[tpoacher]

I've actually noticed this effect on myself too. It's very pronounced in fact.

I have a bad habit of biting my cuticles. I also happen to observe lent, effectively going vegan for 50 days every year.

Typically my cuticles heal the next day, or two at most. But every single time I enter lent, suddenly my cuticles take more than a week to heal the same amount. The difference is very obvious, to me at least.

[hawk_]

curious what kind of lent you observe that's for 50 days not 40.

[8fGTBjZxBcHq]

Gonna be orthodox christian for sure. They do the vegan diet for lent and have a few extra weeks at the beginning. The extra weeks have slightly different rules and technically aren't part of lent but it amounts to about the same thing.

Grew up in a family that did this and still do it because I like the structure and changes through the year.

[beervirus]

If you count Sundays, it’s closer to 50 than 40.

[hawk_]

i see, so apparenly different traditions count it differently. i had always heard of it as 40 days of lent or cuaresma etc... didn't know it could go upto 46 days.