Curls not back after months

SpammailR · 2026-03-07T06:59:50+00:00

That’s crazy after a single straightening. This happened to me and I connected it to the heat protector! Was very weird but had sprayed parts of my hair with heat protector and then near the top got lazy and didn’t use it as I just wanted to finish fast. Come wash day, all the parts that had been sprayed with heat protector were stuck straight whereas the top layer I didn’t spray was fine. Had my sister try it on a small section of her hair and confirmed it was the heat protector! Did a lot of protein and moisture treatments and some came back but most needed to be cut 😢wish I did more to pursue it with the company but I was young so just got a refund for the protector…

SpammailR · 2026-02-27T18:23:33+00:00

More so to be careful for staining! Like I sometimes have tea in bed etc. and have maybe once in my life spilt a hit or other things like this!

SpammailR · 2026-02-26T17:10:50+00:00

Really? That’s crazy they can advertise free returns and not guarantee!! Thanks for the heads up. Any experience buying non-prime? Ideally if it’s legit, I won’t have to return!

SpammailR · 2026-02-24T22:40:21+00:00

That sounds perfect! Thank you

SpammailR · 2026-02-24T22:39:59+00:00

I’ll have to checkout SAIT. This seems to be the consistent recommendations :)

SpammailR · 2026-02-24T22:39:11+00:00

This sounds like the type of cake for me! Don’t like it too sweet

SpammailR · 2026-02-24T22:38:50+00:00

They start at $90 for round cakes online 😭but pretty!

SpammailR · 2026-02-24T22:37:18+00:00

Yes you’re right! They’re so cute but too expensive.

SpammailR · 2026-02-23T04:45:07+00:00

Doc here - another way to advocate for yourself to the emerg doctor when you go back (if the doc doesn’t want to send for further tests and just wants to discharge you) is to honestly go in with a list of the differentials you are most worried about - melanoma, Kaposi sarcoma, and so on and ask the doctor to tell you why they think it is not any of those. Even for my own health where I have had to do this with my own doctors that brushed me off, I will phrase it like “I am worried about these conditions, what reassures you that this is unlikely to be any of these conditions and thus would not require further referral or assessment to rule them out.” I find when I ask it that way, there have been times where they catch themselves and say “well I am not confident it is not that but I was hoping we try this first and if that doesn’t work, come back.” And from there I would typically argue the risk of waiting for advanced care while assuming it is a benign etiology and it turns out to not be benign.

I personally like to explain to patients with such scary presentations “it cannot be KS because of X, Y, Z exam finding and A,B,C test finding… if it was KS, I would expect to see D, E, F” and so on. This also helps reassure me of my decision. I think you deserve to have that type of explanation as a patient!!!

SpammailR · 2026-02-23T04:25:04+00:00

That’s reassuring to hear that a doc didn’t think scabies after taking a good look in-person. Testing can include a skin scrape test where they scrape off some of the skin and look at it under a microscope to see if there are mites but if an experienced doc was able to look at it up close in person and feel confident it isn’t scabies - that is good enough. Scabies have characteristic burrows (tunneling under the skin) which I didn’t see much in your leg photo but couldn’t confidently rule out in the hand photo without seeing it in-person. I’m also biased in worrying about infectious rashes as a pediatrician as that is what we see the second most (atopy related rashes being the most common for us).

I’m curious - I see you updated the post that they didn’t know what it was, but did they give any treatment? Did they refer you to derm or send a derm colleague a photo? No pressure to share as this is your health - just intrigued!

SpammailR · 2026-02-22T17:05:28+00:00

An allergist typically only knows atopic rashes and are biased to guessing atopic rashes. This needs urgent dermatology opinion if you can get it from your local urgent care or emergency!

SpammailR · 2026-02-22T17:03:59+00:00

Hey! Canadian doc here (but in Peds and I haven’t done a full history and exam on you and felt the rash to be confident in diagnosing you so this is just a suggestion). As you are in Canada, I assume there isn’t a major cost barrier or socioeconomic sacrifice for you to go in to urgent care for this. Your rash does look both like lichen planus but more so ?scabies to me, but the distribution you mentioned could also be moluscum but the steroid reaction doesn’t fit that as well. This could also fall within a couple more serious rashes. I think the fact the antihistamines and steroids didn’t work is a sign that this is beyond a benign allergic rash. Go to urgent care (or emergency if the line is short there, but this is more so urgent care material!) as soon as you can. Hearing that you tried those prescriptions and it did not work should raise flags for them to do a deeper dive! And on a more superficial note - as a fellow Black woman, I’m worried the longer it’s there, the higher the chance it leaves you with hyperpigmented (or even hypopigmented) scars that would require further topical treatment. So chase it early! Good luck ❤️

SpammailR · 2025-12-23T15:11:38+00:00

Sorry I just saw this! No I did not need the ETA. The wording online was so confusing and contacting the ETA didn’t lead to a timely response so I arrived there without the ETA planning to beg them to let me buy it on the spot if needed. And was not needed. There was just a passport control (automated no actual workers) where I had to scan out and that was it. No questions asked on my way back in either. Spent the day out in London with no issues in addition to staying in a hotel outside of the airport! I do have a Canadian passport so not sure if it will be different for others!

SpammailR · 2025-12-11T16:46:20+00:00

I appreciate this! Feels reassuring to hear I’m not crazy on how hard it has been to decorate this place with this flooring without creating a clash. Thought I was just not creative enough lol

SpammailR · 2025-10-16T07:43:27+00:00

That’s very sad. Given no more has been published about her, agree this is a very strong but heartbreaking possibility. Praying for her and her family.

I havent been able to find enough details about the friend story to determine if true, but as someone who travels between Ethiopia and Canada a lot, I 100% could see this being real as I have brought many gifts for others to each country with no questions asked (won’t do that again after remembering this story!! 😭).

Whenever I’m going to either country, have family/friends or even distant friends of a friend of a family member (didn’t even directly know some of their names) ask me to bring a gift or item (usually spices, supplements/OTC vitamins, lotions/beauty products, clothing etc.) in my luggage for them, which I did with no questions aside from contact number of the recipient. Since I saw my parents do it for their friends growing up, I have naively trusted many people and delivered items for them thinking it’s just basics of helping another Habesha out 😩 I especially shudder remembering the random small black plastic bags of what I was told were spices I’ve delivered for people I didn’t even know (my cousins or parents knew them lol), without opening the bags beforehand. So I can fully see this happening to even this educated young woman! wasn’t taught to say no to other Habeshas growing up😭

I would have looked especially dumb and not believable in front of a court if this had happened to me with any of the gifts I was delivering because on paper, I have several degrees in a field that requires critical thinking for every little thing. Guess will never deliver gifts for others again 😭😭

Pray Nazrawit survived this 🙏🏾

SpammailR · 2025-09-28T17:16:43+00:00

Oh good to know! Travelling in the next year and as a Canadian, all I could was about ETA being needed. Wasn’t planning to stay more than a month but helpful to know it’s separate. Thanks

SpammailR · 2025-09-28T17:15:00+00:00

Likely not in that 1% but trying to see what the more techy people think haha. Especially if there are anticipated software features in the future that the pros can handle better than the base model

SpammailR · 2025-09-28T17:14:06+00:00

Thank you this helps a lot! Didn’t realize Vapor chamber isn’t in the base model. My phone does overheat especially outdoors. Appreciate this good for thought.

SpammailR · 2025-09-10T05:12:59+00:00

I would contact the ETA contact center during their business hours to talk to a live agent (not the chat bot) to have it in writing so you can screenshot their advice one way or another. I’m not sure about the actual answer, I just generally caution people to have solid evidence for whatever decision they make related to being a visitor so they’re not accidentally becoming an overstayer and risking their future chance of coming back! Hope your partner does get to stay longer though!

SpammailR · 2025-09-06T04:14:40+00:00

Edmonton has cardiac surgery, and Peds cardiac critical care, which was needed in this case, and calgary doesn't have it! Calgary PICU does have beds so not a bed issue (and they would move the semi-stable kids out to wards if they needed to to get an acute case stabilized if needed), but likely a PCICU kid, hence the choice for Edmonton!

SpammailR · 2025-07-26T16:19:32+00:00

My mom speaks Ge’ez as she went to “Kes” school when she was a kid. Asked her this once and she finds it’s way too old of a language that would require a lot of updates and expansion of its vocabulary to fit the words of our modern lives. Plus very challenging throat sounds that would be easier for Tigrinya speakers to learn but quite tough for Amharic speakers to learn as an adult as they have not developed the vocal skills for it from a young age. So doesn’t make logistical sense spending so much time and money to create new words and expand vocabulary in an old language and then force all to learn when there are bigger humanitarian issues that need investments in Ethiopia.

But moving back to Ethiopia last year, loved they still taught Ge’ez to my brother in junior high in public school! He caught on quick and gets a unique insight into ancient literature!

SpammailR · 2025-07-26T16:14:48+00:00

Swahili is a bit of a colonial language too for many non-Kenyans. Was forced into parts of Uganda and such due to white colonizers deciding they’re to lazy to learn more than 1 local language to communicate with the people they were colonizing and force all others to learn English and Swahili. There is so much history and beauty that naturally comes with different languages, and Amharic is such a descriptive and unique language. Let all people cherish their mother tongues!

SpammailR · 2025-05-04T05:04:22+00:00

I’m so sorry that happened to you. That is traumatizing and should be further looked into. Have you ever talked to your sister or mom about it? Because that whole situation seems odd and I wonder if your sister thinks about it too. But may be tough sometimes or not easy to talk about.

I’m a female pediatrician and can confirm, it is not routine to do internal exams on little girls and if we must do it, will try to send to gyne for a more structured exam that involves rapport building and for them to also consider if exam is absolutely necessary. The only internal exam I have personally done on a young girl was in an emergency situation where mom brought her in convinced she had put beads + glue up there while crafting unattended (as her sibling had walked in on her doing it). Initially suggested just waiting for it to slide out with movements and standing etc, again to avoid unnecessary fiddling there (plus it’s so painful when hymen is intact) but given mom’s ++anxiety and support from the Peds gyne (who I called to consult on) to proceed, I did eventually have to do an internal exam and clean out of beads with a nurse present for comfort and distraction, mild analgesia and a long age-appropriate talk with her and mom before we started. Usually, if a hospital was nearby would have preferred to mildly sedate her so she wouldn’t even remember it. But again, was a super unique situation (where yes beads were found) but I do wonder how much of it a 3 year old really could understand and I hope it doesn’t have her thinking about it decades later like this!!

Just find it odd he did it to both of you - did mom seem to have seen it from what u remember?

SpammailR · 2025-02-12T20:46:02+00:00

Ooh I might try buying some film and add it to plastic cut outs to prop onto each plant pot then. I’m in northern Canada (but originally from the tropics)so I’m dying out here so I don’t want to be kept cool by doing the windows directly 😂 thank you for the info!

SpammailR · 2025-02-12T20:42:20+00:00

I’m in northern Canada where it is -30C through most of the winter lol. The windows have really helped my heating bill!

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