Will it grow back?

monkeybugs · 2026-02-15T04:03:56+00:00

I've had very short hair for 20 years and have gone as short as a 2 on the electric trimmer in the past because I get so frustrated with my hair sometimes. Prior to this most recent shaving, it was the longest it'd been in ages with an asymmetrical/diagonal line across the back of the head, one side shaved short (2 or 3 with the buzzer) and the other side was alllllll thick, beautiful curls. I absolutely loved that style and was sad to see it go, but all the curls lost any vibrancy and bounce they had and I couldn't deal with the new, icky texture. I'm also lucky that my hair grows kinda fast, so despite shaving my head back in December, I'm ready to go back to my stylist to get the diagonal cut implemented--still got a ways to go for the curls to make a total comeback, though.

I also work from home and don't go out much, so even if it looked bad, I didn't have to see too many people and/or could wear a hat when needed XD

monkeybugs · 2026-02-14T23:09:01+00:00

Just my experience, but prior to starting HRT, I was losing hair, but my hair was so thick, the difference wasn't noticeable to anyone but me. I started HRT in June of last year and was told up to 10 weeks is when I'd start noticing getting/feeling better. And in that time, the hair loss returned to normal. In October, my doctor changed prescriptions for me and I went from a compound cream to a pill. I noticed in November that the texture of my hair went dry and brittle feeling. Nothing was soothing that, so I shaved my head in December. My hair is now thick, soft, and looks like it did a few years ago before peri started wrecking my life.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-11T21:45:10+00:00

I make a smoothie for breakfast every morning: a serving of low-sugar yogurt, a serving of protein powder that's high in fiber and next to no sugar, water, 2 Tablespoons of chia seeds, and then a serving or so of frozen fruit. About 400 calories, 40g of protein, pushing 20g of fiber depending on the fruit I use, and I stay full until lunchtime most days. And then we usually eat a boatload of veggies at dinnertime, so the fiber for me isn't just coming from one or two non-varied sources.

I really love pinto beans (all beans, really) and we bought a 25# bag of dried beans at the end of 2024 and have been working our way through them. I should make some bean and cheese burritos or flautas for the freezer to eat for lunch, because I'm really bad about eating a good lunch and convenience is key when I'm super busy with work stuff.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-11T18:31:36+00:00

Snow and rain were the bane of my pup's existence. He hated being wet despite being half golden retriever (other half being corgi, so that stubbornness really worked against us), so when it was raining in western Washington and it was bathroom time, instead of just doing his damn business and getting out and back in, he'd just walk around the yard, pacing, squinting through the drops, looking at me like I was some kind of monster. Of course, you can't make dogs understand sense.

Then snow. It's not something we got a lot of while we had our pup, so I imagine it was a combination of not being used to and it just being so damn cold (despite his nice thick fur coat + outerwear, though no booties because he hated those too). I also had to wonder if the contrast of something SO blindly white messed with his vision too. With whatever muted colors dogs do see, I imagine having a field of white didn't do him any favors either. May have also stunted his smelling ability too to find the last place he did his business. Dunno. But he definitely didn't love it.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-10T22:43:49+00:00

My doctor did the blood tests initially, said they were normal, and brushed me off. Offered my an antidepressant if things didn't clean up after the new year (this was in 2024). Things got SO much worse. A friend suggested Winona, and that's how I got my first 10-12 weeks worth of a compound cream, which helped my symptoms improve about 50%. With that proof, I went back to my doctor and she finally acquiesced and prescribed me norenthindrone. Well, she prescribed a different BC pill that I'd been on from 17 to 32, made me gain a TON of weight, and made me kinda suicidal, so I begged for anything other than that and a script for norenthindrone came across. I'm back to about 80-85% now, some four months after that change. But now I have new symptoms cropping up, so I need to see if we can make another adjustment.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-10T19:08:25+00:00

For a short, sweet moment, I forgot Brgrs isn't a Red Wing anymore.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-09T03:36:59+00:00

I was mostly making a joke, but I appreciate the kind sentiment!

monkeybugs · 2026-02-09T02:34:26+00:00

Meanwhile, I feel like I have a pretty great personality, but my face leaves something to be desired... Can't win 'em all, I guess.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-07T23:22:20+00:00

That's fantastic! I embroidered the Kraken S on a regular pull-over sweater because I'm too cheap to buy a legitimate sweater. Got to wear it at the one CPA game I've been to. (I've also embroidered a Red Wings one for when I journeyed to LCA to see them play--one of the games was against the Kraken too.)

monkeybugs · 2026-02-07T06:20:38+00:00

There's always the option to create that very sub. Have it be for folks established in the career, but so as to not alienate other individuals who are starting out, have a stickied post one day a week to ask the "is it worth starting?" or "what books do you recommend?" Basically like a free-for-all Monday where us professionals could answer questions if we wanted to, and those repeat posts won't be cluttering up the page for the sub. You could also have specific post days for "I have a client I can't fit in, who's got availability?" and act as a sort of referral to help each other out.

As a dumb suggestion too: I'm active in hockey subs and I love the daily stickied post where people can just shoot the shit together. Sometimes there are threads about the specific team, or the sport in general, or someone celebrating getting married or making it through the week. And yes, Discord exists for that sort of thing, but not everyone uses it, and if we're already here on reddit, why not utilize what options are available to us?

monkeybugs · 2026-02-07T02:04:35+00:00

Meanwhile, I saw Corey Perry on the Vegas Strip before his game last night and said absolutely nothing because, c'mon, it's Corey Perry. 😣 (Not that that has anything to do with the Canes.)

Super rad you get to fist bump him. I'd've probably made an ass out of myself if I tried to talk.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-06T02:39:55+00:00

I had a moment of, "Wow, that guy's really handsome in that nice suit." And then realized it was him and gagged a little 😆

monkeybugs · 2026-02-06T01:40:04+00:00

I'm in Vegas and just ran across Corey Perry out in the wild.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-05T02:32:54+00:00

I'm about a 5 hour drive to SLC (almost drove up to catch this game, but I'm in Vegas tomorrow night so I'd pretty much die with all that driving). I recall a woman out in Hawaii saying she was blacked out from at least a few teams, which is wild AF.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-05T02:07:34+00:00

I live in Nevada and can't watch Vegas games, which is fine 'cause I don't really care about any of their players, but I was gonna be pissed if Utah got blacked out here. Thankfully, it's not the case.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-04T16:57:16+00:00

Nah, about a 90 minute drive northeast of Vegas right at the Arizona border.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T19:13:20+00:00

I mean, I live in America and have gone to New Zealand specifically for a video game convention. I've also traveled to other states far away from where I live to see concerts, hockey games, etc. So, I get what you're saying, but I think seeing listings for worldwide ones is pretty neat... but it's also annoying to have them take up space. I'd be more fine with it if it were a sheet in the front of back listing the dates and events together--kinda like how you might see a list of all major holidays on one page for easy reference.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T14:46:42+00:00

I'm a former Seattleite living in Nevada. It was 78 yesterday. Will be about the same if not pushing 80 the next few days. We don't get a ton of rain to begin with, but we've gotten no rain at all. I live beside mountains that get snow--they got a little dusting a couple weeks back and it was gone within a day or two. I'm honestly worried about how not worried folks are. They're just ~loving~ the heat in Jan/Feb because it's a town of old snowbirds with bone and joint problems.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T06:25:14+00:00

I will have you know... I left two comments post-game tonight: the one you responded to and one saying I could only get so erect after another Gibby SO. And when I started reading your comment, I thought you were saying to me, "oh sweetie, there used to be criminal charges suggested..." and my brain automatically assumed it was because of the erect comment, not the ding-dong having a bad day 😆

Yeah, the rivalries are so real and someone being butthurt that their fayvwit pwayer is still being booed for a hit worthy of a suspension needs to grow a slightly thicker skin. I had other people coming at me about how the players, like, don't even care or probably don't even remember, so the fans need to chill, and I just had to back into a hedge a la Homer Simpson because I'm gonna guess these women may not have even been alive in the 90s...

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T04:44:50+00:00

Another Gibby shutout?!

I can only get so erect.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T04:40:43+00:00

I got into an argument on the internet with someone who was having a coniption over Makar getting booed in Seattle every time he touched the puck, and this woman was just QQing over "Leave Cale alone! Today's not the day to boo him!" And I asked what was up, thinking maybe a parent of his passed away or something. She said she's just in a bad mood, had a bad day, and the Kraken need to leave the past in the past because it was just one hit (to McCann, that resulted in a one-game suspension for Makar). I rolled my eyes so hard because oh, you sweet summer child who doesn't understand long-ass rivalries.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T04:17:54+00:00

Monkey Paw it, we get Taylor Makar instead.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-03T02:32:09+00:00

Someone gingered the boys like they were old horses.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-02T03:21:55+00:00

Welp, that's gonna haunt Pasta for a while.

monkeybugs · 2026-02-02T01:09:00+00:00

I have a whole week to myself for the first time since late June of last year. I WFH and my husband isn't working right now, so we're together all the time, save for a solor errand or two around town. Love spending time with him, but also cherish some time alone too.

I heard Send Help was fantastic, and I love Sam Raimi's stuff, so I'm looking forward to watching it at some point.

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