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biting my nails
Hello!! Hi i normally give out advice but i need some! bad! Well i have a really bad habit and its biting my nails. It sounds normal but the habit's so bad that when i quit smoking it was easier(!). Now when i bite my nails i bit it down so its just a couple millimerers!! (ouchhiee) Also, when half of my nail is gone a chew and pull my skin around my nail, to like the second layer of skin!and it burns when im peeling it like downward but it..iono its painful but its a habit. i dont realy cut as much as i chew my nails! its turning into something way worse! does anyone have ne ideas how i can stop! il rate u a five..:) help me plz!
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you no there is this kinda nail polish that is spose to help u stop it tasts realy nast and when u chew on them u will tast it and trust me u dont want ot so ya just buy that stuff and go c a doctor also they can help!
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The acrylics idea mentioned by another columnist is a very good one! I would recommend looking at the underlying problem. You obviously have a nervous habit and you need to do two things. The first thing you need to do is find a better way to stimulate yourself, like chewing gum. The second thing is to find out why you feel this nervous fidgety habit anyway. Is there something in your life that is causing you undue stress? Might you have a nervous disorder? You may want to talk to a doctor or your school nurse about this.
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chewing your nails could actually be a result of smoking. you just need something to do. playing with a stress ball or chewing gum could definately help. or, dip your fingers in something that tastes bad- like vinegar that way u won't want to taste it! Or get a manicure or tips/ fake nails. This will be good bc you wont want to mess something up that costs so much $$ and they'll look beter! Another thing u can do (if u bite them at nite) is sleep w. gloves on. (this may sound kinda extreme but it can serve 2 purposes. not only does it keep u from biting, but if you slather on lotion and put gloves on b4 goign to bed, it makes your hands SOOOO soft!)
Hope I could help!
luv, Becks
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ok well a good thing that worked for me was to wher nail polish all the time cuz when u bite them the nail polish tastes really bad and stuff and also u can ru like galric or sumthin on ur nails to keep u from biting them. hope i helped!
~bEcCaH~
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Put on nailpolish, so everytime you try to bite your nails, it'll taste awful. There is this type of nailpolish just for people who have that habit. It tastes really really bad, and it'll make you stop. If you keep using it, eventually your habit will stop! I hope this works! ~Good luck~
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i have the same problem!! well there are a few ways to stop!! one way is get your nails done, and since your nails will b pretty you wont want them to get ruined so you wont bite them keep on getting them done! Second way my mom got this disgusting stuff and put it on my nails (it is like poison i swer lol) and wen i bite it, it tastes like shit lol! im me for the name i forgot wat it is called!! another way is to have your parents buy u somthing really special or somthing like a purse or somthing you have wanted for ever and if they see you biteing ur nails tell them to take it away untill u stop!! lol that isnt really helpful but that is what my mom did!!
HOPE I HELPED!!
~MICHELLE
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I had the same problem but now I just chew gum. You should try it!!
hope i helped
*kris*
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Well this is kinda like the smoking you stopped doing that and now you need something else to do, try chewing gum.
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Go and get a set of acryllic nails put on. For one it will show you how pretty your hands look when you don't bite them off. The other is that they are really thick and it hurts like heck if you bite them off. Keep them up until you break the habit and then have them removed and start growing your own.
Also, the next time you start to bite and chew remember that there is more bacteria on and under your nails than there is anywhere else on your body. Just from touching things like money, etc we transfer more bacteria there than any other way to our blood stream. And even if you aren't swallowing the nail itself small amounts of the nail gets into your system and is held by the appendix and later on can cause you to have an attack and have to have it removed. Very painful by the way. So, try the acryllic nails they cost about 20 to 30 dollars to have a set put on and about 10 to 20 dollars every two to three weeks to have filled. after about six months to a year of having them on the habit should break itself if you really try. If you don't you will bite them off and that hurts like crazy. Believe me, I used to do the same thing.
Hope that helps... :)
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i had the same problem! theres a number of things u can try.. u could get a manicure so u wont b tempted to bite ur nails. or u can always wear gloves. or u could tip ur nails in lemon juice so itll taste sour but thatd probly burn ur skin. xoxo Samantha
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Go get a manicure. If your nails are all painted and pretty you will be less likely to touch them.
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Put nailpolish on your nails, and when you bite them they'll be really gross so then you wont chew on them.
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