Biting your nails
Discussion
Triumph Man said:
Shuvi McTupya said:
Bobberoo99 said:
I managed to stop myself by cutting my nails really short, it worked, great.........nope I now bite the dry skin on my fingers instead which is worse!!!! 
Yeah, i do that too..can be quite painful when you over do it!
Just a suggestion 
But why doesn't everyone reading this thread that still bites their nails/skin makes a big effort to stop today, II promise you after four or five days you will actually be proud of yourself for breaking the habit, then shape them with a pair of small curved nail scissors.
I would be interested if you report back and let us know how you went on.
But why doesn't everyone reading this thread that still bites their nails/skin makes a big effort to stop today, II promise you after four or five days you will actually be proud of yourself for breaking the habit, then shape them with a pair of small curved nail scissors.
I would be interested if you report back and let us know how you went on.
I bit my nails none stop till about 30 y/o. This product worked wonders, it tastes disgusting!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-Grow-Stops-Biting-De...
One tip. When a nail has grown long clip it, as if you get a snag it can be all too tempting to resort to form.....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-Grow-Stops-Biting-De...
One tip. When a nail has grown long clip it, as if you get a snag it can be all too tempting to resort to form.....
Jer_1974 said:
Anyone still doing it should just stop. You look like a moron, it's extremely irritating for other people and with even great hand hygiene you are putting all sorts of bugs in your mouth when doing it. Really gives me the 
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Sir! Yes sir! Ha only joking, i couldn't give a f.
k what someone like you thinks, especially if you get so worked up by something so insignificant. Ive been bighting my nails all my life, its no ones buisness, least not yours. You mention hygiene, but i very rarely get ill, maybe one cold a year, so thats not an issue. Id say the one here looking like a moron is you pal, maybe some therapy might help? 
Wacky Racer said:
Anybody else done the same
same here - I bit my nails until I was mid 20s, tried all of the disgusting paint things and always went back to biting them. not sure why I did it, habit I suppose. I used to bite them super short. Horrible really.Then all of a sudden stopped and never looked back - It wasn't a conscious decision, it just happened.
The problem I now have is that they get too long. I do bite them to shape them rather than using clippers but have never bitten them down as I used to before.
It's much nicer to have nails rather than stumps. I think it is horrible when you see a grown up with nails that are bitten.
Wacky Racer said:
Just a suggestion
But why doesn't everyone reading this thread that still bites their nails/skin makes a big effort to stop today, II promise you after four or five days you will actually be proud of yourself for breaking the habit, then shape them with a pair of small curved nail scissors.
When this thread popped up yesterday I made the decision to give it another go, it will probably take atleast month of growth before i would need to locate any nail clippers though!But why doesn't everyone reading this thread that still bites their nails/skin makes a big effort to stop today, II promise you after four or five days you will actually be proud of yourself for breaking the habit, then shape them with a pair of small curved nail scissors.
hucumber said:
Sir! Yes sir! Ha only joking, i couldn't give a fk what someone like you thinks, especially if you get so worked up by something so insignificant. Ive been bighting my nails all my life, its no ones buisness, least not yours. You mention hygiene, but i very rarely get ill, maybe one cold a year, so thats not an issue. Id say the one here looking like a moron is you pal, maybe some therapy might help?
I suspect that that sticking your fingers in your mouth does expose you to more germs than someone who doesn't. I also suspect that regular exposure to a bit of dirt and germs has huge benefits with keeping your immune system working well. I cant remember the last time I was ill, maybe it buggers up your ability to remember things k what someone like you thinks, especially if you get so worked up by something so insignificant. Ive been bighting my nails all my life, its no ones buisness, least not yours. You mention hygiene, but i very rarely get ill, maybe one cold a year, so thats not an issue. Id say the one here looking like a moron is you pal, maybe some therapy might help? Shuvi McTupya said:
hucumber said:
Sir! Yes sir! Ha only joking, i couldn't give a fk what someone like you thinks, especially if you get so worked up by something so insignificant. Ive been bighting my nails all my life, its no ones buisness, least not yours. You mention hygiene, but i very rarely get ill, maybe one cold a year, so thats not an issue. Id say the one here looking like a moron is you pal, maybe some therapy might help?
I suspect that that sticking your fingers in your mouth does expose you to more germs than someone who doesn't. I also suspect that regular exposure to a bit of dirt and germs has huge benefits with keeping your immune system working well. I cant remember the last time I was ill, maybe it buggers up your ability to remember things k what someone like you thinks, especially if you get so worked up by something so insignificant. Ive been bighting my nails all my life, its no ones buisness, least not yours. You mention hygiene, but i very rarely get ill, maybe one cold a year, so thats not an issue. Id say the one here looking like a moron is you pal, maybe some therapy might help? joshleb said:
I'm a biter, done it since I was about 8 or 9.
Used to use the nail varnish stuff but would get used to the taste after a while.
Seeing this I'm going to try and give up. Now.
Good luck!Used to use the nail varnish stuff but would get used to the taste after a while.
Seeing this I'm going to try and give up. Now.
I have just taken some 'before' pictures and frankly i am too embarrassed to post them, but maybe they will help to motivate me.
My OH was a a nail biter up until a few years ago.
The event which stopped it in its tracks was her 7 year seeing her doing it, and asking her what she was doing. She casually replied ‘ biting my nails’.
A confused look came over his face, and his next logical question was simply “ why?”
She was, pardon the pun, stumped for an answer.
Seemed to do the trick.
The event which stopped it in its tracks was her 7 year seeing her doing it, and asking her what she was doing. She casually replied ‘ biting my nails’.
A confused look came over his face, and his next logical question was simply “ why?”
She was, pardon the pun, stumped for an answer.
Seemed to do the trick.
Hmmnn, not so sure - you are chewing/eating bits of yourself, hardly call that a vice!
And you need to be of an age to be able to smoke, whereas biting nails is the sort of thing you grow out of when you're 10.
Sympathies to those of you that feel you have to do it, it really does makes you look silly.
And you need to be of an age to be able to smoke, whereas biting nails is the sort of thing you grow out of when you're 10.
Sympathies to those of you that feel you have to do it, it really does makes you look silly.
I've been biting my entire life. It's got to the point that, if I let my nails grow even a little bit, I find I can't type because my nails hit the keys rather than the flesh of my fingers. As I have to type huge amounts for my job, I guess I'll just keep biting them.
Having said that, I've got no great drive to stop. Don't see it as a problem that needs fixing...
Having said that, I've got no great drive to stop. Don't see it as a problem that needs fixing...
gregs656 said:
This is something I’d like to stop this year.
I have been doing it my whole life and my nail beds are wrecked, but even a minor aesthetic improvement would be welcome.
I’ll start from today and see how I go!
I bite my nails when I’m anxious and when I’m stressed, I also rub the left side of my head on the temples when I’m stressed and it gives me all these funny little spotsI have been doing it my whole life and my nail beds are wrecked, but even a minor aesthetic improvement would be welcome.
I’ll start from today and see how I go!
You can get stuff like clear nail varnish with a bad taste that stops you biting your nails aswell.
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