u/chouchappell

hello! i've always trimmed instead of shaving for my private area. i've never felt comfortable removing all the hair there, and find that trimming with scissors is better and easier for me.

ever since i started trimming (so, over a decade), i've been using hairdresser scissors, which are look and made for right-handed people. i've gotten used to cut with my right hand, but now i've realized that things could be easier if i just got the right scissors and maybe made for left-handed people.

so, if you trim your pubic hair, what kind of scissors do you use? i don't know if i should buy nail scissors or scissors for eyebrows/nose hair... i have pretty thick and long curly hair even down there. thanks.

Hello ! Aucune idée d'où je peux demander ça... J'ai déjà vue une podologue qui m'a seulement recommandé de mettre des chaussures qui sont un peu plus large à l'avant-pied, et mes semelles orthopédiques. Cependant, je ne sais pas quel modèle ou quelle marque a des chaussures de marche qui sont adaptées à l'hallux valgus (ou « onion »).

Donc je me demandais si certain.es d'entre vous avez ce soucis et quelles chaussures portez vous, de quelle marque ? J'ai trouvé quelques chaussures de marche sur décathlon (PW1600) et les Sketchers Arch Fit slip ins qui ont l'air de correspondent, mais j'aimerai avoir plus de recos ! Mercii.

Bonjour. 22F ici, sans antécédents sauf le fait que absolument toute la famille de mon géniteur ont eu un diabète. Je ne sais quel type malheureusement, et je commence un peu à me poser quelques questions sur ma santé aussi.

Je me tourne donc vers vous, celles et ceux qui ont un diabète, afin de savoir quels sont les symptômes les plus fréquents lors d'un début de diabète et qu'est-ce qui vous a poussé à en parler à votre médecin ? Merci beaucoup !

TLDR: Devis pour bilan parodontologique valable jusqu'à début 2027, mais complémentaire santé valable seulement jusqu'au 15 octobre. Cabinet dentaire sans disponibilité avant le 14 octobre. Remboursement de ma mutuelle peut être valable pour les prochaines séances, si je règle les 360 euros dès le premier rendez-vous ?

Bonjour. J'ai 22 ans, et je dois faire un bilan parodontologique avec un assainissement des gencives très bientôt.

Un devis a été fait par ma parodontiste en juillet et a été envoyé a ma mutuelle. Celle-ci ne prend en charge seulement 160 euros des frais et le reste, environ 360 euros, est à ma charge.

Le devis en lui même est valable jusqu'à début 2027, mais ce que prend en charge la mutuelle n'est valable que jusqu'au 15 octobre.

Je me demandais donc, si je prends un rendez-vous le 14 octobre chez ma parodontiste pour débuter le traitement, en sachant que ça peut prendre 3 séances ou plus pour le bilan et le nettoyage en profondeur – Est-ce que le remboursement de ma mutuelle peut être valable pour les prochaines séances, si je règle les 360 euros dès le premier rendez-vous ? Le cabinet dentaire où je vais n'a pas d'autres places disponibles avant le 7 ou le 14 octobre...

Merci. (Aucun autre antécédents.)

helloo! i'm just wondering if anyone has experienced this and knows why this happens.

i'm twenty-two, and ever since i turned nineteen or so, i've been noticing that my curls don't hold as well right before my period comes or when i wash during my period. my hair also becomes greasy / oily way faster than usual and itches more. i don't change anything about my routine, which usually gives me nice curls. my hair simply doesn't curl as best as it could when or during my time of the month.

could this be related to hormones? i'm on birth control, but had this issue before i started it. has anyone experienced this?

my relatives call me crazy for thinking that hormones could potentially be the cause of this and say i'm not taking care of my hair enough... thanks!

helloo. (for context, i have had severe dpdr ever since i was a child. i have pmdd, and i'm on the pill.)

i've been experiencing insomnia during my periods for as long as i can remember, and it's been hell... the thing is, i sleep during most days and i'm still exhausted when night comes so i'll manage to fall asleep and wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep.

i've always felt extremely uncomfortable during my period, and it seems to have nothing to do with the pain. (although i do sleep mostly during the day because that's when i struggle the most with cramps!) having dpdr, feeling that my body is detached and unknown to me is the usual, but all of this gets worse during my period and there is this uncomfortable feeling i can't seem to shake. it can be terrifying at times since this time of the month and the weeks leading to it make my memory loss and other symptoms so much worse...

does anyone have tips on how to feel more grounded and present in my body during my period? or how to sleep better? thanks!

helloo. (for context, i have pmdd, and i'm on the pill.)

i've been experiencing insomnia during my periods for as long as i can remember, and it's been hell... the thing is, i sleep during most days and i'm still exhausted when night comes so i'll manage to fall asleep and wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep.

i've always felt extremely uncomfortable during my period, and it seems to have nothing to do with the pain. (although i do sleep mostly during the day because that's when i struggle the most with cramps!) i have dissociative disorder, which means that my body already feels weird and unknown to me but all of this gets worse during my period and there is this uncomfortable feeling i can't seem to shake. it's always been like this and i don't know how to deal with it!

does anyone have tips on how to feel more grounded and present in my body during my period? or how to sleep better? thanks!

Bonjour. J'ai 22 ans, et il y a environ un an, j'ai été diagnostiquée d'une parodontite.

Je n'avais pas les moyens d'aller voir un parodontologue, étant donné que la mutuelle ne prend pas beaucoup en charge ce genre de soins... Mais j'ai pu en voir une en juillet ! Suite à cette première séance, elle m'a expliqué qu'il fallait faire un bilan parodontologique et ensuite un nettoyage en profondeur, appelé assainissement des gencives.

Je me demandais donc, combien de temps dure un bilan parodontologique pour ceux qui l'ont déjà fait, et comment ça se passe ? Est-ce qu'en général on vous fait un nettoyage le jour même, ou est-ce que ça peut se passer en plusieurs séances ?

J'ai très peur de tout ce qui touche aux dents, aux dentistes... Donc j'aimerai être un peu préparée mentalement.

Merci ! (Aucun autre antécédents.)

hello! i'm looking for movies that will help me relax, cheer me up when i feel down or exhausted. would love to know your favorites! they can be from any genre.

Hello! I have DPDR, and have had it ever since I was a child. Something that I'm slowly figuring out is how to focus and remember things... It's not easy at all.

As someone who loves movies, there are days where I cannot watch anything because I know I won't be able to focus and won't be able to remember a thing. Today is a good day, so I plan to go to the cinema... The thing is, very often I'll feel ready to go out (which is rare) and watch a movie on the big screen, only to not remember a single thing when coming out of there.

I make sure to take notes on letterboxd after each movie I see at the cinema, but I would love to know if any of you had any tips to focus and remember things while they're happening. Doing something with my hands or eating seems to help a bit. Thanks.

Hello. I was diagnosed with PD a year or so ago and started seeing a periodontist recently – we settled on starting a treatment whenever I could afford it, doing a deep cleaning and finding out ways to manage and stabilize it.

I sadly cannot afford any kinds of professional cleaning at the moment, so I'll try to cut off some snacking and sugar. I haven't changed much of my diet since being diagnosed, except soda but it's summer, so I've broken that rule a bit... And ice cream, too.

Anyway. Once this month ends, I'd like to eat more mindfully and be more careful about sugar and such to avoid pain in my gums and inflammation. I cannot floss since my teeth are very tight and I'm scared of doing it wrong, I brush my teeth with a very soft bristle toothbrush and paradontax after every meal or snack (maximum 3 times a day!)

My question is – is cereal okay to eat with periodontal disease? I mean as a daily thing for breakfast. I mostly gravitate towards very sweet things like cookies for breakfast but would like to eat cereal since it seems more healthy and could avoid me snacking on sweets between meals. Which cereal? Would things like cookie crisp be okay? Thanks!

TLDR: Pollakiurie. Comment se passe un rendez-vous chez l'urologue, est-ce que l'examen physique est obligatoire ?

Bonjour ! Je suis une femme de 22 ans, aucun antécédents mis à part ces derniers mois, un changement au niveau de ma santé urinaire.

Depuis quelques mois, j'ai du mal à me retenir pour aller aux toilettes et une impression d'avoir envie d'uriner constamment, même lorsque je viens d'y aller. J'ai des difficultés à vider ma vessie correctement, ce qui fait que je vais très souvent aux toilettes. En plus de cela, j'ai des petites fuites durant la nuit ou quand j'éternue, et des douleurs au niveau de la région pelvienne.

Avec mon médecin généraliste, nous avons fait une échographie des reins et des voies urinaires et tout paraît correct selon le compte rendu, malgré le fait qu'après avoir été aux toilettes, ma vessie ne se vide pas dès le premier coup, mais rien d'affolant selon mon médecin.

Étant donné que ce soucis commence à avoir un impact sur ma vie de tous les jours (je me prive de boire avant de sortir, je ne bois pas dehors sauf si je suis sûre qu'il y a des toilettes aux alentours), mon médecin généraliste m'a conseillée d'aller voir un urologue.

– Si vous en avez consulté un urologue, en tant que femme, pouvez vous me dire comment s'est passé votre premier rendez-vous ? Est-ce qu'un examen physique est obligatoire ? Je ne suis pas du tout à l'aise avec tout ça. Merci.

hello! as someone with a stutter, i'm aware that it can be annoying for people who don't stutter to listen to me.

so that may explain why i have never seen a movie or show with a character who's stutter wasn't the butt of the joke.

but maybe some of you have movie recommendations where one of the characters stutters but it isn't treated as a joke? it's okay if they're bullied for it, as it could make for a storyline, but not simply « haha, look at them, they stutter! » with zero depth on them as a character, if that makes sense?

thanks!

hello, all! as someone who's always had a stutter, i know it can be annoying for others to hear it... but i was wondering if there were any shows where one character had a stutter and it wasn't treated as a joke all the time?

i have never heard a character stutter. except during certain scenes where they feel anxious or scared, but never constantly. thanks! i love pretty much all genres, so no worries.

hello, this is just a post to vent. i've had a stutter ever since i was a kid. we tried speech therapy, and it went away for a year before it came back when i started middle school.

It only seems to get worse as the years go by. Now, I'm twenty two, and can barely speak properly without stuttering or finding alternatives to words I was going to say. It's so exhausting, living like this... My relatives all make fun of me when I stutter, or ignore me, tell me to talk faster. The only person who's okay with my stuttering seems to be my stepdad. He's the only person I'm okay with finishing my sentences, and he usually understands what I want to say when I struggle.

My family doesn't seem to understand that I can't control my stuttering, no matter how hard I try or how much I breathe. I have a hard time being social because of it and don't have any friends. I'm afraid to get a job because I hate being around people, but also because simply being outside and talking to workers, I can feel their annoyance and I don't want anyone to feel annoyed when speaking to me.

I'm just so tired of this. All the mental gymnastics I have to do to avoid stuttering on a certain word, recite sentences over and over only to block on one word and then just stop talking because I'm frustrated. It also seems to get worse during the summer. My brain works slower, like most people, but it affects my speech so much... I've just decided to speak less at this point.

tldr: how are you dealing with your hair during very warm weather? any tips?

hello! i just wanted to discuss with you all and see if i'm alone in this. it may sound disgusting, but my country has been going through constant heatwaves for the past two months and i've kind of given up on my hair.

i'm still washing it once a week, but sometimes i'll wait for 8 days instead of 6, which means it'll be very oily by then and harder to wash at times. (for context, i have 3a hair that goes past my shoulders and it gets a bit greasy by day 5.) during the summer, my hair is mostly in a braid that i twist into a bun to keep off my neck.

i know this isn't the best for my hair and my scalp, but washing my hair, having to keep it down for it to dry only to sweat as soon as i get out of the shower isn't really something i look forward to.

how are you dealing with your hair during very warm weather? any tips?

i've thought about cutting it shorter but not being able to put my hair up and feeling it on my neck is putting me off...

routine:

detangle when dry, since it makes me lose less hair in the shower and i detangle a few days prior to put my hair in braids anyway.

double shampoo with head and shoulders 2 in 1 (it works well for my hair and cleans it well after a week), and use a leave-in conditionner from yves rocher. then, i put my hair in a microfiber towel for around 15 minutes and let it air dry. voilà.

hello. i recently updated twitter, because a friend sent me a message and i couldn't answer it if i didn't update it. since the check ID thing was approved, i had promised myself not to update the app, but alas.

anyway. i have notice a few posts on my timeline being blocked with the adult content warning, even though i know that these posts don't contain adult content. i mostly use twitter for updates on certain singers i enjoy and to follow artists who draw fan-art. today, the app labelled three posts containing fan-art or a throwback from an old music video with the content warning and won't let me see the pictures in these tweets.

anyone experience this?

i would've understood if these posts actually had adult content, but they don't! it pisses me off how nothing seems to be working right on this app. the mute button is useless since posts containing muted words still show up on my tl and you can still see blocked accounts or people who blocked you.