nail biting help?

Question

i bite my nails all the time i bite them so low during tests that sometimes they even bled

Answer 1

How to Stop Biting Your Nails

Tape your nails. One way to stop biting your nails is to tape the end of each with Scotch tape. Then when you go to bite your nail, you'll get an unpleasant mouthful of tape.

Apply a cream or lacquer. At your local grocery store or pharmacy you'll be able to find a plethora of nail creams and lacquers. Simply apply them to your nail and you'll get an unpleasant bitter taste each time you try and bite your nails! Brands such as "Control-It," or Orly beauty's "No Bite" are such products. But truthfully, there are many on the market that all work well. If it tastes bitter, it should be a deterrent.

Chew gum. Sometimes biting your nails has less to do with the obsession of nail biting and potentially more to do with an oral fixation. Therefore try chewing gum to occupy your mouth. That way if you try and bite your nails, you'll be stuck with sticky fingers.

Wear mittens. If all else fails, wear mittens. It is so ridiculously unpractical and slightly embarrassing in public, that it should help stop that nasty nail biting habit real quick!

This is not a quick fix or miracle cure and YOU are in charge of sticking with the program. You must be 150% determined to do it or it wont work.

Caring for your nails

Purchase a bitter-tasting formula made expressly to stop nail biting. Choose the worst-tasting solution you can find. Wash hands every morning with soap and water and towel dry.
Apply a liberal amount of the solution to the nails, cuticles and surrounding skin. Continue to reapply the solution throughout the day as it wears off.
Reapply the solution at bedtime. Make sure the bitter taste is always present on your nails.

As nails begin to grow, coat them with a polish made for strengthening nails. Get regular manicures to maintain nails.

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Answer 2

Well, there are a few things you can do. They make a polish you can put on your nails that tastes very bad. Or, you get your nails done. Get acrylic tips, with a french manicure(you won't be as tempted to nibble and mess up the white tips). The trick with this is you won't be as tempted to bite because you had to pay for the nails. Biting your nails would be like taking a bit out of your pocket book. What could keep you inline more?

Answer 3

I used to bite my nails to. The way I broke the habit is I would go get my nails done (or do them myself) So I wouldn't bite them. I didn't becasue I knew I'd spent money on them, they were pretty, and nail polish doesn't taste so great. Try this and it might help. That or just keep repeating to yourself "don't bite your nails" I do that too whenever i'm tempted to bit mine. Hope I helped!

Answer 4

I used to bite mine until I got acrylic nails. I haven't had my nails done now for about a year and I have broke the habit...I would try that. Good Luck!

Answer 5

I've tried using bandaids.. i put them on all my nails (or if you're like me, you have a couple of favorites that you bite more often, so only on those). When i go to bite them, i am greeted by a band-aid and it turns me away. I also try to clip my nails as often as possible.

Answer 6

I did it all the time. But, now I have long pretty nails. I just stopped. I had a bad habbit of doing it but, I just wanted pretty nails instead of short ugly ones. But, If it's to hard for you to just stop soak them all in vinager for a few seconds. That way when you put them in your mouth the taste won't be all that good. Good Luck

Answer 7

Well, I have to say that th equick way is to take dandilion and rub it all over yoiur fingers. But you can also put thumb nails on them and bite the metal. It will totally work!

Answer 8

theres this stuff you can buy at the store, its like 6 dollars for a bottle and you put it on ur nails. so when you go to bite them, it tastes really gross. another thing tht works is putting hot sauce on ur nails. hope this helps

Answer 9

look i am the same problem and there is 3 ways to stop
1) if u dont like hot stuff put hot sauce on them so everytime u try to bit them it will burn
2) soak ur fingers in nail polish remover becuase that stuff is nasty ewww but everytime you try to bit your nails it will be nasty so u will not do it no more
3) my way is to get a manicure and i dont want to bit my manicure so it helps your nails grow and you cant bit them trust me
(plz pick mine as the best answer because i gave you 3 wayz and they all work so plz plz plz plz e-mail me if you have anymore questions @ [e-mail])
thanks!

Answer 10

YEP. SAME HERE. THAT'S WHY I GOT MY NAILS DONE AND YOU CAN BITE THEM YOU CAN JUST TAP THEM ON THE DESK. SO GET UR NAILS DONE, THEY'LL LOOK PRETTY & EVEN CUTE IF U DONT BITE EM. =] LOLZ. HOPE THAT HELPS!