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So I accidentally put my cz salus compression leggings in the dryer on low heat 😭 I hope they’re not ruined. How would I know?

This led me to ask since I’ve always wondered. . I know compression is expensive so I figure not many people have one garment for every day to last a week. My garments said to wash between uses, so I haven’t worn them more than once between washes, but doing a load just for them every couple days, or hand washing that often seems like a lot for me. I only have two pairs. So I end up only wearing them a couple times a week. (I know I could do better at laundry)

But I wanted to hear if anyone else wears there’s more than once or how your managing?

How important is your lamp? I have the SunUV SUN2C UV light that I had bought a while back. I stopped doing polygel any gel really before I even got decent at it after reading about how common allergies were with improper equipment. I am very sensitive and reactive so I diddnt want to take chances.

Now that I’m trying to get into nail strips, I’m wondering if I should invest in a better lamp, or is mine sufficient for the strips? I have heard the gelish one seems to be good, but the confusion on all the different formulations being compatible with only certain lamps is confusing as far as gel goes. I have also heard of squish lamps which seem like a good idea too.

Just looking for advice! :)

I have learned symptopro in the past, but had a terrible time and was inconsistent waking up to take the temp at the same time every morning. Also, the sensations like “glide” were always so confusing to me having mucus almost throughout my entire cycle. I understand egg white cervical mucus, but the lubrication and glide sensations always threw me off. My instructor never could really make it clear to me.
After a pregnancy (not an unintended one) I switched to Marquette. It was easy and straight forward but it got too expensive.
Both methods have me pretty much abstaining until after ovulation is confirmed following the rules and my history of sometimes ovulating really early. so what I’ve been doing is using LH strips and a wearable bbt tracker. (Currently comparing Oura to temp drop)

Does anyone else practice Marquette but only using LH strips and waiting until peak+4 plus? I cross check with the bbt rise since I’ve seen some people actually get pregnant with Marquette since they ended up having two peaks, and obviously after your first peak you stop tracking with Marquette.

Now that I’m trying to relearn the sympto pro rules it’s giving me anxiety. I know instructors don’t like wearables, and then given my hard time identifying cervical mucus, some of it after the temp rise makes me second guess, even though I clearly have a sustained rise.

Just looking for experiences with LH strips and or wearables please!

I get recurrent staph infections 2-4 times a year. It’s almost always on the outside of my nose, or, my lips, (is this the same thing as impetigo?) My cystic acne is also acting terrible lately, which has me on edge that it’ll turn into another infection. Most recently, I think I had an allergic reaction to something on My lips, then next thing you know I’m getting the yellow crust so I began mupirocin, which is seeming to help, but it also irritates me after a few days so it’s a win/lose situation. Idk what’s going on or what will happen when I stop using it.

Anyways, it’s getting more and more frequent and seems harder to treat each time. I also have eczema and sensitive skin. Not sure if I also have sebbhoreic dermatitis or not to add to the mix.
Basically my skin is a huge recipe for disaster.

I was wondering it the hypochlorous acid nasal spray might be a good option to keep things at bay. Has anyone tried this? If not that, or maybe even on top of it, the nozin antiseptic nasal sanitizer. I want to try but idk if it can become resistant to these things, or if I’ll just be wasting time or money and creating some other sensitivity along the way. Does this sound like a good or bad idea?

Hi, I have sensitive ears and a huge collection of cheap earrings which over time I have reacted more and more to.

I was thinking maybe I can buy titanium hooks for all my dangly earrings and switch them over. Is this a good idea and is there any resources for me to learn how to do this? It’s hard to find variety of dangly earrings online that are for sensitive ears.

As for the earrings that are not dangly and connected directly to the post, are these just a loss for me? Or is there anything I can do for my beloved hoop collection?

Any resources for good brands for earrings or just the hooks are also welcome! TIA

I want to know if anyone has experienced anything like this. I got a terrible patch of eczema (I think)under my eye and on eyelid. It’s possible it was actually seborrheic dermatitis, but I’m leaning towards an eczema patch. It had been there since February, a small patch, then it got out of hand! I tried La roche posay eczema cream and it actually helped big time, until it diddnt. It was a lot better for only a few days then over night just escalated bad! Looking back now, I waited way too long, but anyways I finally busted out my tacrolimus, which the tube I have now is actually a brand that I’ve never used, I had just got a new tube a while back and never used it.

It mainly cleared the eczema patch, but my skin under my eye looks like like a different texture than my other eye, it seems like an elder persons skin, the only way I can describe it is “thin” I also have more texture or wrinkles/lines under that eye now.

I’ve used tacrolimus for years, mainly the skin around my mouth and sometimes flares on forehead or neck, so this is my first time under the eye.

Has tacrolimus ever made your skin seem different after using it? I’m uneasy about this. Or maybe it was a bad flare and I need to give it time? It’s been about a week and the skin still seems different, I actually had to put more on tonight because my eye is acting up again. Another thing I’ve noticed is usually the first couple days of tacrolimus are very itchy and burn and then It’s not bothersome anymore , this time around the itch never went away. Idk if I might be reacting to this specific brands formula or if the skin around my eye doesn’t like it? I’m just worried about my skin seeming different now under that eye.

I’m also sad that this eye seems to have a lot of fine lines after this flare. Have you ever had a flare give you wrinkles, o actually do have one deeper wrinkle now, the rest are finer lines. I actually do have one side of my mouth look different than the other, after months of rash, because I was afraid to use tacrolimus during a pregnancy, but this wasn’t that long where the flare was really bad. Are the lines here to stay? And is it odd the texture of my skin seems different after Columbus and that the itching persists?

Edit: I should add I only used the tacrolimus for probably less than a week because I got this small bump under my eye area that was itchy and I diddnt know if the tacrolimus was causing it, so once the skin cleared I stopped using it. Until now that I had to tonight.

Wondering how important finger placement is? I am just learning and I know your supposed to press the string right above the fret, I struggle with this trying to change chords, I noticed my fingers have a hard time sometimes stretching to be right above the fret for ever finger that needs to be used, especially without touching another string. I don’t know if I am being a little bit of a perfectionist, scared to make bad habits, but I haven’t been letting myself move forward in practice because I’m afraid to get comfortable with bad habits and not sound good when I play. It’s halted my progress because I stay stuck here trying to get them perfectly close to and above the fret and I’ve stopped practicing out of boredom and frustration.

I have watched others play and noticed a lot of guitarists sometimes have their fingers farther up closer to the middle of the frets. How important is this? Are they not playing right or am I being way too focused on each finger always being right above the fret? Any advice welcome!!

Wondering how important finger placement is? I am just learning and I know your supposed to press the string right above the fret, I struggle with this trying to change chords I noticed my fingers have a hard time sometimes stretching to be right above the fret for ever finger that needs to be used. I don’t know if I am being a little bit of a perfectionist, scared to make bad habits, but I haven’t been letting myself move forward in practice because I’m afraid to get comfortable with bad habits and not sound good when I play. It’s halted my progress because I stay stuck here trying to get them perfectly close to and above the fret and I’ve stopped practicing out of boredom and frustration.

I have watched others play and noticed a lot of guitarists sometimes have their fingers farther up closer to the middle of the frets. How important is this? Are they not playing right or am I being way too focused on each finger always being right above the fret? Any advice welcome!!

I’m trying to buy a hush guitar and my bank declined it for coming out of Hong Kong. Does anyone know if this is legit or am I on a bad site? Any experiences buying from wal mart online instead? Does wal mart sell legit Donner guitars?

Hello! I am looking into getting chickens. I also would like ducks since I tolerate duck eggs better. I’m a complete newbie and just beginning researching. I have seen different advice. Some people say to get them their own coops because of how dirty the ducks are. Some people seem to make it work with no problems. I’m looking for advice and experiences. I also have seen that chickens bring mice. I live in the country and am absolutely paranoid about them. I have outdoor cats and they mostly keep them away. However occasionally one might make it inside the house. I read that it’s mainly the food that attracts them, so I’m fine with keeping the food safe and coop clean, but I also saw that the mice like to get into the coop to stay warm. Is that a thing? I will be paranoid thinking a mouse has peed or pooped near the eggs or where the chickens/ducks sleep or hang out. How do you manage pests?