[Coda]

Originally Posted by Biomecha

Glad to see the scariest part is over, Coda. I bet she can't wait to start feeling better in comparison to how things were before the surgery.

The surgeon had said she'd notice how much better she'd feel about breathing right away.

We didn't believe him.

We should have. Even with her face totally swollen up, she said she was breathing clearly in a way that she didn't even realize she was missing for all of her life.

Originally Posted by KittyBeary

I have an overbite as well and have been offered a correction but I didn't want to go through that. ;_; Plus it doesn't bother me all that much so I doubt I'll ever undergo surgery for it. I would only need my lower jaw to be moved forward though but when I was told everything about that my anxiety said nope. It isn't required and my health is just fine regardless so lmao yeah no. If I've lived 30 years with it, I can live the rest of my life with it.

The worst I had to deal with was being bullied over it in elementary school. But that's all in the past.

Braces can do some level of correction without needing surgery, if it's not too bad.

[Stabbsworth]

me, with a slight overbite:

anyways, it's good that she's doing well!

[Kaderin Triste]

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At this point anytime anyone starts going off about some coronavirus conspiracy theory, I fully check out of that conversation. It's getting ridiculous.

[Kory]

I wish your wife a speedy recovery, Coda!!!

My shout;
My medication compromises my immune system, making me at higher risk of catching COVID19 than the average person.
It's really, really frustrating. I'm hoping that maybe my psychiatrist will let me change back to one of my previous medications. I hope so...
This has been the longest I've been out of the hospital, so I'm sure my psychiatrist won't be too happy to put me back on a medication that "failed".

>:(

[Kaderin Triste]

Just realized that though I want to get my hair professionally cut again, I probably shouldn't and at this point may not even be able to...
Not sure what style/cut I want anyway though so might look into that and see if I can maybe get in this weekend before things get too crazy here...
Idk. My hair is just getting long and frizzy and is driving me crazy and looks like crap when I cut it myself.

[Kory]

I don't trust salon hairstylists to cut my hair. :(
Honestly, I don't trust them to do anything but dye it... And even then, I can only go to certain stylists because I have very curly, afro hair...

On days that I feel daring enough to try a stylist, I always bring pictures of the style or color I want.

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Ava

I don't trust salon hairstylists to cut my hair. :(
Honestly, I don't trust them to do anything but dye it... And even then, I can only go to certain stylists because I have very curly, afro hair...

On days that I feel daring enough to try a stylist, I always bring pictures of the style or color I want.

If you lived nearer to here I'd recommend my sister.

[Stabbsworth]

stuff i'm planning to do: The Dark Crystal, except it's solely the Chamberlain's 'MMMMmmMmMMmMMMmMMMMMMMM' noise.

[Kaderin Triste]

Originally Posted by Ava

I don't trust salon hairstylists to cut my hair. :(
Honestly, I don't trust them to do anything but dye it... And even then, I can only go to certain stylists because I have very curly, afro hair...

On days that I feel daring enough to try a stylist, I always bring pictures of the style or color I want.

I've only ever had 1 bad hair cut/style experience. And the cut itself was fine, but I said I didn't want it styled, but she styled it anyway and I looked like the mom from the Brady Bunch.

But I always try to bring reference images for the cut I want.
I just don't know what haircuts actually are gonna look good on me and I want something different than my usual sharp a-line.

[Stabbsworth]

tfw a server admin sends you a friend request and you decline it because of RSD-related issues.

i have no idea if i've fucked up but, like. so now i can't use a very basic feature of discord just because of RSD.

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Kaderin Triste

I've only ever had 1 bad hair cut/style experience. And the cut itself was fine, but I said I didn't want it styled, but she styled it anyway and I looked like the mom from the Brady Bunch.

But I always try to bring reference images for the cut I want.
I just don't know what haircuts actually are gonna look good on me and I want something different than my usual sharp a-line.

I tried that once.

I asked for Owen Wilson. Had a picture and everything.

I got Lord Farquaad.

[Kaderin Triste]

Unless you were asking for owen wilson with a mullet, how'd they manage to fuck it up that badly? O.o
Because Farquaad's hair is actually pretty long...

[Coda]

Owen Wilson's hair isn't exactly short, though. He's had it at various lengths over history, and the picture I had was of a shaggy surfer-ish style. Not exactly the length and style he had in Zoolander but kinda similar.

It would appear that the stylist I was seeing at the time just didn't know how to do any sort of men's styling outside of a standard short cut. It doesn't help that the natural wave of my hair is wider than Owen's.

[Kaderin Triste]

Yeah, but farwuaad's hair is like almost shoulder-length...

Ah, yeah, natural curl can have a big impact.

Sooo...who wants to help me pick a haircut?!
8D

[Kory]

Originally Posted by Voidbarker

stuff i'm planning to do: The Dark Crystal, except it's solely the Chamberlain's 'MMMMmmMmMMmMMMmMMMMMMMM' noise.

Ooo. I am anxiously awaiting the release of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance season 2. ;-;

Originally Posted by Coda

If you lived nearer to here I'd recommend my sister.

Is she skilled in ethnic hair?

Originally Posted by Kaderin Triste

I've only ever had 1 bad hair cut/style experience. And the cut itself was fine, but I said I didn't want it styled, but she styled it anyway and I looked like the mom from the Brady Bunch.

But I always try to bring reference images for the cut I want.
I just don't know what haircuts actually are gonna look good on me and I want something different than my usual sharp a-line.

I've had three *really* bad experiences with stylists...

I'm going to put these in spoilers because they're long stories

The first one I can remember was when I was seeing this guy. He was great, but he really didn't know how to do anything other than straighten my hair... It was obvious he was very skilled in straightening hair, but since I'm biracial and have multiple textures in my hair, when it came to actual hair care, he had no clue what to do. He recommended I use sulfate shampoos (HUGE no-no for curly hair) and he'd often brush out my hair from roots to tip (again, HUGE no-no. Curly hair is supposed to be brushed from ends to root, so backwards)
I was dumb enough to let him give me a texturizer... but it ended up looking really scraggly and tacky because my hair was so fried from all the straightening. >:(

My second bad experience was after I shaved my head. It was about three months later and my hair started to grow in... My aunt recommended a stylist because I wanted my hair straightened. I brought a picture of Anne Hathaway with her hair short. The guy straightened my hair and it ended up being much longer than a pixie cut. So I told him, "I don't want it styled". And he styled it anyway, cutting off most of my hair while it was straight. Mind you, when you cut curly hair when it's straight, when it goes back to being curly, it will look even shorter.

So in the end, my straight hair looked like a grandma's style. And when I washed it... I swear to X'hal, I looked like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It was the worst style I've ever had.. and he charged me an extra $50 for something I TOLD HIM I DID NOT WANT. I cried as soon as I saw myself in the mirror.

The last *really bad* experience I had in a salon was after I'd been wearing my hair natural for about four years. I went to a stylist that I used to see when I was a kid. She was amazing with texturizers, but she really wasn't familiar with styling natural hair. So I asked her to straighten it for photos. And it looked nice... But she did not use a heat protection on my hair and I ended up having very severe heat damage. >:(

[trystan830]

Originally Posted by Ava

Ooo. I am anxiously awaiting the release of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance season 2. ;-;

there's a s2? i still need to rewatch the movie and then watch s1....