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Image 1 — 18M with GERD, am I on route to losing my teeth by age 30? (how do I stop this)
Image 2 — 18M with GERD, am I on route to losing my teeth by age 30? (how do I stop this)
Image 3 — 18M with GERD, am I on route to losing my teeth by age 30? (how do I stop this)
▲ 7 r/Teethcare+1 crossposts

18M with GERD, am I on route to losing my teeth by age 30? (how do I stop this)

I’m 18 years old and I cannot stop thinking about the day I’m going to lose my teeth because of GERD. My teeth were fine until I did Invisalign and acid and food kept shooting up into my aligners and getting trapped constantly. My orthodontist and dentist never once caught on during my treatment until I moved to a new dentist. I had a long streak of cavities after finishing my treatment, I can’t even remember how many, I think it was like 10??? + i got 3 when I was younger. Anyways, my dental checkup isn’t for a while so I wanted to know what y’all think about my teeth and whether they are going to fall out anytime soon.

I apologize for the scary pictures. Also, last pic is with flash so that saturates things more because everything is glossy from saliva. I tried to take helpful pictures.

u/acpublic — 4 days ago
▲ 2 r/highschool

This is just something I noticed I do recently and I wanted to know if it’s normal. I usually am less sarcastic and poke fun less with my girl-friends than I am with the boys. I also find myself constantly checking myself to make sure I don’t give off “I like you” signals by accident because apparently I’ve done that before and I hurt someone’s feelings because of it.

Anyways, I guess I’m asking this because I feel like I get along with guys for some reasons and girls for other reasons and I’m wondering if that’s okay. I think more generally, my doubt is that I like being friendly with a lot of different people, and a fun conversation to me consists of the other person feeling comfortable, so I try to present myself in the most approachable way to who I’m speaking to.

Like sometimes a girl-friend (who has a bf) of mine will start pushing me around and stuff as a joke in the hallway, and it really confuses me but Idk if maybe I was the one being confusing by being too approachable. cuz like to me pushing people around feels a little too close to be platonic but maybe im just insane. To be clear, I really do only view her and all other girl-friends as friends, but then they start doing things like asking where I’m eating lunch (which is not a normal thing we do) and stuff like that and I’m wondering if I’m the problem either in my interpretation of things or in the way I act around girls.

Also I know this post may come across as me trying to get girls off me, but I’ve always struggled socially so I’ve had to train myself to be more consciously socially aware and this is really just me trying to understand what boundaries should look like for a platonic relationship with a girl.

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u/acpublic — 8 days ago
▲ 89 r/curlyhair

I used to hate my curly hair. It would look frizzy all the time, almost like the consistency of a hay stack. After 3 years of experimenting, I finally found what works for my strange hair texture. For any curly Indian men out there with a similar hair texture, I hope this finds you well.

My hair type: my curl pattern is very inconsistent across my hair so just use the pics as reference. Very low porosity.

My shampoo and conditioner are probably not the best for my hair, but I’m waiting for them to run out so I can get better stuff. I’ve just been using these ones because my mom had them around.

shampoo: Hask biotin boost ( not great for my hair, but very popular for other hair types)

conditioner: native (do not buy this. it’s bad)

curl products: kinky curly knot today and curling custard after shower

Routine:

Wash hair every 5 days. Use shampoo and conditioner. warm water to start and cold water to wash s&c out. Wet hair with spray bottle every morning.

After getting hair soaking wet (either after shower or spray bottle):

Apply KCKT all over hair from root to end. Use a detangler brush or fingers ONLY to work the product in. Hair should be smooth and easily rake-able by the end.

Apply small amount of KCCC for hold as necessary and scrunch into hair. be conservative with this, because the goal for my hair type is moisturizing, not thickening or making it stiff.

Style as needed and air dry or diffuse.

Let me know if y’all have any questions!

u/acpublic — 18 days ago