I hit my all time highest anxiety in August that manifested in me picking at my cuticles and nails a crap ton. I was both worried that I’d permanently damaged my nail beds and that I wouldn’t be able to stop picking at my cuticles.
I started using cuticle oil + hand cream to heal my skin and have been doing a LOT of maintenance on my nails and pretty consistent regular nail polish manicures to help me from picking. I keep my left hand as short as possible (I do pottery and play guitar) and honestly the look is growing on me. I think I might trim my right hand to be the same length!
To be super clear: my nail beds were not naturally that short. They are usually the length they are currently at. I pushed them back a ton with my obsessive picking but they’ve slowly come back with care. I also still pick at my cuticles, but way less aggressively than I was in the summer. It’s a WIP for sure.
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