• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    21·
    6 hours ago

    I did until like a week ago.

    I’d had enough as they hurt and wasn’t getting better, I do a lot of rock climbing so the chalk makes the issue worse, plus I have not been doing great mentally so diet and hydration was awful.

    What I did:

    • Bought some Nails Inc Cuticle Oil (I am male, but it works). You just add a bit and rub it in. I now use this most days and definitely after climbing.
    • I know that with a poor diet I am likely missing vitamins as some of my nails had lines down them. I take a cheap multi vitamin everyday.
    • I am conscious to drink more water, although I already drink 2-3liter a day.
    • I am making plans to improve my eating habits as I get decision fatigue and really just don’t eat enough. Think I’ve been alive too long that food is just meh at this point. But I went climbing yesterday on hardly anything and felt incredibly sick.

    My nails are better now. My mental health not so much but one step at a time.

    • LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 hours ago

      I’m positive 95% of your results came just from drinking more water. when your hands look like the picture, it’s almost definitely because you’re chronically dehydrated.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        3 hours ago

        I am not so sure. As I said in the post I drink a lot of water.

        So I wake up and have a cup of tea and for evening meal I have a can of Pepsi. Everything else in the day is just water and never less than 1.5 litres.

        For me at least I think it was the climbing chalk and poor eating habits so lacking vitamins. I guess I’ll never truly know and it’s good advice to be hydrated.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I think the vitamin deficiency is more likely, I have similar issues. Lived in Phoenix for years and had a water bottle on hand all the time, it’s a part of the bigger picture but not the main driver I’d surmise.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I didn’t know about the nail ridges-vitamin deficiency thing until my lady told me recently, makes sense. She got me a case of the ensure plus for extra calories to supplement through the day and it does help. Eat some veggies, get some sunlight, maybe go to a shelter and walk some dogs. Hopefully the physical elevates the mental, I’m in a similar spot and hope you get feeling better internet stranger 👍

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Thank you for this.

        I already do plenty of walking as if I didn’t I don’t think I’d be here honestly. I might look into ensure as I’ve had them from the doctor when my diet has been poor in the past.

        Don’t know if you’re the same but life’s like a rollercoaster man. One minute I’m doing good and mentally happy the next I can’t get out of bed and off YouTube.

        It’s like I’m just passing as much time as possible with no end goal in mind. Just death at the end.

        Sorry for being dark.

    • Purple_Gameboy69@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      This is very relatable. Can I ask you about your age? I’m 35 and struggling with eating enough my whole life.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
    9·
    7 hours ago

    I used to get this all the time. Now, if I get a hangnail, I liberally drench my hands in lotion, and put on nitrile gloves for an hour or so to force it to soak in.

    A family friend gets me Gojo Hand Medic, which my fragile masculinity appreciates.

    I also found it works well for breaking in leather work gloves.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
      4·
      7 hours ago

      It’s a shame that every sink in every public toilets, workplace toilets or other people’s house still has soap with Sodium Laureth Sulphate in. Even the products that say “gentle on skin” tend to be full of the stuff.

      I tried various moisturisers for years with not a lot of effect. Swapping my soap, shower gel and shampoo for ones without SLS in them really made such a difference, and so quickly.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    7·
    9 hours ago

    Have you tried going to a doctor to see what is wrong? PPE if you work somewhere hazardous? Moisturizing if you’re somewhere very dry?

    • _stranger_@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 hours ago

      When I was a kid, my elementary school was made of bricks that had a surface texture like 20 grit sand paper. Touching that shit started a chain reaction that inevitably ended with hands looking like this. Oh you accidentally brushed the back of your hand against the brick at recess? Hope you like beef jerky skin.

  • digger@lemmy.ca
    181·
    12 hours ago

    I’m not going to tell you how long I looked at this, expecting to find loss or Saddam Hussein.

    • vithigar@lemmy.ca
      6·
      10 hours ago

      You joke, but I’m missing a nail on one of my big toes and it’s so much more comfortable and less hassle that I kind of wish all my toenails were gone.

      …not so sure about fingernails though. They’re pretty useful for picking things up or praying things open.

      • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        9 hours ago

        Is your toe nail completely missing, or do you still have some root growing? I have two that have a bit of root that just grows and gets uncomfortable until I pull it out. Not sure is trade the rest of my nails for that tbh

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
          1·
          25 minutes ago

          How exactly does the “root” work. I was wheeling a ticket podium with other items in my hands back in 2006, the podium slipped and landed on my left big toe. When I took my shoe/sock off I found the back part of my toe nail was square and had been popped up through the skin like the hood of a Corvette. I dumbly(?) tore the rest of it off and proceeded to be stupid and put my sock back on and finished my shift. Somehow the nail grew back but the part that had tissue damage where I tore it off in the front I guess never healed right and so the nail would have to grow ‘over’ the wound and would be really thick there. If the squared off back part isn’t the root, what is?

        • vithigar@lemmy.ca
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Completely gone. Was badly ingrown and after a doctor removed it three times and it grew back ingrown again every time they just destroyed the root completely.

      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        I’ve got one fucky nail and every two weeks I’ve gotta pull it with tweezers because it grows in cup shaped and the point of the cup is too pointy for my delicate toesies. I’m thinking about burning it off with silver nitrate.

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
      11·
      14 hours ago

      Years back I was briefly into creepypastas. One I read was a guy who had a habit of chewing his nails and that people around him always made a big deal about it but he thought they were overreacting. At the end it was revealed that he had long ago chewed away his fingernails and was now chewing through his actual fingers without realizing it. As a result he was institutionalized for his delusions, I think.

      This picture makes me think of that. Thanks, I guess.

      • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        9 hours ago

        Nope, it’s anoychia, the picture went viral a few years ago whe someone posted it on reddit. It’s an extremely rare genetic mutation and they literally never grew nails.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    15 hours ago

    If having lotion in your hands makes you uncomfortable, try just dabbing a tiny bit on the the backs of your fingernails and rubbing them against each other to spread it only on your cuticles. No slimy fingerpads or palms, and it really helps.