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For background, I have always had very thin hair and keeping it long was getting annoying so I cut it and have been keeping it pixie cut short for the last 5ish years.

I’ve noticed that it looks and feels a lot healthier since I stopped dying it (surprise surprise lol) and I’ve decided to grow it out again. The only thing is that it grows SO slow. I last got it cut back in September 2025 and it’s grown maybe an inch and a half since then. I’d like it to be down to my shoulders for an event next spring and I’d need to find a way to grow 5+ inches to get there by then. Has anyone found any techniques or products that have really helped them get fast growing hair? I should mention that I am vitamin D, B12, and Iron deficient and I’m working with a doctor to get those levels stable.

I am beyond frustrated right now. I just got back from a week long vacation in the Caribbean with a second degree sun burn and some blisters had burst on the flight home.
I got home, went to shower and noticed they were looking a little gnarly so I called a triage nurse right away to either prescribe me something over the phone to pick up later that day or just to schedule an appointment with my primary in a few days. I do this process all the time and never had any issues. Well, as soon as I told her the blisters had burst hours prior she immediately went into speaking with an urgent tone and told me I need to go to the ER asap to prevent infection. I took her seriously despite questioning it and went in. Turns out I should have just gone to my primary as originally planned and now I’m going to be stuck with a massive bill for nothing. I should note, I asked her point blank if it would make more sense to go to urgent care if my primary couldn’t see me for a few days and she told me that no, I need to go to the ER so they can give me an IV to prevent infection. I should have trusted my gut but I was running on no sleep for over 24 hours from multiple layover flights home and it scared me because it is a pretty nasty burn and looked in rough shape.
Both the doctor and the nurse on site told me I would have been fine. I wouldn’t have gone in if it wasn’t for that triage nurse telling me I needed to. Is there a way to fight the bill when it comes in? What verbiage should I use with the insurance company?