I was going to say that I finally put up my Serenity bar sign after 4 or so years of resting it on my desk, but now I wanna talk about how it looks like an evil smiley face with the lights off XD
I started my body modding journey with some long term personal experiments with supplements and one of the things Iāve been trying to do is to increase the amount and quality of collagen my body produces (because itās a problem). The place where I installed my implant has formed a hypertrophic scar which is specifically produced by too much collagen being made during the healing process. I have literally hundreds of scars and thatās never happened.
Canāt help but think it means Iām on the right track. But we will see if that continues to be the trend. Maybe I can come out of this with all new skin. (I cannot. But I can dream.)
Lol taking supplements can help with collagen and create hypertrophic scars as your body is creating more collagen.
I have hundreds of scars as well, and a good fraction are hypertrophic as well. Hypertrophic scars donāt mean higher levels of collagen though. Thereās a lot of factors that cause raised or thick scars from wounds. I have a few that I know are raised and or thick because of extra trauma because I continued to use the area, and it got increasingly more damaged at work and didnāt heal like it would have without the added trauma.
Iām a little drunk cuz I donāt want to go back to work tomorrow for a boss whose wife left him because heās abusive and uses those tendencies against his subordinates now, and a direct boss who has no idea whatās going on so when I call and say āthis is too fucked and needs a decision from someone above my pay gradeā all he knows how to say is āI donāt knowā(/mini rant, sorry!!), so I may not be understanding what youāre saying. Either way, how are you trying to increase the quality of the collagen in your system? Iām intrigued!
Hahaha, That was random as fuck, and funny to read in the middle of a scar discussion.
Sounds like a shit situation though, so, Vent away my friendā¦
Check your blood glucose. Hyperglycemia can also mess with healing and basically cause the body to not really manage the rebuilding and wound handling processes all that wellā¦ like itās literally drunk on glucoseā¦ and weāll because itās now shit at properly repairing the breech, it just shotguns collagen at the wound and you end up with huge scars and strange scars and all kinds of things youād expect from a drunk foreman managing a bunch of drunk construction crew.
I have never heard of scars who are hypertrophic because of ātoo much collagenā, and I have quite a history with scars. It definitely depends on aftercare (or after-irritation), usage of the body part itself, skin structureā¦, and even then, itās not reliable. I have scars on my chest that were all made on one day, same aftercare, same depth of cuts, and some of them are very hypertrophic while others are not. So while collagen might very well have an effect on wound healing and scarring, I donāt think it can be āusedā to create more hypertrophic scars.
If it was an xSeries, it might have to do with a skin flap or something like that.
Europeans and their unwork practicesā¦
Please donāt lynch me for my joke about a horrible talk that a french professor gave one timeā¦
I always thought Garmin was just a GPS company. Now Iām getting sucked into a rabbit hole of researching government contracts and projects lol
This new Garmin facility Iām at has some serious fire proofing going on! Wonder what theyāre planning on doing in this new facility.
Itās the easiest job Iāve been on though. We subbed out the work to our union contractors, so all Iām allowed to do is stand here and tell them how to install the fire doors haha
In case anyone needs to hear this reminder today
This has been on repeat for me lately
At first listen, itās depressing, but it becomes motivating and inspiring
āYouāve had millions of reasons to bend and to break
But youāre still alive and thatās not a mistake
The war in your head tells a story thatās still worth believingā
I get stuck in my own head a lot, focusing on the bad, that I fail to look at the bigger picture that Ive made it through so far, and not just by dumb luck
Felt this, I was in an adult menās size 8 in grade 1 (around the time heelys came out) Will never forgive my parents for not letting me get then now that I wear a 15 4e/16
Also this. Have taken out a ceiling fan at a friendās house and also yeeted a quest controller across my living room because of those devils.
Think Iāve just become accustomed to having my knees on the dashboard of any car Iām not driving.
As a rather large man this doubled as too low but then when you get down to it, itās also not wide enough so you have to decide whether to commit or find somewhere else/stand 
Interesting side note on the height thing. Because Iām on the upper range of height, Itās uncommon ish that I run into people significantly taller than me. Iām just not used to it, and the kicker is that it creeps me out. If youāre 6ā5" or taller, Iām probably just going to unconciously avoid you.
I found a VERY early pic of Amal
From some biohacking article on accidentā¦
Should I toss it into the photoshop thread or is that a dick move of some kind?
If I found it, I would have shared it without even asking BUT I am a dick
AND earlier again
This only took me 1 min, Hard to believe. I know 
So for me specifically, EDS runs in my family and while I havenāt bothered to get diagnosed, all signs point to āyes.ā So quality is a huge issue specifically.
Iāve been focusing on glycine the last few months because a number of studies have indicated itās a non-essential amino acid that is conditionally essential because some people donāt make enough of it. But itās specifically important for strength and rigidity in all types of collagen.
I added glycine and choline supplements. Glycine has a very short half life in the body but can be synthesized from choline which is an essential nutrient any way. Itās been about 4 months since I added those two. I donāt have access to tests of any sort so I just kinda work off a few basic measurements and a notebook of scribbles. This is all just me working off of best guesses because no one has any solutions.
I havenāt heard that. Iāll have to look into it more. Iāve heard about it affecting wound healing but never specifics. Doesnāt hurt to eliminate factors.
Shouldnāt be a problem for me since I fast 12-18 hours a day. No hard rule right now. But I was at 18 hours every day when I worked from home. Now I work in an office and itās much more difficult. Iām about to fake being sick so they leave me alone about eating with the team. Theyāre so fucking pushy. But thatās a different gripe. I havenāt had blood sugar issues but that doesnāt mean thereās not something there.
I almost exclusively get the wide, thin skinned/ cigarette paper scars youād expect with eds. After a long time most of them firm up a little. I canāt think of any scar Iāve had that was raised. Hypertrophic scars grow out like that due to collagen deposits.
Edit: Not saying this is the best route or is useful for anyone else but this all hinges on āmy collagen is probably poor quality and can be improved.ā I donāt believe taking collagen itself is the answer like every product under the sun will claim because thereās so many different kinds of collagen. I also donāt think itās as big a deal for most people as the beauty industry would try to sell people. So my goal is to try to see if I can figure out which building blocks, if any, I can provide to get improvements. Thatās really all it is.
Because Iād posted about it before in here, I got the BI job. I was certain Iād flubbed the technical questions but apparently not as bad as others.
