Why do I bite my nails? And how do I stop?
94665
the reson why you do is because you must be nervus about somthing and i only know three ways to stop,one way is to think you dont have nails, the second way is dont look/ put them by your face, and the third way is tape over your fingers \nand you can chew them.
494766
I started biting my nails as a small child, being stressed at school, carried on all my life until I had false nails put on - the tips variety, it cost me alot of money in maintenance, but I had the confidence back in my hands and wasn't ashamed to wave them about, after several months I had the tips removed, and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my real nails underneath, two years on, I still haven't bitten them. And so enjoy a manicure and wearing rings.
352074
I bit my nails & cuticles for 30 years!!  I stopped so I wouldn't be a bad influence on my kids.  You can do it.  Just allow your self a few oopsies.  I tried to mentally convince my self that it was like eating crap everytime I wanted to bite them.  Good Luck-you can do 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.
287061
Nail biting is a common problem that is largely dismissed as a minor nuisance.  It can be anything from a bad habit to a sign of an emotional disorder.\n\nThe research does not agree on an exact cause for nail biting.  It suggests that nail biting can be the result of stress, anxiety, emotional disorders, learned behaviors, or just plain habit. \n\nThe website I've attached gives quite a bit of information on the subject.  I hope this helps.
713191
Sometimes it's related to nutrition, sometimes to stress (called Beau's lines, I believe), sometimes to external wear such as buffing or filing. \n\nAre your nails healthy looking or are they yellow or green? Lifting in places? These would indicate fungus.\n\nHave you changed your supplements in the past few months? \nPeople sometimes  get a ridge when  start loading on biotin after taking a break (forgetting) for a few months. Have you been buffing them lately? If you are, that would be my first guess unless they're yellow or green.\n\nOTHER CHANGES TO MAKE  HEALTHY NAILS\n\n- drink pure, clean water (6-8 glasses a day)\n- avoid drinking alcohol\n- avoid saturated fats and fried foods they stress the liver\n- eat high fiber diet (brown rice,millet , and legumes are good)\n- make sure to get vitamin A, C, and E - try a good quality multi vit/mineral supplement\n- reduced sugar, candy, etc...\n- avoid caffeine, hydrogenated oils, fried foods, meat, soft drinks\n- reduce dairy products in your diet\n- for healthy nails make sure you are getting enough protein\n- keep nails shorter \n- do not cut your cuticles
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???
75801
A hangnail  is a small, loose strip of torn skin near a fingernail or toenail. Hangnails are usually caused by dry skin or (in the case of fingernails) nail biting, \nand may be prevented with proper moisturization of the skin\nlack of protein, folic acid, and vitamin C can cause hang-nails.
419840
Ah, it's because you are procrastinating!  I always found cleaning my toe nails to be absolutely essential when I had algebra homework to do...\n\nJust hunker down and do it...get off the computer!
880299
DO NOT DO IT YOUR SELF! you will  F U C K what ever it is up to nails finger nails. if you dont believe me ill show you my toe nails
860961
STOP!!!   Lol, I have the same problem.  Figure out when you do this habit and then replace the "finger fetish' with something else.  If your in class and it happens, try twirling your pen, teach yourself a few different pen moves.  If you do it while watching TV, pick up a paper and pen and start doodling, or try your hand at knitting a scarf.  The point is to replace the need to fuss with something less painful.  Good Luck!  p.s. DON'T BOTHER with the bad tasting nail polish stuff, you just end up liking the taste  ;-p
43554
Why would you absolutely need acrylic nails ???\nI would stay as far away from any nail salon and the toxic environment therein if I were you!\n\nY'ever smell those places? Wheww!!!!
11790
I was told that a habit takes 14 days to break!  My sister used to do it, she bought this awful tasting stuff that you put on like nail polish and it worked, I'm not sure where to get it though!  You could try just applying a very strong hand cream all the time it will tasted bad and after 2 weeks of concentrating on not biting maybe it will be broken!  I hope this helps!  Also it may be a nervous thing!  Are you Stressed?  That could be it!
198130
I have done it before...I don't think there is anything that you can do besides trying not to bite them.  I go through spurts where I grow my nails long..they grow to a certain point then start breaking so I wind up either cutting them off or biting them...then for some reason I'll start biting them again..then I'll stop so on and so forth..I don't know why I do this I must be nuts..anyways..if you want to stop biting your nails they have this stuff that's bitter that you can apply to your nails and when you go to bite you'll get that yucky taste in your mouth. It might help.  I know biting them down that far really hurts.  Sorry I couldn't be of more help...
107767
You either have a rare genetic defect or you have a fungal infection in the nailbeds. Check with your dermatologist.
551874
Make her aware of it when she bites too hard.  Maybe she just doesn't realize that she is biting so hard.  It will just take several sessions of telling her to not bite so hard for it to become a habit.
952133
Have you tried keeping them constanly polished?  I stopped biting my nails by using nail polish.  I don't want to ruin my nails when they're polished.  As soon as the polish chips, I repaint right over the old color.  I've been doing this for 10 years and my nails are now long and healthy.  But, if I go even a day without polish, I start biting again.  So, I just always keep them polished.