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READ BEFORE POSTING - Please do not seek or offer medical advice
Hello! Given the topic of this board, the Forum Team want to make sure that posts are useful but remain in line with the Forum rules, which state: "However well-intentioned, avoid seeking and/or offering medical advice, as it could result in unwanted consequences for all concerned." Aside from the fact that such content…
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New to the Health & beauty MoneySaving board? Start here
💅 Here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Beauty Downshift Challenge * Cheap Glasses Deals * Cheap Make-up & Beauty Deals * Cheap Perfume * Beauty Pie – can you ditch the high-end products for cut-price alternatives? * 10 Extreme Beauty MoneySavers, eg, make lip balm from kitchen oils * How to Bag a FREE…
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Lose weight with Slimming World in 2025, You know you want to.
Time for a new Slimming World thread as we go into 2025. Feel free to join in. We are all at different stages of our journey & some are awesome target members. We are a lovely supportive wee group. Some go to group & some go it alone. As we move into new year feel free to pop in to our lovely thread. All welcome.
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Frump to Fab - 2025
Happy New Year 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new bright and shiny all singing all dancing new thread. Are you ready to transform yourself this year. To get fit, healthy and gorgeous. To ditch the frump and to get FAB-U-LOUS. To emerge from the chrysalis into a beautiful butterfly. Are you fed up with being a downtrodden workhorse, are…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries November 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
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La Dolce Vita - 2025
Happy New Year to One and All. Wishing you all health, wealth and happiness. 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new thread. Where I catalogue my attempts to live "The Sweet Life" on the tiniest of budgets. My aim is to live a life of ease, plenty and abundance whilst deliberately living below my means to avoid debt. So far so good. I am…
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Band C NHS dentist charge for extractions & temporary plate
A friend with two loose front teeth recently had to go to
her NHS dentist in a hurry, when she realised they were coming away. The dentist then extracted them and fitted some
kind of temporary or at least of-the-shelf plate, to fill the gap now
left. They charged her the highest Band
3, £326.70, which they demanded full…
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NHS urgent referral. Will the GP change it to another hospital?
As the title states. I live in England The GP made a referral, an urgent referral on Monday and the appointment is on Friday. I've rang around and a hospital which is also covered by my GP practice is seeing new, urgent referrals within 2 days if they assess it so. (The original hospital would have seen my loved one on…
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Beauty Advent Calendars 2025
Hi all, MSE Olivia here. Are you considering buying a beauty Advent calendar this year? If so, would you buy it for yourself as a December treat, or would you split it up for presents? If you've bought a beauty calendar in the past, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! I've shared my analysis on the real value of 10…
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Optical prescription help
This isn't exactly moneysaving by itself, but I know we have a couple of knowledgeable optical people here. Would anybody please be able to tell what the bit I've circled says and means please? Hopefully it's big enough to read without being absolutely huge. (And the BVD, is that "BVD - 5mm" or "BVD -5mm"?) Thank you
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Cost of eye tests ?
Just checking what people pay ? I've been quoted £120 for both an eye and contact lens test
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Dental
I’m going to try and keep this as concise as possible. I was with the same dentist for over 20 years. Attended check ups twice yearly and hygeine visits etc (this is a private dentist). I had a filling in a molar a few years ago that gave me pain and sensitivity for a few months and was told to let it settle, it did and…
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NHS medical exemption card held - claim back possible by nhs?
Hi, I'm probably sweating the small stuff but wondering if anyone knows about the nhs medical exemption card? I fear I'm in breach of rules. I've held one for years, never been in trouble before but recently found myself swimming in lower limb wraps, I thought you could only get 2 per every 6 months on prescription. I've…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries October 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
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Arm lift ADVICE
Note - I am not seeking any form of medical advice here. Recently I have been considering having an arm lift following weight loss. If anyone can offer advice about (for instance) pros and cons and their own experiences I'd be grateful. Thanks.
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Asda opticians
Has anyone bought children’s frames for adults at Asda opticians? I was told today their policy is adults can’t buy children frames. They have a petite range in the adult frames but I didn’t like any of them, plus the ones I chose were the exact same size as the ones I already have so could be classed as adult frames. I…
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Dentist has prescribed Duraphat - not comfortable using it.
I haven't been to the dentist for over 20 years due to anxiety. I plucked up the courage to go and she's given me Duraphat 5000. I really don't like using it, In my area the water company add fluoride to the water (June 2025 result was 0.859mg/L). I only drink tap water and two cups of black coffee a day. I'm worried I am…
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Money saving in perimenopause and menopause
Are you in perimenopause or menopause and have a money saving tip or trick to share? Maybe you have a favourite beauty product, item of clothing or way to keep symptoms under control. Or is there a hack you've mastered to keep the symptoms at bay like a certain way of exercising? I'm Jenny at MSE and writing a guide on…
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Hearing Aids
I am looking at the best option for getting hearing aids for the first time. The audiologist at the NHS said 'yes, hearing aids would help but they would just make everything louder'; I struggle with clarity rather than volume. Many friends have purchased privately for £Ks and sing their praises whilst others have said…
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Nutrition Geeks.
There seems to be a lot of stuff online about the above name providers of health supplements and vitamins, in particular Glycinate 3-in-1, containing magnesium, amongst other things. Has anybody tried their products, especially the Glycinate? Are they any good? Thank you.
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Electronic Prescription Service PROBLEMS
I will keep this simple: I needed a prescription and I tried the EPS system for the first time, and because I was late with my order and was impatient with stock order delays and was worried about withdrawal from lack of the medication, I got a token to go to some other surgery but ran into problems that way, but now I…
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Best Varifocal Lenses?
I need to replace my old varifocal glasses and wondered who is offering the best value premium varifocals. I have had premium ones from Specsavers previously but when I had my eyes tested in Vision Express, they commented that their own premium ones have a wider view. Now I know this might just be marketing, or the fact…
