Biteing my nails?

Question

I bite my nails alot I can't stop HELP ME!! Im fed up with it i want my nails to look like all the other girls!! My nails are so UGLY!!!! any Ideas??

Answer 1

Treatment

[edit]Medication
Nail biting has been shown to respond well to certain types of medication. The medications used to treat the problem include the newest, most potent anti-depressants. These medications are also used to treat Trichotillomania and OCD and include clomipramine, fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine, citalopram, escitalopram, nefazodone and venlafaxine. Also, small amounts of the anti-psychotics used to treat schizophrenia such as risperidone, olazapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and aripiprazole can be used to augment anti-depressants. It is important to note that the use of anti-psychotics to treat nail biting does not necessarily indicate that the patient is suffering from psychosis. [2]
Another option calls for the use of the B vitamin inositol. It reduces the urge to bite by enhancing the activity of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin may be implicated in OCD and related disorders. [3]
[edit]Behavioral therapy
Some patients have found behavioral therapy to be beneficial on its own or as a complement to medication. The first part of nail biting therapy consists of Habit Reversal Training (HRT), a four part process that seeks to "unlearn" the habit of nail biting and possibly replace it with a more constructive habit. In addition to HRT, Stimulus Control therapy is used to both identify and then eliminate the stimulus that frequently triggers biting urges.[4].
The symptoms have been found to respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.
[edit]Other treatment
Various forms of aversion therapy exist to help people stop biting their nails. These include methods such as coating the nails with a bad-tasting substance (sometimes in the form of a special nail polish) or wearing a rubber band on their wrist and having friends and family members snap it (or tell the nailbiter to snap it) when they see nailbiting. Replacing the habit of biting nails by the habit of chewing gum works for some people. Some methods (including aforementioned aversion methods) can work by making the biter aware of their actions and finding other things to do. Keeping a record of when one bites may also be helpful in finding the root of the problem.
Some nail biters who undergo orthodontic treatment find that wearing a retainer or a bite plate makes it impossible for them to sever their nails with their teeth. This can have the unintentional side-effect of helping the individual to overcome their nail-biting habit.
Some nail-biters, however, find the effe

Answer 2

I have had this problem for most of my life. The only real way to stop is really wanting to stop. you have to make up your mind, and do it. To help, get the tips for a couple of months, or until you can see your own nails growing underneath. Then get them removed at the nail place (don't do it yoursel) and have a manicure done on them. Also, ask the nail people if they can put a thin layer of acrylic over your real nails to make them harder because they will be thin for a long time. Have them nicely polished and really look at them. You will be so happy with how they look you won't want to bite them.

Also, this may sound a little strange, but I used to tell myself, "I like the way my hands look, I will not bite my nails." Repeat this over and over until you convince yourself.

One more incentive is to find someone who also bites their nails and make a pact together to stop. Check each other's nails everyday. The first one to start chewing has to pay the other $20. I did this with someone I work with and it helped us both!!

Answer 3

Put on nail polish, or get an expensive (not too expensive) manicure that looks really really pretty. Your nails will be so pretty you wont wanna bite them. Or use a "Bite Stop" type of product.

Answer 4

I would put really pretty nail polish on your nails so you won't want to bite them. I mean if they're so pretty you wouldn't want to damage them. Or you could go out, and get your nails done so they'd be so pretty that you woulnd't want to bite them.

Answer 5

Go and get a french maincure at the salon, or just put pepper on your hands so you will stop biting them! You could also just wear gloves all the time.

Answer 6

i suggest you get acyrilic nails put on at a nail salon, preferebly managed by Asians (becuase their nail art is one the best) to prevent your biting and making it nice as other people nails

Answer 7

paint them so u love them and wont want to bite them..u could get acrylic..but thats a waste of money if ur gonna just bite them off

Answer 8

paint them so when you bite them it will taste bad, or get tips so you cant bite them