The day before my first day of high school I got the bright idea that I wanted red highlights. So my mom did it and they were like fire engine red rather than the natural looking red on the box. She ended up finding a brown hair dye that she got to try and reverse it and my hair turned a very dark purple. I looked like a goth kid my first day lol.
My hair refuses to hold a curl, so in high school I tried sleeping in rollers to have curly hair. I didn’t think to test it out over the weekend, of course on a school night. The next morning I overslept and had like 5 mins to get out the door, but still had rollers in my hair! I had to pretty much rip them out, and then my hair was crazy so I just stuck my head under the faucet and soaked it. Only had time to throw my puffy, soaking wet hair up into a bun before running out the door. I looked like a hot mess 😂
I tried to do my own color at home with a friend (I was in my teens). I was going for dark brown with blonde streaks. It ended up black with orange streaks.. I looked like a tiger And that’s the last time I dyed my own hair.
Me: 35 DH: 35 TTC since 9/2018
Dx: MFI 10/19- First RE visit 2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles 7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN 9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal 11/20- Mock transfer/ERA 12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN 3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021 12/21- Baby girl born!
Oh I have another one. The night before my first day of student teaching, I decided to dye my hair a dark red (it’s naturally dark brown). I’ve dyed it before but not enough to consider myself a pro. It was late at night so it was hard to really tell what it looked like, even under the bathroom light. Well next morning, turns out it’s more of a purple shade than dark red and I had to go meet my students! One of them made a comment about “liking” my hair color - I still wonder if she was making fun or not. Thankfully it faded in a week or so to a less offensive shade of brown/reddish.
I had a pixie cut in high school (think Julia Roberts' Tinkerbell cut in "Hook"). Some people can pull it off and look fabulous. I am not one of those people.
All of them, lol. I haven't liked a hair cut until I started cutting my own hair a few months ago. But the absolute worst was when I donated 10 inches and got my very thick curly hair cut to at my shoulders. Only with shrinkage it was a lot shorted and I had the worst triangle head for a few months. Always layer curly hair!
I have two. When I was in middle school and going through my Goth phase, I wanted a super short haircut (like, buzzed short). I went to my mom's hairdresser who was not convinced I should have hair that short, so I had a short mom haircut - you know, like short old lady hair. It wasn't the worst thing ever, but I was in 7th grade so everyone called me offensive lesbian names and said I looked like a man. To this day, I have a complex about how masculine I look.
In college, I bought a dye called "cinnamon." It was supposed to be a warm reddish brown, which would have darkened up my dark strawberry blonde hair just a little bit. It turned my hair black. And as if that wasn't bad enough, this clueless woman I worked with saw me and cried, "What did you do to your hair?! It looks awful!"
I have super thick, curly hair and my mom had no idea how to deal with it. So after fighting with her about it for ever she finally got frustrated enough and in 8th grade she took me to her stylist and had her cut it all off. I ended up with a super short old lady style hair cut. It didn’t look terrible when styled, but of course, I was 12 and had no desire to do anything with it. I cried a lot, it looked horrible on a daily basis, curled in weird places and was really poofy. It was months of hell at school while it grew out. 20 years later and I still have no idea what to do with my curls.
@kbrown2385 - Have you heard of the Curly Girl Method? I had no idea what to do with my poofy frizzy hair until I came across this method. Here's a picture of my hair after just a few weeks of properly taking hair of my curls.
I have super thick, dark brown hair. I've always loved the idea of bangs so when I was maybe 10 I had my Nana cut my 10" ponytail and give me a little bob. It might've been cute on a baby but on a 10 year old I ended up looking like Ms Swan. I think I was 2.5 in this pic.
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
@marebear15 yes! I have serious curl envy! Yours are gorgeous! I’ve been working on finding the products my hair likes. I recently got not your mothers naturals and love that! I’m also using garnier avocado mask for a leave in and la looks gel. I have trouble with how much product to use though. I find my hair ends up feeling like there is too much, or I haven’t used enough and it’s frizzy. Most of the time it just ends up in a bun because it makes me crazy. I am trying though lol.
@riff323 it was a terrible time in my life lol. Glad to know I wasn’t alone!
@kbrown2385 - You're using the exact same products as me except I switched from LA looks to Aussie Instant Freeze. It has less glycerin which is helpful since I live in a humid area of the country. I use a ton of gel! I section my hair into 6 sections (front, middle, back of each side) and put about a nickle sized gel in each one. I also tshirt dry my hair BEFORE gel, which I know is opposite of what a lot of other people do. And my diffuser is my friend.
@kbrown2385 I'm not sure if you've given this a try, but I really like Garnier Curl Conditioning Creme Gel. It's a gel but it doesn't make my curls crunchy like some others do. I also don't use a comb at all and just use my fingers, and now I only wash my hair once a week (mostly because it's purple and I don't want it to fade as fast, but it makes my curls nicer, too!).
@kbrown2385 I have literally the SAME story!! lol My mom had given up so she brought me a hair salon for a cut. Well, we had just moved to town, and this was THE old lady salon. They gave me the worrrrrrst Q-Tip head EVER and I had to start my new school with my hair like that!!
@marebear15 maybe I’ll try the sectioning with the gel. Seems like an obvious step haha. I also T-shirt dry my hair before as well. I have zero patience for the diffuser, although I do try to use it. Really though, I’m just lazy and don’t want to be so extra with my hair all the time . Patience isn’t my friend lol.
@kbrown2385 - I normally only diffuse for about 10 minutes. Just enough to get it a little crunchy but still damp. I don't have time to dry it all the way dry. Then I air dry it overnight because my hair takes about 12 hours to dry.
My horror story (ies): 1. Tried dying my blonde hair "strawberry blonde" in 7th grade. Turned everything that was lighter (summer pool highlights) fluorescent orange. Then it all sweated down my face at cheerleading practice.
2. Cut my own bangs in 8th grade (trimmed the whispies into a true "fringe") that were of course super short. Tried slicking back at a football game (cheerleading again), and as we cheered, the short little fringe started popping up/out into a little short lions mane off my forehead.
3. Got a short haircut my sophomore year of college. That was okay, but as I tried to grow it out, it grew into a STRAIGHT-UP mullet. I had no idea what to do, but was afraid to cut it again. Awful few months of mullet-wearing.
4. Finally, junior year of college, mullet finally grown out somewhat, my friend and I decided to try to do a home-perm on my hair. Never do that. NEVER.
My cousin went to gloss my frizz for me (because wholly frizz batman) the week before I started high school. Her MIL was a beautician, so we went to get the ingredients needed for the gloss. They gave us the wrong additive, and when we took the towel off, I had strawberry blond streaks through my brown-black hair. My cousin (who was 22/23 at the time) FREAKED, talking about how my mom was never gonna let me hang with her again, yadda yadda. Dragged me back, got dye, the right additive and we started from the beginning.
All the subsequent hair work, my hair was still pretty damn frizzy, but it was back to my normal color for school. It scared me off doing anything aside from some very minors tips for about 15 years.
Agree, @marebear15 OMG, your hair is freaking gorgeous!
@marebear15 I tried doing the curly girl method earlier this year. I definitely got more curls, but I decided I can't really commit the time to follow that all the time. Plus I haven't found a good routine on the refresh days. I tried using lube for taming frizz and flyaways on refresh days but I felt it was too sticky so I dontd really use it now. And I can't even use it while we're TTC since itsi not sperm friendly!
As for the haircut, my worst was when I went in for a trim some years ago. I didn't ask them to trim my bangs as they were still at a good length. Well, without even asking the stylist snipped my bangs above my eyebrow and that was the worst 2 weeks of my life waiting for that to grow out to a not-awkward length. I know bangs like that can be stylish, but not on my face.
A haircut I did eventually regret getting was back in 2009. It was super short in the back and longer in the front (similar to how Victoria Beckham styled her hair at the time). It was great for a month or so but as I was letting it grow out it did not grown out evenly. Also I had the cut done at a beauty school so the cost was cheap, but my mom waited for me for almost 3 hours in that chair. Thank God she had brought a book to read!
*TW* History:
Me: 34 DH: 36 | Together since 2007 | Married July 2016
TTC #1 since 7.2017 Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3| all BFN IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name" RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer 2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20 Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21 Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023 Consultation with RI | 6.6.23 Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56 Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox Repeat labs in 8 weeks Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues TTC put on pause
I had a picture come up in my Timehop on Saturday from junior year of college. I had these awful highlights! They weren’t blended very well at all and just looked like a bunch of stripes in my hair. I haven’t done highlights since!
@marebear15 I tried the sectioning and then applying product and my hair feels less “producty” (let’s pretend that’s a word), but the frizz is crazy. Any tips? Hopefully this is a good enough pic to see what I’m talking about.
@kbrown2385 - Did you use as much product as you normally would? Did you ever get a cast? Also, are you using a method for applying like raking, praying hands, or squishing? I feel like it could be a couple of things. My hair looks like that when I don't use enough product or mess with my hair too much before I get a nice hard cast. Also, my hair looked like this when I needed to add a bit of protein into my routine. I'm protein sensitive, so I added one wash of Shea Moisture Coconut shampoo about every month. Any of the Shea Moisture products would probably help because most of them have silk protein in them. Oh, one more question, do you know your hair porosity?
@marebear15 I did get a cast, especially towards the front, and waited until it was dry before breaking it. My hair is so long it’s hard not to lean on it or move it so I’m sure the cast broke in the back a little. I applied with praying hands and then squished. It’s possible I didn’t use enough gel, so I could try more next time.
Ive tried the Shea moisture coconut and didnt like how my hair felt. I have no idea what my porosity is. I could never figure it out.
I wish I had a picture of this. I tried to use one of those highlight kits in a box right before I started high school. My friend used them and her hair always looked nice so I thought why not? I put way too much product on and ended up with orange hair (my hair is light brown, was trying to do blonde highlights) from my part to like 4 inches past my part. My mom dragged me to her salon to get it reversed.
When I was in my mid-20s in NYC I was a hair model for some hairstyling instructional videos. The stylist forgot that my hair was only slightly wavy, and not in fact curly, when she booked me for a curly hair texture cut video.. so I show up and my hair was butchered into a stringy frizzy over-texturized hairdon't. I was so upset I made her cut it all off and had to pull off Hayley Mills' Parent Trap look for the next 6 months:
Got lice at summer camp one year and didn't want to leave for too long so my mom had allll my hair cut up to a pixie. I do not have the face shape nor was/am I skinny enough for that hairstyle. The worst part was it did not grow out in time for school photos, so there's evidence.
Back in 2nd grade, I watched an episode of Oprah with my mom. It was a makeover show, and I thought I’d was a great idea. Basically, I got my hair cut up past my ears. Very pixie-esque.
@greeneyedgirl12 I got lice at a camp too. It was a 5th grade overnight class trip and a lot of the girls came back with lice. I remember it taking forever to get rid of them.
All my curly haired ladies! Please check out living proof in-shower styler! I love it! And I just have to scrunch my hair and call it a day!
Bonus points if you read that as Beyoncé’s “All my single ladies”.
PS I forgot how my mom would iron and then tease my hair for picture day. Unfortunately the photo is cropped but she LOVED to mess with my bangs. Why did I have bangs? 😂
@brookert615. Straight(ish)-haired lady here. I love it too. I probably use it slightly differently than you do, but it works so well. You just have to figure out/get used to what "rinse lightly" means , and you're golden.
My hair suddenly decided to be thick, crazy curls, after a lifetime of pin straight hair. I changed nothing in my routine. I looked a MESS until I figured out what to do with it.
Week before HS senior photos I got my hair cut so badly it essentially looked like a mullet. I had to chop it off into a bob to make it look decent. I was devastated because I had spent all of high school growing it out for my senior pics/senior homecoming/prom/etc.
Also, any time I’ve decided to see how layers would look. Layers don’t work for me. Ever. Not 10 years ago. Not one year ago. Now, if anyone ever hears me mention layers STOP ME.
I had horse bangs for years. I’m talking the thick, blunt, starting halfway back on your head type of bangs. One day (around middle school age) I was scheduled for a trim and I finally got the courage to tell my mom that I was NOT getting my bangs trimmed and I was TOTALLY going to start growing them out... and she just looked at me and said “Oh thank god, I thought you liked them”
Re: GTKY Tuesday - 10/23
Once (again, I was super young) I raised my eyebrows when the hair stylist was working on my bangs. It looked so terrible! Lesson learned!!
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
In college, I bought a dye called "cinnamon." It was supposed to be a warm reddish brown, which would have darkened up my dark strawberry blonde hair just a little bit. It turned my hair black. And as if that wasn't bad enough, this clueless woman I worked with saw me and cried, "What did you do to your hair?! It looks awful!"
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
Aug '19: Letrozole + HCG trigger + IUI + prog supp - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Sep '19: 2nd IUI, same protocol - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Dec '19: IVF #1 w/ICSI, PGT. 5 retrieved, 4 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGT-A normal.
Mar '20: FET #1, perfect 5AA blast transferred. BFN.
Sept '20: FET #2, 5BB tsf. 9/18/20 BFP!! EDD: 5/27/21. MMC 11w
Feb ‘21: FET #3, last 6BB blast transferred. BFP, EDD 11/2/21. MC 5w3d.
May '21: IVF #2 w/ICSI, PGT. 8R, 7M, 6F, 6 blasts - 3AB, 3AB, 3BB, 4BB, 5BB, 6BA. Fresh tsf 5/13/21 - BFN.
June '21: PGT-A results = 3 abnormal, 1 low level mosaic. Referred to new REI, had consult with 2nd RE in between.
Sept '21: RPL, immune testing normal
Oct '21: IVF #3 w/IMSI, PGT. 33R, 26M, 23F, 9 blasts (7 day 6, 2 day 7). PGT-A = 5 normal, 1 mosaic
Dec '21: Positive for endometritis, RX Flagyl & Keflex
Jan '22: FET #5 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol incl. PRP, intralipids, prednisone, medrol, nivestym, fragmin - CP
Feb '22: FET #6 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol w/higher doses of pred & fragmin - BFN
Mar '22: Mock cycle for ERA - cancelled, repeat endometrial biopsy instead. Still positive for endometritis. RX ciprofloxacin & amoxicillin.
Apr '22: IVF #4 w/IMSI, PGT. 28R, 23M, 16F, 11 blasts. PGT-A = 6 normal.
June '22: FET #7 - Microdose lupron downreg w/kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol - double embryo transfer. BFN.
July '22: FET #8 - Mini stim w/Puregon + trigger, kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol. BFN.
Sep '22: Taking a break
Dec '22: Attempted abdominal myomectomy, fibroid too close to cervix and major blood vessels. Wasn't removed.
Feb '23: FET #9 - Modified natural w/baby asp, HCG trigger, PIO, PRP, Medrol, HCG wash, embryo glue - BFP!! EDD 11/11/23
@riff323 it was a terrible time in my life lol. Glad to know I wasn’t alone!
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@kiki047 aww it looks really cute!
@kbrown2385 I'm not sure if you've given this a try, but I really like Garnier Curl Conditioning Creme Gel. It's a gel but it doesn't make my curls crunchy like some others do. I also don't use a comb at all and just use my fingers, and now I only wash my hair once a week (mostly because it's purple and I don't want it to fade as fast, but it makes my curls nicer, too!).
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
Aug '19: Letrozole + HCG trigger + IUI + prog supp - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Sep '19: 2nd IUI, same protocol - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Dec '19: IVF #1 w/ICSI, PGT. 5 retrieved, 4 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGT-A normal.
Mar '20: FET #1, perfect 5AA blast transferred. BFN.
Sept '20: FET #2, 5BB tsf. 9/18/20 BFP!! EDD: 5/27/21. MMC 11w
Feb ‘21: FET #3, last 6BB blast transferred. BFP, EDD 11/2/21. MC 5w3d.
May '21: IVF #2 w/ICSI, PGT. 8R, 7M, 6F, 6 blasts - 3AB, 3AB, 3BB, 4BB, 5BB, 6BA. Fresh tsf 5/13/21 - BFN.
June '21: PGT-A results = 3 abnormal, 1 low level mosaic. Referred to new REI, had consult with 2nd RE in between.
Sept '21: RPL, immune testing normal
Oct '21: IVF #3 w/IMSI, PGT. 33R, 26M, 23F, 9 blasts (7 day 6, 2 day 7). PGT-A = 5 normal, 1 mosaic
Dec '21: Positive for endometritis, RX Flagyl & Keflex
Jan '22: FET #5 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol incl. PRP, intralipids, prednisone, medrol, nivestym, fragmin - CP
Feb '22: FET #6 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol w/higher doses of pred & fragmin - BFN
Mar '22: Mock cycle for ERA - cancelled, repeat endometrial biopsy instead. Still positive for endometritis. RX ciprofloxacin & amoxicillin.
Apr '22: IVF #4 w/IMSI, PGT. 28R, 23M, 16F, 11 blasts. PGT-A = 6 normal.
June '22: FET #7 - Microdose lupron downreg w/kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol - double embryo transfer. BFN.
July '22: FET #8 - Mini stim w/Puregon + trigger, kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol. BFN.
Sep '22: Taking a break
Dec '22: Attempted abdominal myomectomy, fibroid too close to cervix and major blood vessels. Wasn't removed.
Feb '23: FET #9 - Modified natural w/baby asp, HCG trigger, PIO, PRP, Medrol, HCG wash, embryo glue - BFP!! EDD 11/11/23
My horror story (ies):
1. Tried dying my blonde hair "strawberry blonde" in 7th grade. Turned everything that was lighter (summer pool highlights) fluorescent orange. Then it all sweated down my face at cheerleading practice.
2. Cut my own bangs in 8th grade (trimmed the whispies into a true "fringe") that were of course super short. Tried slicking back at a football game (cheerleading again), and as we cheered, the short little fringe started popping up/out into a little short lions mane off my forehead.
3. Got a short haircut my sophomore year of college. That was okay, but as I tried to grow it out, it grew into a STRAIGHT-UP mullet. I had no idea what to do, but was afraid to cut it again. Awful few months of mullet-wearing.
4. Finally, junior year of college, mullet finally grown out somewhat, my friend and I decided to try to do a home-perm on my hair. Never do that. NEVER.
I knew I liked all of you
married 11.1.14
ttc #1 since 5.18
bfp 12.22.18 letrozole + progesterone
d&e due to trisomy 13/hydrops at 15wks
bfp 7.21.19 letrozole + IUI
little girl A born 3.26.20
All the subsequent hair work, my hair was still pretty damn frizzy, but it was back to my normal color for school. It scared me off doing anything aside from some very minors tips for about 15 years.
Agree, @marebear15 OMG, your hair is freaking gorgeous!
As for the haircut, my worst was when I went in for a trim some years ago. I didn't ask them to trim my bangs as they were still at a good length. Well, without even asking the stylist snipped my bangs above my eyebrow and that was the worst 2 weeks of my life waiting for that to grow out to a not-awkward length. I know bangs like that can be stylish, but not on my face.
A haircut I did eventually regret getting was back in 2009. It was super short in the back and longer in the front (similar to how Victoria Beckham styled her hair at the time). It was great for a month or so but as I was letting it grow out it did not grown out evenly. Also I had the cut done at a beauty school so the cost was cheap, but my mom waited for me for almost 3 hours in that chair. Thank God she had brought a book to read!
TTC #1 since 7.2017
Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3 | all BFN
IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20
Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy
DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023
Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
Repeat labs in 8 weeks
Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
TTC put on pause
I feel like it could be a couple of things. My hair looks like that when I don't use enough product or mess with my hair too much before I get a nice hard cast. Also, my hair looked like this when I needed to add a bit of protein into my routine. I'm protein sensitive, so I added one wash of Shea Moisture Coconut shampoo about every month. Any of the Shea Moisture products would probably help because most of them have silk protein in them.
Oh, one more question, do you know your hair porosity?
Ive tried the Shea moisture coconut and didnt like how my hair felt. I have no idea what my porosity is. I could never figure it out.
Spoiler for photo:
Bonus points if you read that as Beyoncé’s “All my single ladies”.
PS I forgot how my mom would iron and then tease my hair for picture day. Unfortunately the photo is cropped but she LOVED to mess with my bangs. Why did I have bangs? 😂
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Also, any time I’ve decided to see how layers would look. Layers don’t work for me. Ever. Not 10 years ago. Not one year ago. Now, if anyone ever hears me mention layers STOP ME.