i need a way to help me stop bighting my nails?

Question

please help, my nails are pretty bad from it, but i just cant seem to stop, i dont even relise im biting them sometimes until i feel a bit pain in my finger

thanks in advance!!

ooops with the spelling, didnt relise, its very late here, i have an excuse lol

Answer 1

there is the nail biter polish that taste bad but it really only tastes bad for a minute then the taste is gone and you keep biting ( i know)
I go and get manicures and seeing how nice my nails look makes me stop for a while but I always start back let us know if anything works for you

Answer 2

ditto! omg! i posted the same question and have t ried everything but cannot seem to stop. but hey, i noticed that over vacations when i was occupied and relaxed my nails would grow a bit longer. biting your nails was proven to have a lot to do with stress, so i reccomend if possible creating some "fun time" for yourself. however, i would do something like rock climbing or going out to dinner with your friends, but no matter what, dont go to the movies because thats when i usually bite them off. there is nothing for you to do with them..


OH YEAH!!!! this stopped my friend from biting her nails.. there are (true! i read it in a nonfiction book) bugs under your nails and whenever you bite them you are eating the bugs too.. think of that before you bite or write a memo of it on your palm so whenever you put your fingers to your mouth, you see the message.

Answer 3

I used to bite my nails when I was younger, and let me tell you, I regret it so much! It's weird, but if you think about all the things you've touched and all the bacteria in your nails, you'll think twice before biting all that bacteria into your mouth. My mom always told me (since she's a nurse) that since your nails are at the end of the nerve, it's harmful to bite them. I'm not sure if it's true, but it made me stop since I kept thinking I'd bust a nerve or something (I was young). Another thing that helped me was to check my nails every Friday. If they were grown out a bit, I'd treat myself to something like a big bowl of ice cream or a nice dessert. Believe in yourself, this bad habit will seize. Hope this helps! =]

Answer 4

i was exactly the same, i have bitten my nails for the past 13 years or so.

its just habit, you dont know ur doing it, comes naturally until someone tells you to stop it lol.

but it can be painful! ur right... like all the skin gets damaged etc.

but the only way to do it *for men* is to buy the disgusting tasting nail varnish.

its clear and doesnt smell or anything, but as soon as you put your fingers in your mouth it tastes worse than shampoo does if you get a bit in your mouth!

its great stuff! but after a while you do kinda get used to the taste *if ur an avid biter like i was*, but just pull thru it until they look a bit better, then start having your skin treated and that so you wont be as tempted to bite again!

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Answer 5

Put your fingers in some vinegar, or buy some turmeric and Indian spice, or you can try something horrible like Valerian, you can buy this herb at any health food store, and it is horrible make a tea of it, and I bet you will not bite those nails, plus Valerian is calming as well, although you might want to keep it in the refrigerator or in darker color jar because rat's like it to.

Answer 6

There is nail polish that tastes really bad. So if when you go to bite your nails, you will taste the nail polish and stop. However, I found that if you want to bite your nails badly enough, you work around the taste and bite them anyway.

Answer 7

Make like the Iranian / Iraqie set and wipe with the bare fingers , wont be long in detering the next bite .

Before I get slated my friend shared a complex and these guys used bare fingers and wiped on the walls , it was something to see , so this is from experience so dont give me grief.

But if you want a joke ......... a grandmother told her daughter to stop getting chapped lips rub horseshit on them , does nothing for the dryness but it sure stops you chewing on them hahahahhaa

Answer 8

Sally Hansen makes a nail polish (clear) called Nail Bitter. The taste is YUCKY!

Answer 9

I had that similar problem. in basic terms discover some thing to do at the same time with your fingers so that you wont want to quit to chew them. on-line chat replaced into my remedy. I stay typing. yet my question is why do truly some the lads i understand Have longer nails than mine?

Answer 10

Put your fingers in your bung hole. Now sniff. That should be enough to make you stop biting your nails. Think about it. Other people scratch their butts and then offer to shake your hand. They pick their noses and then touch door knobs. Think of this the next time you get an urge to bite your nails.