/hb/ - Health & Beauty

>>6940
I can't afford a doctor and it's not a full damned beard or anything. Just a few dark ones mixed into peachfuzz. Are there at-home tests? I did an at-home bloodtype test.

>>6941
Peach fuzz? Jesus, anom. Lay off the onions and red meat. Consume more legumes, seeds. A dietary change is what I can recommend to you the most. Also if you're from where I think you're from, with that excuse, I think there might be something in the fast food.

>>6943
You're telling me you don't have peach fuzz? Do you know what peach fuzz even is? Everyone in the world has it. And I don't eat fastfood.

You know what, nevermind. Take your attitude problem and go to hell with it.

>>6938
I get few hairs on my chin that are darker and thicker than my normal peach fuzz. When I pluck them, they give more resistance and I've noticed the root is darker as well. I've never had my hormones checked, but to contrast that other anob's comment, I have a good diet and I still get the hairs. I've thought maybe it's the hair dna getting mixed up. Like how men's beard hair can beverage different from their scalp hair?

Any swimmers here? How do you protect your skin against the chlorine?

>>7039
Just go up a size?

>>7040
If I did that they'd be too large in my waist area. Small waist + big hips is great aesthetically but when it comes to buying pants and skirts it's inconvenient. At least I can belt my pants but skirts not so much

>>7042
What's wrong with belting a skirt? It can look fashionable, if you take the time to look around.

A bit of a strange question, but does anyone else were skirts as a type of social precaution? (Sorry, blanking on a better term.)

I’m blasin. I’ve brown skin, but am very small. When I were jeans or pants, I am cat called, called a nigger, slut, etc., or am just generally ignored. When I wear a skirt, people are hyper-polite, referred to as a lady, delicate, people go out of their way to help me, etc. It’s gotten to the point that if I’m going outside, I always switch to a skirt.

I’m a pre-Med. Student and have found the same things happen when scribing, assisting doctors/mentors, and interacting with patients.

>>7049
Idk what kind of shithole you live in but I never get cat called or treated differently because of wearing pants/skirts.

>>7014
I've never worn makeup because I'm lazy and cheap.
My mom never made it a thing to push it on me and I'm an introvert who really doesn't care about attracting attention so I don't bother.

Always thought it was a socially-accepted massive sign of insecurity. The ones who say "oh nobody takes you seriously without makeup/people are less likely to listen to you" are probably extremely uncomfortable without it and that's what causes the unfavorable reaction. It's normal and accepted to not prefer your natural face anymore.

The most I do is wear sunscreen and use a cleanser/moisturizer on occasion.

A question for those of you who don't wear makeup :

Do you do other grooming on your face? Like plucking eyebrows, shaving/waxing, etc?

Do you use non-makeup skin products, or are you all natural?

>>7046
I pluck my eyebrows, wax/pluck my upper lip. My face is naturally really greasy and elastic so that's why I avoid makeup like the plague, it feels really uncomfortable.
I use moisturising creams when my skin is a bit dry but usually I forget, I definitely need to take care of my face more. Ironically i work in a cosmetics store. Also as far as make up goes sometimes I'll put on mascara and lipstick but that's only on rare occasions, 90% of the time I have nothing on my face, both in uni and at work.
I'm lucky to have dark eyebrows and eyelashes though, maybe if it wasn't like that I'd wear more makeup.

>>7046

I don’t do anything other than removing blackheads from my nose, but seriously thinking about waxing my upper lip (got a small bit of ladystache unfortunately) and cleaning up my brows a little bit.

>>4406
I guess it's as good cardio as any other dancing, except DDR.

No, muscles need added resistance in order to break down, and then grow more in mass. Unless you're doing squats, twerking does nothing for it.

>>4411
Can't beat the DDR booty.

>>4406
consider bellydance as a way to tone your body and get in touch with your femininity

>>4451
dark post, anon, very dark

I got a scale that measures stuff like body fat. Obviously not 100% accurate but still pretty neat.

>>7018
I have the same thing. The Renpho scale.

Sadly mine is starting to get buggy, it gives different weights whenever you step on it. :S

>>7019
Clean it out, probably a piece of something stuck in one of the feet causing variance.

Just got prescribed Topamax to balance out the weight gain side effect of an antipsychotic I’m on. I looked up some stories of people losing weight on it via reddit and people are saying they lost anywhere from 5-25 lbs effortlessly. 15-20 would be ideal for me.

By fair chance has anyone on c.c taken Topamax? The one thing I’m worried about is the fact that it potentially makes you dumb. Like really, really dumb - forgetting words, names, and being unable to speak well. I already have some cognitive issues that get in the way of my work.

>>7033
Ooh I didn’t know this was the case, ty for the tip!

>>6798
Some of them are…

>>3018
Very tall for my people(Japan) at 188cm
Sometimes wish I was 5'0 but my legs helped me a lot in track and field events and its a somewhat fun social dynamic.
It limits the amount of guys that are interested most definitely. Eh more guys are looking for a casual fling with a tall girl than a relationship in my local experience
Some girls like it, girls I was involved with seemed to like me being so much taller than them

>Which one are you?
5'8 so taller side of average
>Do you wish you could change your height?
Sometimes I wish I could be taller but I like my height
>Does it even matter that much when it comes to dating?
It's hard to find guys my height or shorter that aren't extremely insecure about their height.
>And for guys, do you have a preference?
I love manlets.

>>6781
This picture is how I feel 24/7.

>Which one are you?
Tall, I'm 5'10.
>Do you wish you could change your height?
I'd be willing to give literally everything to be shorter.
>Does it even matter that much when it comes to dating?
I've never had a bf.
>And for guys, do you have a preference?
Most guys are shorter than me and even if they happen to be taller then they might still not like tall girls. I've never had anybody be interested in me, therefore I can't afford to be picky.

i'm 154-156 cm
i like being petite tbh
i have my entire identity ingrained in being the "smol one" and sometimes i think it makes my anorexia worse because it's been ingrained in my head as a child that i'm the "skinny, petite one," so i have to maintain that image

Blog post incoming:
>>6988 here, I decided to start Scooby's beginner workout. It feels a little like cheating since Saturday and Sunday are just cardio…

I pulled my head out of my ass and took the suggestion to try running. But I'm going to work myself up to it. The goal for today was 20 minutes of cardio. I took an hour long brisk walk (focusing on proper form and keeping my whole body engaged) with 20 minutes of jogging worked in.

>>6908
>>6988
Many body fat % scales require a companion app to see/track the info. It's important to note that almost none of them are accurate, but they do tend to "work" to an extent, in that they deviate when you lose/gain fat. They also only measure the resistance in your lower-body, so your stomach fat won't be accurately represented in the measurement. A cheap caliper or even measuring with tape will be much more accurate, especially to get a valid starting point number, but also over time.

In initial weight loss, you may not see the number on the scale change much, as initial muscle gains happen much faster- but you will likely see a reduction in visual/measurable fat!

>>6991
Most importantly, if fat loss is your main goal, cardio cardio cardio as you've been informed. If you don't want to run (and since you are already doing bodyweight workouts) look into some HIIT routines, there are many that can be done at home with no equipment! Fitness Blender has some nice ones I like, some including low impact options that are good for starting out. If you do want to try running, check out some couch-to-5k programs/apps! Good motivation and scaling.

Good luck on your journey! Stay motivated!

>>6999
I completely forgot about fitness blender, I'll check out some of their low impact hit routines.

I also have a measure stuffed away somewhere, I'll dig it out and try to figure out my measurements. Thanks for being so helpful.

>>7001
Okay, I measured myself and used two different calculators (us navy & ymca formula, according to the site) which both gave me 21% body fat. Which is… About where I thought I was? But I was bracing for around 25% lol.

>>7017
You're well above average already! Keep it up.

You could get work done.

>>6487
depends on how flat we're talking. pushup bras are great, but if anon is literally boy chest mode, not much padding or push up can help if she doesn't want to be totally obvious.

>>6522
that's not true. anon should buy japanese/chinese bras. those things are magical!

I know this board is pretty dead but thought I'd ask anyway.

My boobs are small which I'm alright with but does anyone else's sternum (breast bones) stand out a lot even though you have a normal BMI? Coupled with my small boobs, it just looks unattractive imo, like I'm a bony teenage kid.

>>6728
I have this, anon. I'm not underweight, either. My boobs are super small and far apart, and I'm tall. I don't like how it looks 100%, but I'm trying to learn to accept it.

Beautiful, just not on me.

I like it.

Does a buzzcut also count as short hair (since it's almost bald)? Wish pic-related hairstyle was socially acceptable for not-so-gorgeous women like me. If you wear this in a normal city in my country, you either get stereotyped as a bull dyke or men judge you as a crazy man-hating feminist. Meh.

buzzcut counts. it can be cute on some girls

I like it; it's cute. Looks better on some people than others, but it's sexy if worn confidently either way.

I got mine when I was 13, I remember feeling insecure cause all my friends had started ages before me, my sister had also first got hers at like 12 years old. I felt so relieved and happy when I started, now I goddamn hate them. My mum said she started when she was 16/nearly turned 17 which was crazy late.

On my first day of the school year when I was 14. Only a day of bleeding too. My hormones are not functioning well and I still have a really childish body, despite being an adult now.

>>6966
me too except a bit younger

i was mistaken for 12 years old the other day

>>4796
Now that i think about it i dont even fucking remember my first period wtf

I got mine at 9, way too soon. I also grew boobs way too early.

Nobody in my family got it so early, but then again my mother was almost 40 when she got me and my body is all sorts of messed up.