Hello crackedlcd and welcome to PC

I looked at your profile and I think you have a very pretty face. I know that doesn't answer your question of HOW to manage your low self esteem. I had low self esteem and thought I was ugly in my early twenties. I wasn't particularly ugly but I wasn't "model beautiful" so I gave up on trying to be pretty because I could never be as beautiful as I wanted to be. For me becoming successful in my career helped my self esteem. Later in life I realized that I looked like my grandmother with my thin lips and long nose and I realized I looked the way I was supposed to look and I finally made peace with looking average.

Guys tend to pay attention to girls they think are attractive AND self confident. An average looking, friendly girl with self confidence will attract more people than a pretty, shy girl with no self confidence.

Read some of the posts in this forum for ideas. You can improve your self esteem. I did.