/hb/ - Health & Beauty

5'10/178cm, was not even in the top 10 tallest girls in my high school where I grew up, lots of Scandinavian families in the area (mine included).

Then after visiting other places I felt like a giant. Was insecure about it for a while. But I ended up developing a preference for men that are around my own height so it worked out in the end.

Buying jeans is still a nightmare, though.

Tall (ish, 5'9) and it feels like a weird twilight zone where I'm a bit taller than most other women in the room but still struggle half the time to reach the top shelf. Built like creepy susie, basically a lanky stick at 32, 27, 33 but eh. I quit being self conscious about most of my features some time after I turned 21.

I’m 4’9 my husband is 6’6. Usually the really tall ones like me. My first love was 5’0 though and he transitioned in our late 20s kek. I think I like really tall guys and really short guys. Average height just doesn’t do it for me. I don’t think I would change my height because of my height preference for men. I do wish I could find clothes that fit me and shoes in adult sizes. I do wish I could cook comfortably in the kitchen and not have to use a stool. I really hate washing dishes and loading and unloading laundry it’s such a physical task for me because I have to over exaggerate the movements due to height. Driving is also difficult I cannot see the road very well. Also no one my age treats me seriously because of my height. When I pick up my kid from elementary school at least half of the children there are my height or taller. They look at me funny. I do feel a bit like a freak.

I think I'm 5'1 or somewhere around that. I once dated a scrote who made fun of my height. He is depressed/miserable now. So all good I guess.

I'm around 163cm. I was always on the short side in school. Weirdly I never felt bad about it and even wanted to be shorter for a while. Now I'm right at the average height wete I live and it's nice.

>Do you take any? Which ones?
used to take abilify and tegretol
>Are you diagnosed with anything?
no but does anyone know why they might have prescribed those two pills?

>>18794
I'm on Latuda and Lamotrigine for bipolar. I don't know if I really need both but I've been feeling very stable since I added Lamotrigine.

>Do you take any? Which ones?
sertraline and quetiapine
>When did you start?
sertraline in 2022 after 4 years of prozac and mirtazapine didn't work, quetiapine as of 2023
>Are you diagnosed with anything?
oh boy. autism, ocd, depression, getting tested for borderline.
>Which ones have you tried? Did they work?
prozac did nothing for 4 years and mirtazapine made me go fucking crazy

>>20024
also quetiapine will make you gain crazy weight if you don't keep an eye on it, i've gained 30 lbs in under a year.

>Do you take any? Which ones?
Abilify and Seroquel
>When did you start?
6 months ago
>Are you diagnosed with anything?
Major depression, Generalized anxiety, PTSD
>Which ones have you tried? Did they work?
Escitalopram didn't work, Sertraline didn't work, Duloxetine worked extremely well with negligible side effects.

My doctor's trying antipsychotics because I might have bipolar disorder. So far they're nothing but side effects. I've gained 15 lbs and sleep 12-15 hrs a night. APs suck hard. They keep threatening to hospitalize me on top of it all.

>>1964
*built

>>1964
Thank you! This seems very expensive though, might settle for some cheaper methods like calipers.

>>1964
People of African descent have a standard that's higher than Caucasians, iirc it's a few points higher than Caucasians. A non hispanic white woman is considered Obese at a bmi of 30, a black woman is the same at 32. So a white person's bmi 25 is similar to a black person's 27.

>>1964
This. I'm caucasian, very athletic with BMI of 20-21 and my body is a lot like OP pic, but with more muscle and definition.

If you're very athletic, BMI becomes unreliable, just as it's unreliable if you're sedentary.

If anyone is interested, checking your fat levels can be a better test. Basically take a pair of calipers (or use your fingers and a measuring tape) and grip the fat layer around a few places. This website is a good calculator http://www.linear-software.com/online.html and a wikihow for how to do it https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Body-Fat-Calipers. It won't work if you're already too fat iirc but it's a great indicator of being skinny fat and for if you're unsure if you're getting to overweight territory

they don't hurt but i avoid looking at them whenever i can. no idea how i'm going to explain to a guy that manages to see me naked why i have cuts on my legs. i hope the tumblr pedo who groomed me into self harm for his fetish while i was depressed, who trooned out a few years later is rotting in hell right now.

>>19908
I'm kinda okay with them. My boyfriend also has a bunch of scars too (far deeper than mine) and he's also okay with them. We don't really hide them anymore, it's just. Okay. We don't particularly hate them. I don't know if this is the advice you want. I go outside without hiding my scars the same way I go outside without hiding my unshaved legs. It's just that with time you kind of realise that people don't really look at you, and if they do it and express negative sentiment towards you then they're pretty weird for taking a bunch of healed scars (and leg hair on women) so seriously.

>>19913
has anyone said anything about it?
im worried friends & family will think of me differently for it

I cover them with clothes easily but I'd be sad to get with a man and have him be disgusted by my scars when we get intimate. Someday I'll stop giving a fuck but I have pretty much accepted that no one will find me desirable.

>>20002
Familly has said stuff when they first found out I cut when I was a teenager. They were unsupportive and it was awful. Bf's familly was supportive from what he told me and no one has mentioned his scars to him even though his are deeper/more noticeable. Though since he's a man his experience with it is probably vastly different. Strangers do not speak about them to me, but I've had one time with my physical therapist where she asked me if I was attacked by a bear or something (she wasn't being mean to me, she's actually great) but she noticed it made me a bit uncomfortable (I don't think she realised it was self harm scars) and dropped the topic pretty fast. I've gone to the beach and pool with those scars visible. After a few years with them it starts to become "okay". They're not fresh anyway, and they'll probably stay forever but it's okay. A lot of people have scars/weird stuff on their body and we rarely notice it ourselves. I hope my post could help.

>>19820
Nobody is trying to convince you nona we can believe different things. OP asked about people who had plastic surgery, not people who do face yoga kek

>>19822
I'm only expressing my amazement. It is very foreign to me, not good, not bad, just foreign.

>>19821
anastasiabeautyfascia has a youtube playlist on nose massage techniques

i don't know about the fracture, maybe ask her on social media or ask another professional about it before you do anything

Muh nose sucks

Don't jump down my throat, but I'm against cosmetic plastic surgery in general because I don't think women should have to go under the knife just to feel good about themselves. Look at all the ugly wretched men out there who don't feel an iota of shame about how they look, then look at the women next to them who look fine but hate themselves for some reason. For example, >>19826 , there's nothing wrong here. I don't know what mirrors you're looking into.

Ask yourselves:
>Who is making me feel bad about how I look?
>Would I be as harsh on one of my friends with similar features?
>Where do I stop? What features? What age?
>Why do plastic surgery results seem to end up looking just one way? As in, why don't you see rhinoplasties offering wider noses, or ones offering to emphasize a dorsal hump?

I'm not controlling or shaming anyone, I just think you all have worth far beyond what you look like. And you can spend that money on a fun vacation or an awesome hobby instead.

I no longer fake tan but when I did, the only brand that worked for me was MineTan because they were the only brand that sold cool toned self tanners for very pale skin that stayed quite light. I'm very pale and cool toned naturally and everything else, no matter how good the quality and non-orange, still looked unnatural on me. Maybe cool toned tanners are more common now idk.

>>19806
doesnt sound silly at all <3

Everyone's digestion gets fucked up in anorexia recovery. Try some yoga for stomach pain like puppy pose. I saw doctors for it but after like a year and a half I figured out that most of the pain was just trapped wind

It's not the coffee, you can keep drinking that.

>Could it be that coffee damaged my stomach?

Coffee can cause heartburn.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8778943/

>Effects of Coffee on the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

Tea as well, I'm sure there's a study somewhere confirming it.

These are the facts, though I don't know what to suggest, I don't want to imply you should stop eating or drinking something. Maybe try other drinks that are not fizzy or wash down the coffee with water.

>Or maybe it's just my anorexia mind feeling guilty for eating?
I don't think anyone here can answer this. Try to reduce the physical pain, eat food like soup and beans that is easy on the stomach.

It takes time for your body to readjust to processing normal amounts of food. When I was recovering from undereating I also had gas problems. It goes away and recovery is worth it.

>>19752
why? It's perfectly safe at the right quantity

This shit is super light, and the ingredients are quite simple. I highly recommend it if you have sensitive skin and have reacted to avebenzone poorly before.

How many times a day do you wash your face? When I was a teen with super oily skin and acne I used to wash it 3 times: after wakin up, before lunch and before bed. Now My skin texture is different but I still feel the need to wash it and apply moisturizer 2-3 times because it looks like shit if it's not fresh clean.

>>19904
Three times a day seems excessive. I wash my face once a day (at night in the shower).

>>19904
My skin is still oily and I'm past the age of 25. I wash my face twice a day, in the morning and before I go to bed

op here, just bought the Wild deodorant that comes with a case and 3 different scents, will post a review once it arrives. Pretty expensive but i got a discount code that gives 50% off, let me know if you want me to post it.

I use bar shampoo. It's okay? It takes some getting used to and it's a little less convenient than bottled shampoo because it doesn't spread at easily, even if it lathers up between the hands. I also tried a crystal deodorant stick, hated it. It only applies on wet skin so I brought it with me in the bathroom to apply after showering but I kept dropping it on the bathroom floor so it eventually broke. So I'm back to regular deo. I don't use low/zero waste make-up, I buy little make-up and use everything up so I feel like I don't have to go low/zero waste on top of that honestly.

Yes! I've been using this brand of deodorant and I'm pretty happy about the format (cardboard tube) and the efficiency of the product. I want to try the coconut one. I've also been using solid shampoo for over 2 years and I'm also satisfyed with the results because my hair stays clean for 4-5 days, also I never forget to do the ACV rinse, which is a cheaper and more enviromentally friendly option than conventional synthetic hair masks. If my hair needs a bit more of softness I use olive oil, which my family buys in gallons, so it's another aspect where I reduce packaging waste. When it comes to face care I've been switching between conventional face cleaners in mousse/cream format and solid ones. I'm currently expecting to recieve a couple of organic solid soaps from the brand Clémence & Vivien, one from the baby line and one with active carbon, they look promising. As for makeup I barely have any but it's mostly lip pencils and eye pencils, another format that reduces the use of plastic. I have a lipbalm with the same format of the deodorant I posted and it's very practical as well. Instead of buying hand cream I put a bit of body lotion in a tiny metal box that actually contained handcream that I finished off and mixe it with rosehip oil to make it more nutritive. Solid non-perfume hand soap is something I buy constantly because I have pets at home and I wash my hands constantly, I recommend the Carrefour Bio one, it's cheap, decent and doesn't aggravate my seasonal dermatitis. I feel like such a granny talking about all of this but I actually enjoy looking at soaps and stuff.

Gaining weight is the easiest but I’ve also heard doing weight training that targets the chest and pecs makes the breasts perkier which might help. You might also hit a second/final growth spurt randomly as you pass through young adulthood. I’m almost 30 and in the last year or so my breasts look larger (this might also be due to weight loss in my midsection which accentuates everything else, idk)

Also look into fenugreek supplements

>>19456
get pregnant. Thats what breasts were made for.

>>19456
unironically: spironolactone. you can get it prescribed for hormonal acne or buy it online
it made my boobs grow 4 cups BUT i have pcos and the women in my family already have big boobs. my daily dose is 200mg

there is no healthy way to do it that doesnt create a crisis in your life. You need to get an acute hormonal imbalance. Your options are:
get fatter
get on birth control
get pregnant
get pcos

honestly its just a better play to get a bigger ass, you can do that just by exercising and it does kinda the same thing