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I’m getting removal done on some scarred linework. I already purchased kelo-cote (an ointment that I’ve used that helped with a different, unrelated scar) and vitamin e oil. The plan is to ice the area for a few days following the laser treatment, then start applying the kelo-cote daily until I’m out of it or the scarring flattens out, then follow that up with vitamin e oil twice daily. My question is how long should I wait after treatment to start applying the ointment?

As a side note, we did some spot tests and the area became even more raised than it was before but eventually went back to normal.

I want to bring up something I haven’t seen discussed here before. On several free YouTube segments, Sam has made a habit of saying that if the Democratic party shifts away from Israel, it’ll be suicide for them morally as well as electorally. He says this as polls show Israel hemorrhaging support from democratic voters. Sam is aware of this development; he has acknowledged it in the past. Yet he still insist that if the party distances itself from Israel, they’ll suffer for it, even once claiming that they “would never win another election.”

the opposite is true. Across the nation, the anti-Israel dem candidates are winning. In one poll, a majority of registered dems responded that they wouldn’t vote for Democratic politicians who take money from AIPAC. This has now been confirmed, as several democratic politicians taking AIPAC money have been defeated in primaries by their counterparts who refused it.

We’re now seeing electoral results that are proving what poll after poll has been telling us; A large majority of Democratic voters DO NOT like Israel. Some of them see Israel as a genocidal apartheid state that interferes in American politics via AIPAC, some of them simply see a state that has mismanaged a conflict. But they are united on the proposition that Israel should stop receiving support from the United States, and they want these views reflected in the politicians they vote for. And still.. Sam insists this will be a disaster for the party.

Has anyone made an attempt to point out this glaring contradiction to Sam in the live chat? I’m not a paying member so I can’t see.

My father is a 67 y/o retired veteran after 22 years in the armed forces. He has an MRI in 2 weeks to asses his hip. He has pain, He can’t walk normally, he can’t walk for more than 2 blocks without having to sit down, and if he walks too much in a day he has a hard time walking the next day. He wants a hip replacement and certainly thinks he needs one (I would help him with recovery) but he’s nervous that the VA might deny his request and have him do PT if the MRI doesn’t show significant enough disease.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Is there anything he can do to tip the scales in the direction of a surgery? Any advice is much appreciated.

My father is a 67 y/o retired veteran after 22 years in the armed forces. He has an MRI in 2 weeks to asses his hip. He has pain, He can’t walk normally, he can’t walk for more than 2 blocks without having to sit down, and if he walks too much in a day he has a hard time walking the next day. He wants a hip replacement and certainly thinks he needs one (I would help him with recovery) but he’s nervous that the VA might deny his request and have him do PT if the MRI doesn’t show significant enough disease.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Is there anything he can do to tip the scales in the direction of a surgery? Any advice is much appreciated.

I’ve been doing some research and I had a thought. We all know that the laser breaks up the ink so it can be removed by the immune system. Since the immune system is doing all the work, I was wondering if anyone here has heard of a way to test your immune systems “strength.” Are there labs that one could have tested to get an idea of their biological markers and theoretically get a better idea of how quick/effective removal could be?

People who graduated with their BS in accounting from WGU and are now earning 6 figures, what is your current title? how long did it take to get to that income level? And what has your career journey looked like this far?

Sam reacts to the Kristof piece in the NYT and articulates how and why he’s inclined to believe the claims of abuse being carried out against Palestinian detainees.. and then he calls the piece a blood libel. What is he talking about? Can something be a blood libel even if it’s true? What does the term ‘blood libel’ mean to Sam?

CHRONIC MASTURBATOR FOR 10+ YEARS. LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN RIGHT SIDE. WHAT EXERCISES TO FIX THIS??

Does anyone here use Quizlet? Post your favorite Quizlet sets in the comments!

I’ve been all over North and South America and I speak English and Spanish. I recently met a French guy with much more traveling experience than myself and he said something I had never heard before.. he told me that in most former USSR countries, it’s very common for people to speak and understand Russian. Seeing how this includes a huge amount of Europe and Asia, it would be an enormous advantage to learn at least a little Russian. Is there anyone here who has been to Eastern Europe/the Caucasus/Central Asia and could confirm if this is true? Thank you in advance!