How do you handle low self esteem? Feeling down about the way your look?

A support group maybe thru your gym - some therapy sessions to work on the root of why you feel that way - some empowerment books on the market - may all help.

The MOST IMPORTANT thing is how you feel about your self worth. Make a list of your good points, read them everyday. Look in the mirror and affirm yourself each day, smile at yourself, say you look good! And believe it!  Tell yourself that you are a wonderful, caring, successful person who loves and is loved. And while you're doing this, continue to change your outward appearance.  Just remember, God didn't make junk!

Fix what you can fix. If you can afford treatments, get them! Find a great hair stylist and makeup artist and get some suggestions. Ask a friend who dresses well to accompany you on a shopping trip-I did. Then wear the clothes.

All of this is good, but you really need to begin with therapy. You need to know why you have low self-esteem. Things people said to us when we were children are the root sometimes; lovers leaving and divorce; siblings who got all the family 'good' genes, childhood abuse; a mother who constantly belittles you.  These can make your life hell. A good therapist can get to the root of the matter. You will be surprised at the thing that triggered it. Don't settle for the first one you go to if you don't connect. Ask around for a reference. If they say "and what do you think you should do about that'.  Get up, say thank you and never look back. If you knew what to do, you would do it.

There are a lot of good books on the market, go to library and browse until you see something that you relate to.

It is a long haul, so you have to commit to it. Then one day, you won't feel that way and people who try to put you down (and they will), you can just flip them off and say I KNOW WHO I AM,  and leave 'em in your dust!