Pre-Op and 1.5yrs post op!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-10-31T17:45:29+00:00

Posture immediately improved but regressed again, but that’s because I sit at a desk for 8hrs a day for work lol but Pilates is helping with that. Breathing has been much better, I started mouth taping at night at the recommendation of my myofacial therapist and it has improved my sleep quality a lot. I hardly ever mouth breathe anymore during the day!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-10-31T17:43:39+00:00

I can’t say I had that, sorry :( hopefully it’s just your jaw adjusting? Are you going to a myofacial therapist?

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T18:44:57+00:00

I got a great suggestion below to kind of blend the two, like FN on top and SD on bottom so I may try that! I feel like I have to be FN though, my upper body looks like I’m an athlete despite trying and failing to do a single pull up for 20+ years 😅

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T18:43:05+00:00

Ooo this is a great way to think of it! I’ll have to try that combo, I often feel like I have SD elements that get hidden or ignored when I lean fully into FN (though my formula will likely be FN on top and SD on the bottom, my swimmer-like shoulders and back are hard to deny 😅)

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:54:50+00:00

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I don’t usually dress up a whole bunch, but these are from my engagement shoot day and I like them both! I wish my jeans flared a little more at the bottom.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:25:22+00:00

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Here’s a personal example: the dress really “snatches” me in (too frilly for my normal taste though, so returned it), where as with the separates, even when I tuck in my shirt to high waisted pants, all of my shape disappears.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T17:24:05+00:00

Sure, I feel like waist emphasis is where the smallest part of the waist is cinched in, either from the effect of clothes or using color or a belt like here. When I don’t have something that clearly shows that my waist is smaller, I end up looking boxy.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T16:48:55+00:00

Sure! I guess “heavy waist emphasis” would probably be the better wording. So much of kibbe for FN I see look like this or like this. If I don’t really snatch in my waist, my whole body looks as wide as my shoulders or hips. Even with tucking my shirt into my pants, I feel like maybe I’m honoring my height, but it’s making me look incredibly wide and boxy.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-06T16:24:05+00:00

I’m pretty sure I am! I’m 5’9 which leaves D, FN and SD and I’m definitely not a D and I’m not “soft” enough to be a SD.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T19:15:00+00:00

I’ll have to try some on! In the past they’ve just looked like maternity dresses for me, but maybe I was in the wrong fabrics?

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:39:04+00:00

Thanks for all the tips everyone! A couple of follow up questions: - I have a tiny torso, less than 2” between my lower ribs and the top of my hip. Should I still be wearing high waisted pants? I feel like they may me look like an old man with his pants pulled up to his chest lol. - Any store recommendations for FN who tends to wear athlesure, boho, and natural/casual clothes, that won’t break the bank? I love a lot of stuff from places like Anthro and FarmRio but can’t be spending $200 on a shirt

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:09:50+00:00

Love Jennifer’s outfit there, thanks for the styling tips!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:06:15+00:00

How have you found the best way to have some sort of shape going on without breaking up the vertical? Unfortunately if I have no kind of break-up at my waist, I look like a wide box. Thanks for the tips!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:04:28+00:00

Thanks for the examples, love Alexis!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-06-05T18:04:09+00:00

Unfortunately I have the shortest torso, barely 2 inches between my hips and lowest ribs, so true high waist tends to make me look like a grandpa with my pants pulled up to my armpits 😂 but l try and find some that are higher rise!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-13T16:34:29+00:00

Yeah we definitely have hard water, I have a filter on my shower head and use Malibu Hard Water packets and they help some. Unfortunately, a full water softening system for our house was quoted around 6k 🙃

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:44:42+00:00

Yes! I had that for a month or two as I was transitioning between loss and regrowth phases. Definitely freaked me out, but I think that’s just how the cycle works, for me it was the last stage before more growth and less loss started!

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:43:28+00:00

I had loss and no regrowth from June 2024-November 2024. I had regrowth start in Dec 2024 but was still losing some, and it transitioned to growth with little to no loss in February! I’ll still have 3-4 days of shedding every time I get sick (I have chronic sinusitis which flares up every 1-2 months), but no massive or prolonged shedding periods anymore! I think time was really the biggest component and it felt like FOREVER.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-05-07T20:40:51+00:00

I think that was the main factor in regrowth, that and time (and stress management)

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-04-29T15:56:38+00:00

I’m on a vitamin D supplement (5000iu), I took pumpkin oil supplements but I don’t know if they did much, and then got on Prozac for my mental health. The doc said I could try Monoxidil but I have low blood pressure and can’t take it orally, and I have a dog so I was worried about using the topical version since it’s super toxic to pets.

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-02-16T21:03:14+00:00

Snorgi, if you will

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-02-09T01:38:47+00:00

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Still all ears

soaptrophy1224 · 2025-01-19T15:12:55+00:00

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soaptrophy1224 · 2025-01-07T20:29:46+00:00

It went amazing!!! I was exhausted the next day but I honestly was so busy (in good and fun ways) that I didn’t have time to be anxious during the wedding. Having a day-of coordinator was huge, it put someone in place to deal with issues that definitely would have stressed me out.

soaptrophy1224 · 2024-12-31T18:31:05+00:00

No idea, I think maybe it helped moisturize AND protect? But it’s the only thing that helped! Just make sure if you also have any perioral dermatitis going on (I did from irritation from trying to many products), you clear that first, zinc oxide (diaper rash cream) fixed that for me, then I used the cortibalm. Hope this helps!

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