Such is the nature of my work. Is that what caused this?
Not all fingers, usually only 1 or 2. Now my left index and right thumb has these holes
All my life
I prayed for a cuticle
I’ve been searching for something
Aahhh, plucking my fingers. It’s so ingrained in my head that there is some special separate process (that I don’t control) in my brain taking care of this.
My wife will slap my hands when I do it because I asked her to help me stop it but even when in my head I’m like “stop. It. Now.” then one hand just moves to the other and starts plucking and I’m like “wtf, I said stop!”
The one thing that I’ve noticed that helps is prayer beads. I’m atheist, but they work wonders to occupy that little process in my head, I redirect all it’s attention to those beads and so with one hand I’m moving the beads one click forward every half second or so all day long. That works!
Cover each of the tips of your fingers with a bandaid. It will stop you from biting them. Replace as needed. If you remove the bandaid so you can bite them, you have a psychological issue you need to address, usually stress related.
Ooh I know a fun fact about this one.
In Turkey, carrying prayer beads in public as an old person means you are in a gang, while young person means you are a gang wannabe.
Similar to certain tattooos and hats in other countries.
Yeah. I rock climb as my job basically, and my finger health is in the bin most of the time…
Not since I was in my early 20s, and it seems like it’s more common with young people.
Young skin,
dry and thinKids these days with their thin skin… Smh
If your cuticles do this on their own, or you notice pitting on or under your nails, it might be an early sign of psoriasis.
I can just feel this image. This is just the worst thing I could have seen tonight. Good job.
Ok. Where did I put my eye gauging spoon.
Just put some nail polish on your fingers to prevent it from happening.
You can always trust SatansMaggotyCumFart to chime in with the wholesome memes.
I’m starting to remember his name and I don’t want to 🤢
Stick around for a few more months and you’ll remember them no matter how hard you try to forget. They’re one of the most active users on Lemmy. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to find out they are the most active commenter.
He’s got me by 3x the comments across my accounts I believe. Fairly sure I should still be sad about that, haha
Please cease existing.
My girlfriend does this to me during sex. Peels me like a disobedient potato
Kind of reminds me of peeling a banana.
If you peel it from the other end you don’t get strings. My department in college had a thing about it to the point I don’t like bananas anymore.
I gotta try that.
Wait until this happens to your foreskin.
😬
I can’t believe nobody has suggested vitamin D deficiency. One person suggested vitamin deficiency and sure it may be more than just vitamin D, but vitamin D deficiency can make your skin dry. Specially the genitalia areas. Also you might have issues sleeping, bone density, teeth decay, ridges on your nails etc.
Isn’t that just people biting their fingers?
Stop eating your cuticles, lol
Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
GameStop
Mom turned me onto corn husker’s oil. Figured since we shared genes, and it worked for her, might as well. Shit is the bomb. Tiny dab’ll do ya, doesn’t leave your hands greasy, dries fast, works fast, cheap, all that.
My fingertips split in cold and dry air. Apparently I got a weird gene from great grandma, never met another person with the problem. Tiny crack across the tip, skin dies and turns hard, splits deeper, rinse and repeat. And the pain is stunning, like having an infected splinter stuck in your fingertip. Got that shit this year working outside in February and into March. Only took a few nights of using corn husker’s oil, GTG.
My Grannie told me to lotion up and wear rubber gloves while sleeping to help my dry hands. I only did once, but I am now adamant about keeping my hands moisturized and covered during the winter work weeks. My job is messy so I don’t mind at all.
I will keep that oil in mind if it ever gets out of hand again.
Those cracks are called skin fissures.
No.
Moisturize with lotion, especially if you wash them very frequently or have other underlying skin conditions such as pet allergies.
Am I not the only one? Most people I’ve heard of eat their nails. I’m the only one I’ve ever known who chews on his cuticles.
Why did I get in this thread 😨
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.
