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(04-20-2023, 05:40 PM)user328 Wrote: My hair is too short to comb now. I buzz my head with electric shears every month or so.
Sweet.
Buzz cuts are hot as fuck...
Personally, I love the feeling of having hair that short.
Hair really is just some bullshit TBH with you but...
I dunno, I feel like we all through phases.
The good news is that you can slather your head in as much oil as you want and it's not gonna matter cuz there's not much hair to look greasy.
So yeah, dilute it with olive oil. Burns way less.
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(04-20-2023, 05:42 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: I feel like we all through phases.
Yep. I've been through many long hair and short hair phases over the years.
I don't know if I'll ever try to grow long hair again. I can't be arsed to comb it. I have permanent bed head when it's long enough to comb. That's why I buzz it off.
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I went to another Walmart today. I got early and didn't have any McGyvering to do, so I went Walmarting.
Scored three bags of lightly salted Harvest Snaps. They're in a gondola in the long aisle between groceries and baby supplies now.
The only baked fruit chips they have are apple. I bought a box. The other fruit snacks are all dried or freeze dried, not baked.
Finally, I headed over to HBA and picked up a little pump bottle to mix my tea tree oil in.
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Harvest Snaps are expensive yo, I was looking at them on the WalMart site and on Amazon lastnight.
Keep us updated on the tea tree oil application!
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A few years back, I bought a 12 pack of little amber colored glass spray bottles from Amazon...
Those things come in so handy.
I have used them for so many different concoctions lol.
The only thing I don't like about those tiny bottles is how hard they are to clean...
That is, UNTIL you know the secret.
I have an assorted size pack of funnels, and I take the smallest one and dump some baking soda into the bottles...
And then I pour in some vinegar just a little at a time so it doesn't all just fizz out and be wasted.
Anyway, this process cleans the inside of the bottle pretty well...
All you gotta do is fill it the rest of the way with water, let it soak, pump the spray nozzle to get any leftover mixture out of it.
Then rinse it like 10 more times and let it sit somewhere warm for a few days until it's totally dry inside.
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Long q-tips are good for cleaning those little bottles too, but I usually find the vinegar/baking soda to be enough.
Vinegar/baking soda cleans EVERYTHING.
No need for a bunch of weird commercial cleaners...
That shit is a money racket, and it's not even as good as baking soda/vinegar at the end of the day.
When you wash your clothes with it, they come out smelling like donuts.
Like this: https://letthebakingbegin.com/doughnuts
Plain sugar donuts.
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(04-21-2023, 01:49 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: Harvest Snaps are expensive yo, I was looking at them on the WalMart site and on Amazon lastnight.
Keep us updated on the tea tree oil application!
I didn't even look at the prices. I have months worth of food stamps banked up from being homeless. I just get whatever seems healthy.
I've sprayed my head several times today. I'm getting a lot less dandruff snow when I rub my head now.
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Yeah dandy is actually a lifeform, so it's best to slather it in tea tree paired with olive oil at least once per week. Smother 'em to death and moisturize the skin at the same time.
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Most people just think it's dead or dry skin, and it CAN be, but it's actually a type of fungus (usually).
The issue with using anything unnatural to get rid of that kinda stuff is that you can fuck up the ecosystem of your body for the worse.
The body is just a massive colony of a billion different lifeforms and all the overwashing and chemical use these days is making people sick.
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I think you (and everybody else, I guess) should just spend a lot of time rubbing and massaging and exfoliating your body.
Maybe do some deep breathing exercises and really relax your body.
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I breathe deeply sometimes, when my ASMR girlfriend reminds me to.
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Actually, this smothering principle is the same for head lice too.
People get all freaked out about the lice, they do all kinda crazy shit like head shaving etc., but really all you need to do is slather your head in a variety of thick, oily, heavy product, then wrap your scalp in plastic overnight.
Repeat like twice per week.
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In addition to using the petrolatum based ointment to moisturize my radiation burned area, I'm using it to smother a rash that broke out on my feet when I stopped chemotherapy.
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They told me beforehand that shit like this would happen, but it still freaks me out a little.
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(04-21-2023, 02:30 PM)user328 Wrote: I breathe deeply sometimes, when my ASMR girlfriend reminds me to.
Whatever works, baby!!!
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(04-21-2023, 02:37 PM)user328 Wrote: They told me beforehand that shit like this would happen, but it still freaks me out a little.
Yeah chemo makes all kinds of scary, bizarre shit start happening.
I dunno how you feel about this or what your history in the sun is...
But I really think that it could benefit you to maybe just check out a pair of skimpy swim shorts and wear only that, and head outside at least like 3 times per week to get some super direct sun exposure on your body.
You've really been through it, and these treatments have undoubtedly disrupted a lot of your systems.
It's fortunate that we're at the start of the vitamin D synthesis season just now, because this means you can potentially start to immediately heal any disrupted systems in your body with that sunlight, BEFORE you start seeing any symptoms manifest.
You may be able to lessen the hiccups that chemo causes throughout your various replenishment systems by getting the sun exposure this spring/summer...
That way you don't have to wait and see the symptoms manifest down the road when you're back into the fall/winter season and have to wait several months to even have a chance at vitamin D synthesis again.
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I'm taking a weekly vitamin D supplement.
One of the antibiotics I was taking had a warning on the label against excessive sun exposure.
One of the best general purpose home remedies that's often overlooked is Listerine. The active ingredients are four plant-based essential oils that Dr. Lister found to have antimicrobial properties. It works a lot better than hydrocortisone for itching. The same ingredients are in Gold Bond medicated powder, but the talcum powder itself is carcinogenic, so I'd avoid it.
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(04-21-2023, 02:40 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: Whatever works, baby!!!
I finally settled on one girl as my overall favorite. She's not the prettiest or the hottest, but she gets the job done.
Most of her videos repeat three times. Once with background music, once with rain in the background, and once with voice only.
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHealingRoomASMR
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Listerine is one of those things everybody should keep in their preps, lol.
I get the classic yellow kind, none of that newfangled stuff.
I actually get the Equate brand these days though, great price and exact same ingredients.
I'm scrolling through the WalMart site though and I don't see their yellow Listerine dupe on there anymore.
I should have gotten like 5 bottles last time.
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(04-21-2023, 02:56 PM)user328 Wrote: I finally settled on one girl as my overall favorite. She's not the prettiest or the hottest, but she gets the job done.
Most of her videos repeat three times. Once with background music, once with rain in the background, and once with voice only.
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHealingRoomASMR
See, I think she's exquisitely gorgeous, but that's just me.
A lot of it may have to do with seeing the quality/goodness of her intentions shining through.
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