2007-03-07 15:16:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Your mouth has millions of bateria in it. So when you bite your nails, you are exposing your cuticles to millions of germs. That's why you have hang nails and swollen cuticles. Also if you bite your nail to low, it can cause an in-grown nail and can be quite painful and puss filled. Mainly, biting your nails make your fingers look disguisting, depending on how bad your habit is, no woman is going to want you to touch them.
2007-03-07 15:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by zianneaaliyah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from the obvious unattractiveness of chewed up nails, the only thing I can think of that would be negative toward the body would be the risk of infection. Both to the nail area and also to yourself as there could be germs on your hands that you are putting into your mouth unknowingly.
My compliments.
2007-03-07 15:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by Faceless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha, aside from the nasty looking nails from the bitting and probably some pain from biting past the nail bed? I don't think there is much more.
/quit bitting nails 8 years ago...been bitting since 5 years old....nothing wrong with me....o wait....maybe I'm not the best example...so sorry.
2007-03-07 15:21:00 · answer #3 · answered by DewDrop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure your fingers are clean. Bacteria is trapped under the nail. Some think that if the nail is already short then bacteria is not under there, but it still is there. It can cause you to have intestinal parasites like pinworms. Yum
2007-03-07 15:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by destiny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no effects on the body, just a bad habit. the body can't tell if a nail has been bitten of or cut with clippers
2007-03-07 15:21:28 · answer #5 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biting nails has several bad consequences
*Tooth damage
*Gum damage
*Nail bed and Cuticle damage
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try to kick the habit, nothing good can come from it.
2007-03-07 15:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by BlondeQT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'll mess up your teeth a little, that's it. Out side of those effects on your body, it's kind of disgusting to other people and makes you look immature to others because you look fidgety when yo do it.
2007-03-07 15:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you bit ur nails ur allowing many many bacteria to enter your body...if u bit ur nails so low then the skin under it isnt protected..
2007-03-07 15:22:10 · answer #8 · answered by firstclass088 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes your nails softer, but unless you choke on one nothing serious comes from it.
2007-03-07 15:19:07 · answer #9 · answered by Amara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing except the pain your fingertips are constantly in.
2007-03-07 15:19:34 · answer #10 · answered by purple_lily76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋