how to stop nail bitting?
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Though there are many ways, I will offer just one.\n\n\n   Go to the drug store and purchase a special nail polish. (I am sorry if you're a guy, but this willl only work for the ladies) The moment your fingers meet with your mouth a gross taste will fill your tongue. Also, keep this in mind: Biting your fingernails is scientificially proven to be dirtier than licking a public toilet seat. Think of that everytime you want to bite your nails, and see if it stops you. If your a man, I'll be fair. I will tell you to put scotch tape on the tips of your fingers.\n\n\n\nThese small tips should help you stop this habit.
643663
I used to bite my nails when I was little. \nIt's something I slowly grew out of in a strange way. \nMy parents used to put this nail polish on my nails which made them taste horrible everytime I put my fingers in my mouth. This worked to a certain extent because it really did taste nasty.... but I used to wash it off my hands everytime I could (usually at school!) . \nMy parents also put up signs all around the house to remind me not to bite them. This helped but didn't stop it. \nAfter a while I started to like using nail varnish and started plastering the stuff all over my nails and peeling it off which stopped me from biting them. Although, this wasn't very good for me, but seeing my nails long made me want to keep them like that so I started growing my nails. \nOnly problem now though, is that I occasionally like to bite my cuticle instead!! \nIn general I think it's something she'll have to want to do herself. You can help her but never force it! People normally bite their nails when they are worried or scared. It's a sign of insecurity.\nThen again that's not always the case, so she may have her own reasons for it:\nIf you were not cutting her nails for her she probably turned to biting her nails as a way to keep them short. Nails break easily. Especially as a young active child you're more prone to breaking them! So if you start cutting them for her maybe she will stop biting them???
761410
I bit my nails for 30 years. Then I got braces...No more nail biting  :(
904338
There is something you can buy to stop you biting your nails, it is a bit like nail varnish but not quite, it tastes absolutely disgusting so you stop biting. As for picking scabs, will power. Say something like, right if i don't pick them for a week i'll buy something like a CD or something like that. incentives usually do the trick.
615792
I agree w/ the first answer. Also, if your nails are THAT brittle, you should consider taking a multi-vitamin. I use BC too, and something that minor should not be damaging your nail. Try it, see if it helps. If you don't like vitamins,try "Emergen-C", the little packets you mix into water. My nails grew like crazy after a month of that 2x a day.
1138202
fungus.  There are over the counter fungal medications for nails or see your doc.
632302
Take the Homeopathic Remedy LEDUM 30 immediately it prevents tetanus and relieves the pain and is specifically meant for this use i.e IF YOU STEP ON A NAIL !\nTake care and God Bless you !
70835
Start with washing your hair. Fingernails help you scratch your scalp and get the shampoo all the way to the head-ends of your hairs. Now, get some bread out of a bag to make toast. Without the sharp edge of your nails, it's not so easy. You'll notice right away that you can't scratch an itch. Try opening a ketchup packet at the fast food restaurant with your thumbnail taped over. We use our nails all day to get a grip and start a rip.\nFingernails have a few properties that are worthy of a head scratch (ha!). First of all, they're on your fingertips, right where you can direct them to handle all sorts of tasks. Then, they're hard. They cut into softer materials like corn husks, pea pods, and bark. This helps us feed ourselves and shape our shelters. They're made of keratin, a protein you make from your food. Since we're always wearing them down, they're always growing. They are created from the soft tissue underneath, the root or "quick" of your nail.\nBecause fingernails scrape and cut into so many things in nature, germs can live underneath them. So, keep your nails clean, and don't bite them. It can make you sick and make your hands look worn. We all notice nails. That's probably why so many women and a few men paint and polish them. They're the way your hands make a first impression.\n\nOur nails are the big-brained version of claws. You need 'em. So eat right. Keep them clean. And scratch on.
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i myself had a horrid nail-biting habit until about two years ago.... when i got braces.\nmy orthodontist told me that my excessive nail-biting was causing my teeth to grow at an awkward position, and she gave me a bottle of clear nail polish that i was to wear at all times.\ni soon discovered that the nail polish tasted HORRIBLE when you put your mouth to it.... and that pretty much solved everything, since i didnt want a bad taste in my mouth every single day just because i wanted to get a part of my finger in my stomach....\ni think they sell that kind of nail polish at every drug store (CVS, Rite-aid.... etc) and you can ask them for it if you can't find it, cuz believe me, they WILL have it.\nif that doesn't work, another way that one of my friends (an excessive nail-biter also) solved this issue was to keep a fabric-covered hair elastic on her wrist, and whenever she involuntarily brought her nails to her teeth, she would sinap the elastic so that the slight physical pain would bring her back to reality and stop her from taking another bite. \nif you don't want to go that way, you could do it all in your head..... buy yourself a reward if you get through a month without biting your nails, another month, another reward... but that IS a little immature, and it's sorta the way a mother would train a little child, so i wouldn't suggest that.\nyou could also get your nails professionaly-painted, so prettily thaty your friend would NEVER wanna bite her nails again...\nother suggestions may be to:\nwear gloves, but that seems a bit weird, plus, inconvenient\nchew a lot of gum so you don't feel the urge to bite your nails when nervous\n\nhope this helps (for your friend) and that she gets rid of that habit!\nonce you stop biting your nails, you look back and think "why did I EVER do that?"\n\ngood luck!
423190
go to a CVS or Eckerd and buy a nail hardener.  File them onc a week too
959800
Perhaps going to have a manicure will help or even asking a manicurist to suggest a GOOD QUALITY cuticle oil and using that every day could help. All you need is a drop around the base of your nail then you massage it in for a few seconds and after a few days you should see a difference.\n\n Alternatively, ask your doc for something for it.
72652
There's this nail polish that tastes really bad that is supposed to help you stop biting your nails. Or so that's what I hear. Well maybe you'd stop biting your nails if you painted them to make them look pretty. Maybe that'll help.
752374
Dipping your feet into vinegar, lemon and garlic rubs. Alternate between these and wash diligently esp. underneath the nails. Also watch you r diet. it really works, much better than all of those creams.
32188
Try eating more Jello. Believe it or not, Jello or foods with geletin in it helps nails become more healthy. I play guitar with the nails of my right hand and learned of this and use it myself to strengthen my nails to withstand the stresses guitar strings put on my nails.
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Keep your thumb loosely covered with gauze to keep it as clean and dry as possible.  The nail may or may not come off.   I've lost a finger nail and a toe nail.  They both grew back.  let it come off on its own.  Don't pull it off.
272775
Tie the tip with a string! That ought to stop it... including it's blood circulation! Heh... what ya know? A 2-in-1!
1014851
DO NOT pry, peel, bite, etc. the acrylic nails. Yes, these suggestions will get the nail off, but guess what? You will have no more natural nails! If you do, they may be sensitive, peeled, and basically crap that you will have to grow out to be normal again.\n\nThe acetone suggestions are great. BUT, instead of soaking your whole hand in a bowl of it, you should do this:\n\nGet some tinfoil and cotton balls along with the acetone (either pure or remover with acetone in it. Pure is best and can be found at most beauty supply stores). Soak the cotton balls in the acetone and then place the cotton balls on each of your fingers (one hand at a time probably so the other is workable). Then, wrap a square of tinfoil as tightly as possible over the cotton ball on each finger. Keep these there for 20-30 mins until the acrylic softens and gets mushy (but do NOT peek if it hasn't been long enough, otherwise the acrylic will dry all over again once the air hits and the process will start over). After they have softened, you should be able to "slide" or "push" the acrylics off with an orange stick or something like it, without damaging your nail beds!! Other methods can rip off your nail beds, cause infection and overall be very painful. The only other step with this method is to make sure you still use a good hand moisturizer afterwards, as the acetone is very drying. \n\nI just found all of this out after going to a salon to get my old nails taken off and having them PRYED off by the Tech. there. I didn't think this was the only way people could possibly take off their nails, so I did a little research. We do NOT have to sacrifice our natural nail health for enhancements! If you ever go to a salon and they pry your old nails off, I suggest you ask them to stop and leave to find a place that will preserve your nail health!\n\nAlso, beware of the scams associated with acrylics. "Solar" is very popular in relation to acrylics, but it is really an original brand of acrylics. I'm not sure of the exact difference in quality between that brand and "other" acrylic brands, but "Solar" nails are not a special service, so do not pay a ridiculous amount more for these nails. Also, make sure that the chemicals your salon uses are in original containers (not hand-labeled). They may be the same substance with a different name to trick you into paying more AND you need to watch out for harmful chemicals (like MMA you can read about in my listed source) that are cheaper for salons but less healthy for you.\n\nAnd never settle if someone at a salon pricks or cuts you while doing your nails with whatever piece of equipment (an obvious doing or one that you point out) and ignores it! I also had burning in a hangnail when I had my nails done but the tech. didn't even realize the chemical going into my cuticle - I thought it was just something I had to deal with, assuming they knew what they were doing. Find legitimate salons (also able to be searched at my listed source) and go by the motto found there: Acrylics don't harm nails, bad techs do!