u/azaaleas

I have PCOS/PMOS in every aspect, except since losing some weight on ozempic, my periods are pretty regular, so there’s that. I have the balding, excess body and facial hair, bad skin, and dear lord my body odour in my armpits is AWFUL. I’ll still smell after a shower. I’ve tried so many things which initially work then stop working, including:

- glycolic acid
- dial gold bar soap
- hibiclens antibacterial soap
- benzoyl peroxide wash
- clove and star anise tea
- extra strength chlorophyll
- regularly exfoliating my armpits both with a chemical exfoliant peel and sugar scrubs

Right now I’m finishing up hibiclens. I also have to stay on top of my chlorophyll twice a day or else I DEFINITELY notice my armpits start to smell more rank. I also use a clinical strength antiperspirant (persipirex) but WOW does it irritate the hell out of my pits and make them itch! I don’t know what else to do as I feel I’ve exhausted all my options 🫠.

It’s already hard enough to find a fragrance free clarifying shampoo, but I haven’t seen a single fragrance free CHELATING shampoo with strong chelators like EDTAs. I can only see the Malibu C hard water packets as a fragrance free option, but I feel like that’s another extra step creating more hassle compared to just it coming in a shampoo.

I’m really struggling to find frames because what’s trendy right now is just HUGE wire frame glasses. I tried on a pair in store and stupidly decided on those a few years ago and it shrinks my eyes and everything around it ridiculously.

My prescription is -7.00 -1.75 x 160 for the right eye & -7.00 -2.00 x 015 for the left eye.

I dislike small round circular frames. Just looked awful on me, and honestly look awful in general. Right now I’m on the hunt for glasses with lens width under 50, bridge width around 16-17 (I have a narrow nose bridge and a wide nose tip), and temples 140-145. Tried on kids glasses and they fit me okay but the temples are too short. Right now I also have ray bans size 49-21-140 which i prefer to my huge wire frame ones, but they’re not great and still shrink too much of the space around my eye. I’m thinking oval is probably my best bet, and something with longer part that connects to the hinge/temple rather than the lens width reaching all the way to the temple. I don’t want the top of the glasses touching or covering my eyebrows but I still want the glasses to sit close enough to face. I couldn’t tell you my face shape or width as I have no idea. Opticians here also refuse to measure PD unless specifically buying frames with them. Might need to buy online but imagine that would be very difficult as I can’t see how the frames fit on my face. I found Jean Paul Gaultier 57-0008 online as they have a fit of 48-15-140 but of course all used. Any suggestions?

Basically the title. I bought new everything. I never really had a consistent skincare routine and never had tried and true products. Could literally never tell when a product worked for me or not, so I'd just use whenever. Was never really happy with my skin and never ever found products that were compatible w my skin.

I thought a new cleanser, micellar water, moisturizer, sunscreens, and facial serum. I don't even wash my face consistently right now and I certainly don't use a moisturizer. I KNOW I can only introduce one product at a time, BUT if I introduce just a cleanser and nothing more for a few weeks, wouldn't my skin be too stripped? If I introduce a cleanser and moisturizer at the same time, and one irritates me, how can I even trace which? My skin is combination, acne prone, and decently sensitive.

I haven’t tracked how long I’ve been on finasteride now but I think it’s been 2-3 weeks that I’ve been taking 2.5mg (half a pill of 5mg). Usually 1-2 days before my period I’ll experience uterine cramping, but I’ve been having some uterine discomfort for a few days now? My period isn’t supposed to come for 3 days, so idk if I’ll experience a week of cramps before my period? Should I just keep taking the pills and see if it regulates itself? Anyone else experience this?

I’m looking at it to treat long standing body hyperpigmentation in my underarms, elbows, and inner elbows. Intriguing because it has tranexamic acid, kojic acid, alpha arbutin, two types of resorcinol, licorice root extract, acetyl glucosamine, and potassium azeloyl dicglycinate, so it attacks multiple pigment pathways. If not, does anyone have any other suggestions for hyperpigmentation on the body? Thanks

I’m looking for something for my long standing body hyperpigmentation, specifically underarms, elbows, and inner elbows. I know to target hyperpigmentation you need to attack it with both exfoliation/increased cell turnover and tyrosinase inhibitors. Right now I already have stuff for the exfoliation and cell turnover part. Hydroquinone 4% isn’t accessible to me right now. I’m looking for products with multiple actives, like tranexamic acid, kojic acid, arbutin, resorcinol, licorice root extract all in one, and preferably fragrance free.

Please read!!! I know it’s a lot

So my cats grew up together since kittens. One male cat (Teddy) one female cat (Yoshi). Now they're both five years old. They got along very well until I'm not sure how long ago. I've been dealing with inappropriate urination and defecation from the male cat for basically two years now. Taken to multiple vets and they say it's a behavioural issue.

I have caught the male cat urinating and defecating on several occasions. It is ONLY the male cat. There is only one time the female cat peed outside of the litter box (which is only because she aimed her rear too high up, she was sitting inside the litter box). We are not sure what happened to cause this chain of inappropriate elimination. It started with peeing on the couch. Then, he would aim for items placed on the floor to pee on, such as his old cat bed which we had to dispose of because of urine and feces on it, or a pillow on the floor, or a reusable grocery bag, or a towel. All urinated on. Recently he has also been defecating on a carpet. The most recent incident was he peed in a cardboard box that was next to his litter box, rather than in the litter box. The litter box was actually cleanly scooped with no urine or feces in it, so why did he choose a cardboard box next to it?

We have already tried moving litter boxes around, buying another litter box, moving his food bowl around, buying an extra water fountain, using feliway pheromone diffusers, and trialing gabapentin. We already use large, low sides, open top litter boxes with Dr Elseys cat attract clumping clay litter. There shouldn't be issues with the texture of the litter as it's already soft.

The male cat seems to have anxiety. He's quite skittish.
He tore a hole in the couch he urinates on and would hide in that most of the day, or he had a kids toy chair he would sleep on most of the day, not coming off of it. Both the couch and the toy chair are in the basement, where he spends almost all of his time. He would sometimes approach, and then as someone approached him, he would run away. He usually only approaches when hungry, and will guide me to the food bowl. He also hisses when hungry (not sure why. When I would put him food, he would then run away and I would have to pick him up and place him in front of his food.

I just recently realized that my female cat might display some anxiety related symptoms due to the male cat, however she does not urinate or defecate outside the litter box. She has two bald patches on her front arms, either from allergies or possible excessive over grooming due to discomfort with Teddy. She seems to be dominant over him.

My two cats CAN get along. I have videos of them sitting near each other calmly, or even play fighting with each other. However, sometimes Teddy approaches Yoshi wanting to play, or he corners her, which causes her to hiss, growl, and swat at him. Teddy does not understand that she does not want to be played with. I notice after these altercations is when he acts out and urinates outside of the box.

We currently have Teddy isolated in a room with his food, a litter box, and his toy chair. So far he only urinates in the box when confined in the room, BUT sometimes he will poop next to the litter box STILL.

We take him out to play daily, but away from Yoshi. I have noticed Yoshi is very content when he is confined in a room, as if she does not want to be around him. If we gave him to a shelter, he'd just be locked in a cage all day, but I am fed up with this.

When I take him to another room for play time and we close the door, the female cat paws at the door to be let in. I sometimes let her in so they can still have time together. They can decently tolerate being in the same room, but Teddy wants to play with her and will pounce at her. When he pounces, Yoshi immediately growls or hisses. She is completely uninterested in playing with him, even though she repeatedly meows at the door to come in. When they are in a room together, sometimes Yoshi actually growls, hisses, and swats at Teddy to take away a toy he is playing with, even when he didn't even approach her!! However, Teddy will also go and steal a bag that Yoshi was sitting on. Typically Yoshi is dominant and Teddy is anxious, but they bully each other back and forth. Also, Yoshi KNOWS he is in the room, as I crack the door open so they can sniff each other from between the crack of the door, so it's not like she walks in and there's an unexpected guest in there!

One more thing, when the male cat is out, he repeatedly goes to sniff spots he has urinated on previously. We have to monitor him when he is out to make sure he doesn't eliminate inappropriately.
I know this is a long read but I'm so desperate for help.

I asked this in the new sub too but posting here in case anyone else sees. Any who are familiar with UARS, who measures RERAs, reports RDI and uses the 1A rule?

One that measures RERAs and is knowledgeable not just in sleep apnea but in UARS too? All the sleep clinics I see have terrible reviews and don’t really see people on this sub mention anything positive about any doctor near Toronto…