Any sure fire ways? I'm afraid my boyfriend won't like my hands..i have bitten the skin, and the skin around my fingers is damaged. Help!
2006-11-02 09:59:14 · 12 answers · asked by lauriee.xo.33;; 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Putting your fingers in your mouth is a habit, it's psychological. We condition ourselves to do things like that.
Try to go back and remember the first time you bit your nails, what was going on? How were you feeling at that time? Why did biting your nails make you feel better?
Next, after you determine what the situation was and how you were feeling and why you bit your nails, try to remember it, and every time you come across that feeling your hands will automatically go to your mouth, try to catch yourself, even if you start to bit one nail and you catch yourself, that is a start! There are other things you can do to help prevent this habit, such as..getting your nails done so they don't look chewed up and it'll be hard to bite acrylic off, or go to a beauty supply store such as Sally's beauty supply, they have this nail polish which will nourish your nails and the skin around them, but they have garlic or something gross so that if you bite your nails they'll taste awful which will prevent you from biting them. But most of all it's will power, so good luck!!
2006-11-02 10:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by Om... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard a lot of people that they get their nails done and that will help stop bitten your nails.. Since tips are hard it will be difficult for u to eat it.. try that. You boyfriend might love to see u with long nails and might even pay for it.. LOL!
Good Luck!
2006-11-02 18:53:03 · answer #2 · answered by Delfinazul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bit my nails until I was 19. So, I understand fully what you're going through. I started wearing gloves. Pretty lacy ones, but you could wear whatever fits your style. Also, try chewing gum or bubble gum. The bitter stuff that you brush on does taste gross, but you eventually get used to it. Also, it burns like hell if you get it into your eyes.
Good luck & be strong! You can do it!
2006-11-02 18:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by Renee C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also bit my nails and what got me to stop is I started getting manicures they looked so nice and I didn't want to waste the money I spent on my nails by biting them off.
2006-11-02 18:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my friend had that problem she put something gross on her nails so that whenever she would go to bite them she would remember the gross stuff and hold back. After a couple days she stopped 4ever. Try it!
2006-11-02 18:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they sell no bite in pharmacy's it's a bitter liquid that makes you stop biting your nails,it's like fingernail polish,put it on every time it wears off. GOOD LUCK!
2006-11-02 18:06:08 · answer #6 · answered by hugabug72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apply some pretty nail polish, so when ever ur tempted to bite them u will try not to, or try fake nails,
2006-11-02 19:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by hyo.jy93 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try nail hardeners and i was a nailbiter when i was your age and my sister took me to get fake anils and then i realized how pretty they looked and i never tried takeing them off
2006-11-02 18:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you tried those horrible tasting lotions where you dip you nails in there then when you go to bite it tastes horrid
2006-11-02 18:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by ruffbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i still bite my nails too it is just a habit u pick up when u r bored........... stop by keeping ur-self buzy
2006-11-02 18:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by Imperfection At Its Finest. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋