Honestly I can't believe how much I strugggled with it! I've been regular crochetting for 28 years and lace for 10 and I wanted to chuck myself out of the window!
The tail is to die for!!! It's probably the base color for her that makes her seem uncanny, but i do see it. For "sunlight," i think a centaur (maybe with a unicorn horn) would be neat, but at the same time i can't think of other mythy things rn. Maybe a vampire? Haha, idk...
I think the base colour looks cooler on the vid than it actually is... my skintone is pretty pink but didn't look it in the vid. My new monitor showed it all a lot lot warmer
It's so crazy how JUST before you mentioned the doll's face freaking you out with the whole uncanny valley vibes, I was thinking how oddly human you made her face look! Great job on capturing that! But, yeah, I totally get what you mean! It's definitely not just you!
Once I saw how the face looked I got the same feeling. Like, it’s not bad per se (I mean it is if you weren’t going for that) but I think she looks cool
Yeah, like I've always been aiming for realism... and then with this doll I think I did it... and realised it's not a good thing on a doll. I honestly don't know how I got it that human. Maybe it's good for a portrait doll? But on MH... not so much. Idk... I feel like I don't have a lot of control over my own art, it just kinda happens
@@Dolleemixtures but in the end she still is amazing. Now we know what a realistic face is AND that you are able to pull it off, which to me means that you are very talented! 💕
Very fun video. The rage quits are so relatable. I love how she turned out. For a third? Maybe a Satyr? A sunlight satyr would be fun.....I like alliteration so when you were asking about the third being a sunlight theme my silly brain went "A shimmering sunny satyr". Tossing a guy into the magical mix would be fun.....And might make people look up the difference between Fauns and Satyrs.
@@Dolleemixtures Admittedly, you wouldn't have to do their main characteristic. Over generations they do look more like fauns. But having a horse tail & mane would be challenging. And saying sunlight satyr would be hard. I prefer sunny satyr.
@@GolyenHighway I was thinking about a centaur because of Apollo and his chariot but I like having 2 legged dolls so actually.. this might be the one!!
She’s gorgeous .I love her face paint and how you did her outfit.I think it’s a better way of doing a mermaid by doing the base more like a long skirt..At least if you felt like changing her up into another theme it will be much easier..Just a great idea ..Love n Light 🥰
I'm sorry you were struggling but hearing Royalty Soaps in the background just kind of made my day... Also your doll & everything all turned out so beautiful.
Ooooh maybe she is a space mermaid? Swimming through the cosmos 💜 Honestly I like her face. I do think it is the eyes that is weirding you out, but they give her so much personality. I love them.
I like that!! Yeah I think you're right. I think a lot of it was my brain tbf. Brain is coming back to normal(ish) and I don't have as much of an issue now... Thanks sweets
I think the uncanny feel works well with her because in traditional lore, mermaids used their beauty to lure men in and drown them. She is uncannily beautiful and it adds to the sense of danger one wouldn't notice at first glance.
She is absolutely stunning! 💖💖🙌 And oof that rage quitting is relatable. Royalty Soaps is such a calming channel. Maybe a magical sunlight... Centaur? Dryad? Faun? Sphinx?
Gurlll I feel you with the whole rage inducing situations where nothing is going like you want it to go 😭 reminded me of when I tried to crochet my first amigurumi doll 😂
Oooh I'm glad you like the realism. A lot of the comments are saying the realism is too much... maybe thats where the uncanny valley thing is coming from?
That crochetting looked like pure torture..kudoes to you to have pulled through and pulled something out of the bag! Her faceup is really enchanting as well! But my favourite bit is her crown! Gorgeous!
Thank God some of us that have poor mental health at times have crafting in our lives, I have to push myself to start sometimes, but when I get going at it, it helps. That crocheting would’ve sent me over the edge though, you darn well did it! Well done!!! LOVE how you do their tails!!
Oof it was... Mental health in the other way... I have bipolar and I was leaning manic, I have worse psychotic features when I'm manic which I think is helping her face look like it's moving... Or maybe I managed that thing some artists do where portraits follow you around the room 🤷
Thank you!! It was a BATTLE! I think it was the last thing I did as well (My desk gets more chaotic the longer I'm working and that desk was high chaos) I refuse to be defeated by flipping crochet
She’s absolutely stunning!!!💕🤗 I feel those rage quits in my soul lol but you really did a fantastic job on her. As far a sunlight theme goes, maybe a centaur, satyr, faerie🧚🏼, nymph, Sphinx, Phoenix, or maybe a dragon🐉 or even a genie🧞♀️
operetta's sculpt is so so beautiful, i used to hate it some time ago but i slowly fell in love with it with time. and your creation is very beautiful as well! i also love the crown. great work!
Oh, matee :( I'm sorry you're suffering with that. I have some injuries on my right hand that defo make it a lot more painful, it's one of the reasons I've been shaking a lot more in vids. Watching the shaking back is pretty saddening. I'm worried I'll get to the point where I can't do it anymore...
This is so beautiful that I actually had to comment on a video for the first time ever! Just so wonderful! I also think the most hilarious and beautiful option would be a Sunlight Vampire. Just some really good irony going on there haha
Oh my goodness what an honour (that sounded sarcastic but I promise it wasn't. Literally warmed my heart) thank you so much!! bahahhaha sunny vampire is a great idea 😂😅
So I think all of OOAK Doll makers have at least one odd doll that turned out... special? IDK the thing that makes it ping as uncanny for me is the placement of the eyes fighting with the molding of the doll, it look a little far apart/sunken at the corner of waterline near the nose. But I also may be biased as my style is a mix of Anime/Final Fantasy/Avatar the Last Air Bender. But regardless the doll is really well done an I love all the small designs on her body and the fine details. You put a lot of time an love into this doll cuz it shows. An even if the turned out a bit odd it still looks interesting, her expression is hard to pin an kinda changes the more you look at it and I kinda like that. Anyway, don't let this deter you from exploring different art styles and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. Its healthy to mix it up an explore in art.
I usually draw my eyes different to the sculpt but Operetta defo has a more defined eye sculpt so that's probably showing more. I'm glad you said that her expression changes cause I was seeing that when I was doing the doll and I thought it was my brain tricking me. It's defo a lot of what was freaking me out...
I've seen much smaller crochet hooks whole working in a craft store. we're talking very, VERY small... needlelike small. the kind that would stab you and stay in your finger cuz of the hook on it. The doll turned out awesome, I love her tail!!
Lee your dolls are always striking but holy hell this one gave me the absolute creeps in the best way. She is gorgeous and realistic and I'm so glad she does not live in my house 😂.
I wish I could 3D print the bust like you did but I did apoxie sculpt on my monster high doll, but omg I love your mermaids and sad Susan blocking our art
Freaking Susan with her boobaloobie hate. Once I've figured the model out a bit better I'm hoping to sell the printed boobs on eBay. They're not where I want them just now...
Ahaha same! I'm working on a Geisha and she keeps doing happy faces when she approves and angry when she doesn't 😳 welcome to the hobby! I hope you're loving it ❤️
This is great I've been looking for a way to use extra UV nail gels and acrylic powder in my figure sculpts, have you tried acrylic powder for sculpting on figures? Also I've wondered why I never see any vids on UV resin used on nails or nail art pieces 🤔✌🏻☺️❤️
Omg yes do it!!! I tend to use polygel because I'm rubbish with acrylic looool but I used acrylic powder and liquid when I did the bunny for her daffodil. Nails stuff is PERFECT for dolls!!!!
Aaargh! Are you gonna try again? I was thinking about trying to find some of the apoxie boobs footage to like just upload the whole process... I don't tend to show a while lot on here 😅
Ahhh you're not wrong. 😅 I have a lot of problems with my hands (well all my joints) and I also forget to check if I'm in frame. I have some more in depth tutorials on creative fabrica that show everything better. Usually I try to film on lower pain days but recently it's been bad...
@@Dolleemixtures aww bless you I'm sorry I didn't realise I hope they get better ❤️🤞🏻 My ulnar nerve trapped in my elbow and for two years... I've just had it surgically released. I lost all movement within months of my left hand,first my finger went numb then clawed up in a fist and I'm only now starting to use it again and exercising it lots so my fingers open up get string and I can use it again. Losing movement in your hands from pain or a condition is awful especially for creative arty folk. 😊❤️✌🏻
@@kaijuk omg!!! That sounds awful! How's your movement now? I'm worried I'll need surgery on my right hand and that I'll lose fine movement forever. I used to have steroid injections into it. I don't think the NHS would do it because there's a limit on the number they will do because they can do damage (I think I had 5 and that's 2 above what the NHS will do. I had them while I was in Japan). The tfcc cartilage was torn along with a torn tendon near my thumb and my ulnar was broken at that time too (assault) and I have an earlier break on my radius. Nagging docs is a nightmare though and I still worry I won't be believed (I at least have my MRIs though) both my hands and wrists have been suuuuper crunchy when I move them recently...
@@Dolleemixtures Omg it sounds like you've gone through hell 🥺 I'm in the UK too in Manchester and it took the NHS over two years to operate but covid was a huge factor in that of course. My movement now is still limited and sensation is poor but they told me it could take more or less 2 years to get it all back and some may not return. I exercise it daily and I'm doing all I can for the hand to recover to full working order. If I was you I'd keep hammering your doc and if you don't feel like you're getting anywhere with them ask for a second opinion and change docs if you're not making progress with your current one. I'd also tell him how you feel re being believed etc or tell him you want to speak to someone professionally trained to deal with the mental health side of your recovery, once you get access to a cpn or similar they can push doctors and hospital specialists re you needing the treatment you need regardless if it's physical or mental or a combination. I know only to well how frustrating it can be having to put the thumb screws on to get NHS services to help and do their job on e assigned, you feel like you're getting nowhere but you have to nag and call often and regularly because otherwise they put you to the bottom of the pile and the only way to move up is to nag the loudest until they deal with your case. Please don't give up, we have the NHS for a reason and you're within your rights to ask for help and to keep doing so until they pull their finger out. Let me know how you go 🥹✌🏻❤️ If you need to talk I'm at the same name on WhatsApp xx
that's some intense crocheting but the result is gorgeous! I'd love to see a sunlight centuar/pegasus/unicorn..
Honestly I can't believe how much I strugggled with it! I've been regular crochetting for 28 years and lace for 10 and I wanted to chuck myself out of the window!
@@Dolleemixtures Did you take the Bratz dolls and customize them?
The tail is to die for!!!
It's probably the base color for her that makes her seem uncanny, but i do see it.
For "sunlight," i think a centaur (maybe with a unicorn horn) would be neat, but at the same time i can't think of other mythy things rn. Maybe a vampire? Haha, idk...
I think the base colour looks cooler on the vid than it actually is... my skintone is pretty pink but didn't look it in the vid. My new monitor showed it all a lot lot warmer
It's so crazy how JUST before you mentioned the doll's face freaking you out with the whole uncanny valley vibes, I was thinking how oddly human you made her face look! Great job on capturing that!
But, yeah, I totally get what you mean! It's definitely not just you!
Once I saw how the face looked I got the same feeling. Like, it’s not bad per se (I mean it is if you weren’t going for that) but I think she looks cool
Yeah, like I've always been aiming for realism... and then with this doll I think I did it... and realised it's not a good thing on a doll. I honestly don't know how I got it that human. Maybe it's good for a portrait doll? But on MH... not so much. Idk... I feel like I don't have a lot of control over my own art, it just kinda happens
@@Dolleemixtures but in the end she still is amazing. Now we know what a realistic face is AND that you are able to pull it off, which to me means that you are very talented! 💕
@@cottonpop8834 you're too kind ❤️❤️
ROYALTY SOAPS!!!!! HELL YEAH!
Also, I love. LOVE her.
haha! watching her pipe soap frosting is one of my favourite things! also ty
Very fun video. The rage quits are so relatable. I love how she turned out.
For a third? Maybe a Satyr? A sunlight satyr would be fun.....I like alliteration so when you were asking about the third being a sunlight theme my silly brain went "A shimmering sunny satyr". Tossing a guy into the magical mix would be fun.....And might make people look up the difference between Fauns and Satyrs.
*googles difference between Satyr and Faun* Omg! I did not know that! I don't know how many times i could say shimmery sunlight satyr... ha!
@@Dolleemixtures Admittedly, you wouldn't have to do their main characteristic. Over generations they do look more like fauns. But having a horse tail & mane would be challenging. And saying sunlight satyr would be hard. I prefer sunny satyr.
@@GolyenHighway I was thinking about a centaur because of Apollo and his chariot but I like having 2 legged dolls so actually.. this might be the one!!
@@Dolleemixtures That's awesome. I hope you have fun with whatever you decide on. We shall enjoy the results.
Right when you said "I'm never going to get monetization on this video" an ad popped up for me 😅
Omg that's amazing! Perfect comedic timing from youtube! (monetization is still on and I'm SHOCKED!)
Yep, me too 😂
She’s gorgeous .I love her face paint and how you did her outfit.I think it’s a better way of doing a mermaid by doing the base more like a long skirt..At least if you felt like changing her up into another theme it will be much easier..Just a great idea ..Love n Light 🥰
It's defo easier sewing a tail than sculpting. Plus then, you're right, she can have a human form with a different dress
I'm sorry you were struggling but hearing Royalty Soaps in the background just kind of made my day... Also your doll & everything all turned out so beautiful.
Ahahaha! She's so good! She was helping but not quiiite enough for my rage
Crocheting that tiny is insanity!!! Hahah she turned out beautiful, so much detail!
No but seriously I was losing my mind during this repaint looool
@@Dolleemixtures hahaha been there! Totally relate 🤣😜
Ooooh maybe she is a space mermaid? Swimming through the cosmos 💜 Honestly I like her face. I do think it is the eyes that is weirding you out, but they give her so much personality. I love them.
I like that!! Yeah I think you're right. I think a lot of it was my brain tbf. Brain is coming back to normal(ish) and I don't have as much of an issue now... Thanks sweets
She’s an absolutely gorgeous doll❤. Enjoy watching you create her.
Thanks my lovely ❤️
I think the uncanny feel works well with her because in traditional lore, mermaids used their beauty to lure men in and drown them. She is uncannily beautiful and it adds to the sense of danger one wouldn't notice at first glance.
Ooooh that's a wonderful way to look at it! Thank you ❤️❤️
She is absolutely stunning! 💖💖🙌 And oof that rage quitting is relatable. Royalty Soaps is such a calming channel. Maybe a magical sunlight... Centaur? Dryad? Faun? Sphinx?
ooh centaur. Yeah usually Royalty Soaps is like the most calming thing but even Katie couldn't contain my rage
Gurlll I feel you with the whole rage inducing situations where nothing is going like you want it to go 😭 reminded me of when I tried to crochet my first amigurumi doll 😂
high five on the crochet rage quits
This is a beautiful doll! I never really liked Operetta's face sculpt much but you made her look stunning
Oh my! Thank you!!
such a magnificent doll i love the realism in this one keep up the good work👍🏾👍🏾🤩
Oooh I'm glad you like the realism. A lot of the comments are saying the realism is too much... maybe thats where the uncanny valley thing is coming from?
she's so pretty!! I do see what you mean about the uncanny valley by the way.
a sunlight sphinx would be cool
oh interesting!!! Sphynx is a cool idea
I love the doll, everything is great. Not easy to work or crochet with long nails 😶 😘
yeah honestly I was thinking the same... no way I'm taking my nails off for a doll thought! (they had mermaids on them!!)
That crochetting looked like pure torture..kudoes to you to have pulled through and pulled something out of the bag! Her faceup is really enchanting as well! But my favourite bit is her crown! Gorgeous!
Thank you! My hands were so shaky too and got more and more shaky as they got tired and I got frustrated. It was a PAIN!
Thank God some of us that have poor mental health at times have crafting in our lives, I have to push myself to start sometimes, but when I get going at it, it helps. That crocheting would’ve sent me over the edge though, you darn well did it! Well done!!!
LOVE how you do their tails!!
Oof it was... Mental health in the other way... I have bipolar and I was leaning manic, I have worse psychotic features when I'm manic which I think is helping her face look like it's moving... Or maybe I managed that thing some artists do where portraits follow you around the room 🤷
She's stunning! This is my colour palette and I love mermaids! Amazing work as always 💜
Ooh I'm glad you like the colour palette ❤️
Well done for persevering wth the top,it looks great. The whole doll looks amazing. Again well done xx
Thank you!! It was a BATTLE! I think it was the last thing I did as well (My desk gets more chaotic the longer I'm working and that desk was high chaos) I refuse to be defeated by flipping crochet
She turned out so great! The concept is super interesting and very well executed!! Good job Lee!!
Thanks my lovely
i just realized that the stub on the bottom of the intro hand is like the doll joints and not just a bone like a zombie
hehe yusss!!!
Oh my Sorcery she's Gorgeous!!! She need's Moon & Sun if your working on three celestial mermaid's from space. See you on your next video. :D
Moon is done. I just haven't edited the vid yet, she's a fairy...
@@Dolleemixtures keep forgetting.
@@brianahawkins8124 I mean ngl I keep forgetting the vid needs editing. If I've lost the footage ima rage cry
She's beautiful! I loved the extreme crochet!
New spin off for my channel? Hardcore crochet 😂😅
Your mermaid is gorgeous love the crown and the tail is amazing 🤩
Thank you so much ❤️
She’s absolutely stunning!!!💕🤗 I feel those rage quits in my soul lol but you really did a fantastic job on her. As far a sunlight theme goes, maybe a centaur, satyr, faerie🧚🏼, nymph, Sphinx, Phoenix, or maybe a dragon🐉 or even a genie🧞♀️
Ahaha they hurt in my soul looooool! My hands just weren't doing what I wanted them to 😭😭😭
operetta's sculpt is so so beautiful, i used to hate it some time ago but i slowly fell in love with it with time. and your creation is very beautiful as well! i also love the crown. great work!
It's that nose! I've always loved that nose. I want to do a Dagmar from Disenchantment using her but I want to cover those scars...
@@Dolleemixtures go for it! i'm sure it's gonna be awesome!
Marvelous! My brain said "Billie Eilish", and now I can't unsee it.
Omg I totally see it! And thank you ❤️
She’s so so incredibly stunning! 😍😍😍
You're too kind sweet human ❤️
I so empathise with you re crochet, I don’t do it much these days due to carpel tunnel x
Oh, matee :( I'm sorry you're suffering with that. I have some injuries on my right hand that defo make it a lot more painful, it's one of the reasons I've been shaking a lot more in vids. Watching the shaking back is pretty saddening. I'm worried I'll get to the point where I can't do it anymore...
After all of the frustration she came out beautiful ♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹
Ah thanks my love! I'm so happy with her ❤️
Your art is so underappreciated!
aw shucks. You're too sweet
This is so beautiful that I actually had to comment on a video for the first time ever! Just so wonderful!
I also think the most hilarious and beautiful option would be a Sunlight Vampire. Just some really good irony going on there haha
Oh my goodness what an honour (that sounded sarcastic but I promise it wasn't. Literally warmed my heart) thank you so much!! bahahhaha sunny vampire is a great idea 😂😅
So I think all of OOAK Doll makers have at least one odd doll that turned out... special? IDK the thing that makes it ping as uncanny for me is the placement of the eyes fighting with the molding of the doll, it look a little far apart/sunken at the corner of waterline near the nose. But I also may be biased as my style is a mix of Anime/Final Fantasy/Avatar the Last Air Bender. But regardless the doll is really well done an I love all the small designs on her body and the fine details. You put a lot of time an love into this doll cuz it shows. An even if the turned out a bit odd it still looks interesting, her expression is hard to pin an kinda changes the more you look at it and I kinda like that. Anyway, don't let this deter you from exploring different art styles and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. Its healthy to mix it up an explore in art.
I usually draw my eyes different to the sculpt but Operetta defo has a more defined eye sculpt so that's probably showing more. I'm glad you said that her expression changes cause I was seeing that when I was doing the doll and I thought it was my brain tricking me. It's defo a lot of what was freaking me out...
the mermaid was stunning. as for the sunlight maybe something like a sunlight nymph?
I gotta make a nymph even if not for sunlight... She'd fit the lil cottagecore crew
Wow, I lover her face!!! So pretty! Also sunlight Harpy, goddess (maybe with a catty base?) or fawn
Oooh thats a great idea!!! Thank you ❤️
I've seen much smaller crochet hooks whole working in a craft store. we're talking very, VERY small... needlelike small. the kind that would stab you and stay in your finger cuz of the hook on it. The doll turned out awesome, I love her tail!!
That's a 0.6mm hook. I couldn't find anything smaller. I think there's a 0.5mm available but not smaller than that...
Lee your dolls are always striking but holy hell this one gave me the absolute creeps in the best way. She is gorgeous and realistic and I'm so glad she does not live in my house 😂.
omg thank you... and also... yeah she creeps me out and I kinda didn't want her in my house. Shes gonna swim and kill me in my sleep
I absolutely love that faceup. She's def among your best
Thanks friend. That makes me happy
Another glorious doll 😍
Thanks sweets
She is just amazing
Ah thanks sweets
Very beautiful. You're super talented!
Oooh you're far too kind. Thank you so much ❤️
Great video
Thank you ❤️
Magical sunlight elf perhaps?
Ooooh elf... *Thinks*
Sunlight Phoenix fairy
ooooh!
@@Dolleemixtures or even more mythical: the Sunlight Phoenix Fairy Mermaid.
Beautiful 🤩
Thanks sweets
i like the design
Thanks sweets
I wish I could 3D print the bust like you did but I did apoxie sculpt on my monster high doll, but omg I love your mermaids and sad Susan blocking our art
Freaking Susan with her boobaloobie hate. Once I've figured the model out a bit better I'm hoping to sell the printed boobs on eBay. They're not where I want them just now...
I'm new to the hobby and get the uncanny valley feeling too, like they're judging me as I'm doing their faces 👀
Ahaha same! I'm working on a Geisha and she keeps doing happy faces when she approves and angry when she doesn't 😳 welcome to the hobby! I hope you're loving it ❤️
@@Dolleemixtures Thank you, I really am loving it! Congrats for your beautiful work 🌷
Lol I thought I recognized Katie’s voice. 😊
Ehehehe! Even her beautiful voice couldn't save my rage!!!
Magical Sunlight unicorn/Pegasus/Alicorn - basically I want to see you make a Princess Celestia from my little pony doll lol
I mean... I should make that doll too 😳😳
@@Dolleemixtures omg yes please! I’ll keep an eye out for that video if you decide to do it because I bet you’d do an AMAZING job!!!
Soo cool 🙏🙏
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Amazing 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you ❤️
This is great I've been looking for a way to use extra UV nail gels and acrylic powder in my figure sculpts, have you tried acrylic powder for sculpting on figures?
Also I've wondered why I never see any vids on UV resin used on nails or nail art pieces 🤔✌🏻☺️❤️
Omg yes do it!!! I tend to use polygel because I'm rubbish with acrylic looool but I used acrylic powder and liquid when I did the bunny for her daffodil. Nails stuff is PERFECT for dolls!!!!
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Do a Phoenix
Iiiinteresting...
damn! those are some nunga-nungas!
Ahahah! I need to sell these babies. It's ok the to do list. Watch my Etsy!!
if I was a mermaid I'd want that tail
Ooooh! What a compliment
Sunlight sorcerer?
Ooooh! I have a witch doll that I MUST get on to.... I also want to make the sorceress from beauty and the beast...
I wish i would have recorded the process i did with the BJD i have, to show you the absolute pain in the a**e that was to do and i did it TWICE 😫😤
Aaargh! Are you gonna try again? I was thinking about trying to find some of the apoxie boobs footage to like just upload the whole process... I don't tend to show a while lot on here 😅
I just wish I could see your work better as you work your hand covers the whole face 🥹
Ahhh you're not wrong. 😅 I have a lot of problems with my hands (well all my joints) and I also forget to check if I'm in frame. I have some more in depth tutorials on creative fabrica that show everything better. Usually I try to film on lower pain days but recently it's been bad...
@@Dolleemixtures aww bless you I'm sorry I didn't realise I hope they get better ❤️🤞🏻
My ulnar nerve trapped in my elbow and for two years... I've just had it surgically released. I lost all movement within months of my left hand,first my finger went numb then clawed up in a fist and I'm only now starting to use it again and exercising it lots so my fingers open up get string and I can use it again. Losing movement in your hands from pain or a condition is awful especially for creative arty folk. 😊❤️✌🏻
@@kaijuk omg!!! That sounds awful! How's your movement now?
I'm worried I'll need surgery on my right hand and that I'll lose fine movement forever. I used to have steroid injections into it. I don't think the NHS would do it because there's a limit on the number they will do because they can do damage (I think I had 5 and that's 2 above what the NHS will do. I had them while I was in Japan). The tfcc cartilage was torn along with a torn tendon near my thumb and my ulnar was broken at that time too (assault) and I have an earlier break on my radius. Nagging docs is a nightmare though and I still worry I won't be believed (I at least have my MRIs though) both my hands and wrists have been suuuuper crunchy when I move them recently...
@@Dolleemixtures Omg it sounds like you've gone through hell 🥺
I'm in the UK too in Manchester and it took the NHS over two years to operate but covid was a huge factor in that of course. My movement now is still limited and sensation is poor but they told me it could take more or less 2 years to get it all back and some may not return. I exercise it daily and I'm doing all I can for the hand to recover to full working order.
If I was you I'd keep hammering your doc and if you don't feel like you're getting anywhere with them ask for a second opinion and change docs if you're not making progress with your current one. I'd also tell him how you feel re being believed etc or tell him you want to speak to someone professionally trained to deal with the mental health side of your recovery, once you get access to a cpn or similar they can push doctors and hospital specialists re you needing the treatment you need regardless if it's physical or mental or a combination. I know only to well how frustrating it can be having to put the thumb screws on to get NHS services to help and do their job on e assigned, you feel like you're getting nowhere but you have to nag and call often and regularly because otherwise they put you to the bottom of the pile and the only way to move up is to nag the loudest until they deal with your case.
Please don't give up, we have the NHS for a reason and you're within your rights to ask for help and to keep doing so until they pull their finger out.
Let me know how you go 🥹✌🏻❤️
If you need to talk I'm at the same name on WhatsApp xx