I am only 21 years old and I am extremely insecure about my hands. I’m a nail biter but I’ve really been working on it, my nails have grown over the last two weeks from non-existent to the tips of my nails now apparent. I’ve been a terrible nail biter due to of anxiety and depression since I was 14 years old but I am forcing myself to work on my habit to help me not be so insecure. But I am also really anxious about the appearance of my hands because they don’t look feminine at all! I never knew this could affect me so much. This has only started to make me feel really horrible about myself since around the end of 2019 and the feelings have gotten rapidly worse. I work most of the week in a retail store and I pick up after EVERYONES slack, and I mean EVERYONE. From cleaning their dirty dishes, sweeping and polishing the store, completing deliveries 2 times a week, cleaning the bathroom and always tidying our stock rooms after people as they don’t know how to keep things tidy. I bend over backwards for the store I work in and I believe it’s really taken a toll on my hands, and it doesn’t help that when I accidentally cut myself on cardboard it wreaks havoc on my hands. The dust and dirt from the cardboard boxes plus an open wound is a recipe for disaster, irritation and pain. I don’t wear sun cream on my hands since where I live it’s never sunny- it’s cold, dull and windy all the time. The cold weather flared up the eczema on my knuckles and inbetween my fingers (finger webs)- you can see that my knuckles are scarred from the eczema. I clean every day and wash my hands often which has likely drained out the oil from my skin and washing hands at work is a nightmare: the hot water is BOILING hot so it really hurts! Especially since my hands are made more sensitive with my eczema. I don’t have eczema anywhere else on my body. I lotion as often as I can as my hands get very dry very easily especially since I work most of the week; I mostly use cocoa butter and body shop creams, sometimes E45 and Rituals cosmetics creams on my hands. I’ve learnt to not use too hot water in the shower and try not to shower for long because of my hands. I am a vegetarian but actively opting out dairy products so I’ve been vegan for about 2 weeks now. I’ve been drinking a lot of home made smoothies with just fruit and veg inside so I’m hoping all these raw vitamins will do me some good, but otherwise, please someone help! I wish my hands were more feminine! 😣😞