i cant stop!! my nails all hurt real badly from biting them below the nail line...i cant stop. i tried everything my doctor said but its not working!! help!
2006-10-25 10:53:33 · 16 answers · asked by ohsnapitslexaa 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I'm a nail biter too. The only thing that works consistently for me is Don't Bite It. It's one of the over the counter nasty tasting polishes, but it's the only one that stays on (doesn't come off when you wash your hands) and works. It's in a box with a red circle with a line through it like a no smoking sign. But you have to be careful, because the taste stays in your mouth, so you have to be very careful not to stick your fingers in your mouth when you eat fingerfoods like popcorn.
2006-10-25 11:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by lauren 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's something to make you cringe. 30 years ago when people didn't give a hoot about how a parent treated thier child, just assuming that if a child was punished the child was a bad kid.My brother was a nail biter. My moms answer, stick his bloody little stumps in Tabasco sauce. Don't try this at home as they say.My advice, take to chewing on something like a straw. It may be the chewing action your addicted to, not your nails. It may be another habit, but your nails won't be sore anymore. Good luck.
2006-10-25 20:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by hope 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some of those fake nails and it will keep you from biting them my sister use to bite her nails bad and it would look so sick and she got fake nails for like a little while and now there kind of long not sick long just better than they were before so try that or you can get this bitter nail polish that if you put your nails in your mouth it would taste bitter so go to a drug store and see if they have any good luck
2006-10-25 17:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by gigi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way to stop it is by monitoring your behaviour for a while so that you make sure you aren't biting your nails. Whenever you see yourself biting your nails, stop that behaviour immediately. Keep doing it until you don't repeat it anymore.
2006-10-25 18:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Magneto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahha I bite mine too. LoL I've never tried to stop I don't care what my nails look like.
2006-10-25 17:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by Jane ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a supppperrr stinky smell that you HATE. soak your nails in them and then when you go to bite them youll be like UUGGGHH.
or you should look up the SICKENING bacteria in your nails and picture the pic everytime you bit them
or you should stick your nails in a onion. when onions get on your hands, if water (or spit) gets on them..it makes the onion smell more stronger.
2006-10-25 17:57:29 · answer #6 · answered by MiiKEY 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chew gum OR take up Smokin ( ok i'm bad influence! )
Rub Garlic on ur finger tips everyday ! every time ur finger goes in ur mouth u will remember not to .. so u wont do it .. after 1 month do it every other day, then reduce it .. so on ! it works !
I got my frnd doing tht n she has gorgeous nails now!
2006-10-25 18:02:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bite my nails too! i never stopped, but u could wear fake nails. they look nice and are nasty to bite cuz they taste like retarded glue. maybe that could stop u from biting?
2006-10-25 18:04:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sydney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is this bitter tasing stuff to buy over the counter that also stops thumb sucking. I used it for biting nails... worked for me.
2006-10-25 17:57:38 · answer #9 · answered by missktbop 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nail polish or fake nails
2006-10-25 17:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋