ok.. ever since i was born i keep on biting my nails :S i wore some fake nails for about 2 weeks and my nails started growing but when i removed the fake nails i stopped biting them for 1 day then started on this bad habit all over again!!!! UGH!! everyone is telling me to stop but i cant...any ideas?
2006-11-14 04:07:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
put something on them that makes them taste bad
2006-11-14 04:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by aj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a product that you can buy at the pharmacy. It looks like clear nail polish, but has a bad taste that stays. So, as soon as you go to bite your nails, you will stop because it tastes so bad.
Or, why don't you go get a manicure. If your nails look good, you won't be tempted to bite them, and if you are, then you might have a better chance at stopping because you will have paid to get your nails looking pretty.
2006-11-14 04:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bite mine too so i totally understand. the problem is that you have what psychology calls an "oral fixation" which usually develops as a child. i used to suck my thumb as a kid, then began biting my nails as i got older. here are some ideas:
try chewing gum or sucking hard candy to keep your mouth stimulated and decrease the urge to bite
keep your nails manicured and polished to prevent you from messing them up with biting
lotion your hands and nails regularly because it's easier to bite them when they're clean and dry with no nice to smell but awful to taste mosturizer in the way
fake nails are good but should be a last resort because they're not healthy for your natural nails either. my mother used to be a manicurist so she really hated my habit and even banned me from getting the fake ones because the chemicals and the wear and tear can be so harmful, and expensive.
also, remember to keep your hands clean as much as posible because that habit makes it easier to get germs, bacteria, dirt, etc. in your body from your mouth in so much contact with your fingers. if anything, just think of that and maybe it will make you stop and think about all the places your hands have been before you bite your nails.
hope that helps!!!
2006-11-14 04:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by madi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have the same problem iv tried the nail polishes everything
i have fake nails now i got them professionaly done, when your nails start to grow back u go back into the place and get INFILL's and they fwill it in file them back also this is the only thing thats make me stop biting them
2006-11-14 04:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by boobie_fkn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dip your fingers in nail polish remover, that way when you go to bite them they will taste really disgusting and you won't want to put them in your mouth and eventually you will stop biting. My parents did this to me when I was a little kid and haven't but since.
2006-11-14 04:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What helped me was putting a rubber band around your wrist, and whenever you feel the urge to bite yourself, stretch the rubberband to hit yourself. After awhile, you will not want to bite your nails, because you won't want to cause yourself pain. Hope that helped.
2006-11-14 04:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by Petri 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jsut wear nailpolish
no matter how bad it lookz
u wont bite for sure!
2006-11-14 04:20:55 · answer #7 · answered by xareen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wear gloves
2006-11-14 04:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by gandalf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW I HAVE NO IDEA
2006-11-14 05:54:34 · answer #9 · answered by KerryAnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋