IVE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 6 YEARSS WHAT DO I DOOO
AND STRATAGES
ONLY ANSWER IF UVE BITT THEM BEFORE TELL ME WHAT U DID TO QUIT, OR IF UR TRYING TO QUIT
2007-03-04 04:09:19 · 7 answers · asked by Layla T 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
hey layla, there are several things you can do:
Keep your nails trimmed and filed. Taking care of your nails can help reduce your nail-biting habit and encourage you to keep your nails attractive.
Have a manicure regularly or use nail polish. Men can use a clear polish.
Wearing artificial nails may stop you from biting your nails and protect them as they grow out.
Try stress-management techniques if you bite your nails because you are anxious or stressed.
Paint a bitter-tasting polish, such as CONTROL-IT or Thum, on your nails.
The awful taste will remind you to stop every time you start to bite your nails.
Try substituting another activity, such as drawing or writing or squeezing a stress ball or silly putty, when you find yourself biting your nails. If you keep a record of nail-biting, you will become more aware of the times when you bite your nails and be able to stop the habit.
Wear gloves, adhesive bandages, or colored stickers whenever possible to remind you not to bite your nails.
Snap a rubber band on the inside of your wrist when you start to bite your nails so you have a negative physical response to nail-biting.
2007-03-04 04:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a nail biter too. It sucks cuz I can neve grow out my nails. lol
Here's what u do to shake the habit:
Get a really expensive manicure. Maybe if youre paying a lot for it, you'll think twice about biting.
Buy Jessica's Nibble No More! It has this horible tasting cactus extract in it, so every time you bite, you taste this really bad bitter taste. That should help you stop.
If you notice a snag or crack in your nail, RESIST the urge to bite. Keep a nail file with you at all times to smooth your nails out.
Or, this is the way everyone I know quits.
Dip your fingers into ground pepper, so every time you bite you taste something horrible. (Ppl were too lazy to go out and buy stuff to help them stop.)
Hope I helped
2007-03-04 04:17:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either get fake nails or buy that polish that tastes nasty, but some people have gotten used to the taste of that polish and then started biting them again.
2007-03-04 04:14:19 · answer #3 · answered by Truth Hurts 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wear 3 coats of nail polish and then when you have the urge to bite you look at your nails and you think "ew, nail polish"
2007-03-04 04:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by Fanny D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wear nail polish that chips off soo you wont bite it cause you dont wanna eat your nail polishh
2007-03-04 04:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by 1XPLCT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should paint your nails more often that way you won't bite them because then your beautiful nails would be ruined
2007-03-04 04:13:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all ya need is self control. make yourself stop, its not that hard.
i am doing it right now. it works for me!!!
2007-03-04 04:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by riddlemethis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋