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Kehoku · Jan 3, 2009, 05:50 PM

I had to tinker with the brightness and what not to get it to show up :p Anyway, I've been losing weight.. lots really. I was 340 and am now down to 265. A few weeks ago I got this v shaped arch on my forehead above my eyebrow. It doesn't hurt when touched, its just puffy. I'm not a diabetic (check recently before I lost my insurance) I was thinking this was caused by a sinus infection of sorts... no clue though. My eyes are perfectly fine. They aren't red or anything. Really, I just got this puffy V thing and it hasn't really gone down yet. If this is a sinus infection how long should this take to go down once the infection clears up? I don't really have any blockage (anymore) in my nose or head. I haven't had pressure pain in years. When this first started though, my nose was pretty blocked. Any help would be appriciated. I have no medical insurance, so going to a doc is out of the question.. Please someone throw me a bone :p

Thanks!

Wondergirl · Jan 3, 2009, 06:21 PM

My homeless friend Jerry filled me in on the fact that, in the US, people without insurance can go to a hospital ER and be treated for free. A person might have to wait a few hours, but he will finally be seen by a real doctor and be treated.

I believe the ridges that you see on your forehead are perfectly normal and are called the superciliary arches ("the arches above the eyebrows").

Superciliary arches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They may be more prominent because of your weight loss.

Kehoku · Jan 3, 2009, 07:20 PM

http://reijin.isgreat.org/puffy.jpg

for some reason when I view the post the picture isn't showing up :p So I'll just put the link here by itsself. Thanks wondergirl for the input :) I was 340 for so long. Maybe these were always here, just hidden by the weight ^_~* when I was younger though 18ish, didn't have them... anyone else want to chime in on this? :) I appriciate all the help so far. The er I went to over here years back, didn't charge me a dime... at the time. Unfortunately later on they sent me a bill and it was about a thousand. I'd like to avoid this if at all possible :p Thanks again though :)