6(Moderate growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Light growth of Haemophilus influenzae) and the last time it was (I had light growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Light growth of Corynebacterium species (very last test which was in May 2026).

I left my old place because I thought there was mold in it and no avail.

I’ve had maybe 3 good weeks this year alone where I wasn’t sick. I went to see another allergist who think that the cause could be some type of chronic inflammation. I am now scheduled to take a biological shot once a month.

I started an antiflammatory diet to see if this would help.

Now I am feeling the symptoms again and I am very tired of going to the doctors and paying money to get the same answer which is they don’t know what is going on.

Currently on:
-Saline Rinse
-Fluticasone 50mcg
-Starting on Tezspire next month.

Current Symptoms:
-Pressure in ears and head
-Brainfog
-Fatigue
-Pain around my temples and behind my eyes and back of my head
-Greenish mucus, drainage,
-Slight pain in left jaw
-Trouble going to sleep
-Pain in my joints mostly elbows when I try to sleep
-Nasal Polyps

I’ve scheduled a visit for a new PCD to see if I can get a baseline or if something else is causing this. I don’t know what else to do or who else to talk to.