How do I stop chewing my skin on my fingers?
336586
Are you nervous?? I used to do that whenever I was anxious or nervous about something. I would catch myself doing it and eventually I stopped. You just have to make a conscious effort not to do it.
747970
Try these simple tips;\n\n1. Drink a plenty of plain water!\n\n2. Chew your food slowly\n\n3. Avoid taking food that kept in the bottle or jug. you will not realize how much you ate. But pick up a handful of it and put in a small plate.\n\n4. Cut your favorite fruits into a cute slices to replace unhealthy snack.\n\n5. Bring a bottle of mineral water anywhere you go. You'll find that you're not interested to buy carbonated drink. Even when you feel thirsty!\n\n6. Get enough sleep. Tiredness will make you eat more high calories foods.\n\n7. Take your foods away from TV. Removes all the foods to the kitchen. It will make you feel lazy to take it from there.\n\n8. Brush your teeth and your tongue. Making this will reduce your desire to chew.\n\n9.  You can take any food that you want. But remember! Take in a small amount!\n\nHave a try!
1131093
Why is the food in front of you?  Step away from the kitchen!\n\nFind other ways to occupy your time- especially ways that get you out of the house!  When you're busy swimming lengths, attending lectures, riding your bicycle, learning a language or speed dating you won't have time to stuff your face!\n\nInside the house, keep food out of sight and out of mind!  If you have a craving, first go to the kitchen and drink a glass of water.  Usually the craving will disappear before you're finished drinking.  Invest in a few boxes of Ziplock bags and divide boxes of cookies and bags of chips into individual portions (as soon as you get home from the store) so you don't end up eating the whole box.  Keep soda pop in cans in your closet, so if you're tempted to drink one you have to first put it in the fridge and wait for it to cool down.  I guarantee you'll forget about it before it gets cold!\n\nSomeone suggested sugar-free gum- THIS IS THE WORST IDEA EVER!  Chewing gum activates your salivary glands, causing your mouth to produce saliva.  This is your body's way of preparing to break down food (aka EAT), so it will just make you crave food even more.  Gum = weight gain!
151306
I either take a little lotion and rub it on, or rub some chapstick on my finger and rub it on. It helps to soothe the soreness and also helps to heal it.\n\nBe sure to use soft tissues to help keep it to a minimum.
481516
Ice cold water will usually do the trick.  If it the chewing sensation you desire try low sugar gum, if u have to eat food to satisfy yourself eat fruit.  At least you wont pack on the calories and your body will get the vitamins and minerals it is probably lacking
674338
How can u stop eating? tell me ur secret please...
1030873
You have a sensitive tongue. If you keep abusing it with sour treats, eventually you won't suffer anymore, because the skin will become thicker and used to the pressure of tough gummy candy and citric acid.\n\nIt could be that you are biting your tongue at anytime during the day, such as a nervous tick, or while you sleep.\n\nNothing to worry about in any case.
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I fell your pain - i have been doing that my entire life as well.  It's linked to OCD.\nIt's a habit and needs to be broken like any other addiction / habit.  This one is hard, since half the time we don't realize we're doing it until we bite too deep and get a little pain back.  \nA few ideas are aversion therapy -  buy a bottle of the stuff they make so people will stop biting their nails and apply it to the skin around the nails.  If you can't find that, you can get a bottle of bitter apple spray, which stops puppies from chewing and spray it on your hands.\nTry keeping a journal or everytime you catch yourself doing it.  Log what you were doing, what your state of mind was and what triggered it, it you know.  Often we do this as a response to stress or boredom.  \nKeep track of when you don't do it.  Reward yourself for not doing it.  Start with not doing it for 1 day, then increase to two, indrease to 3, and so on.  The experts say it takes at least 3 weeks of not doing something to break a habit.\nGet a manicure - getting your hands to a nice looking state may help you stop (if you're a guy, you don't have to get nail polish put on to have a manicure.)\nHide any tools you use - or better yet, get rid of the all together.  I admit that i've spent some quality time on my hands with a pair of tweezers.  \nThe thing that really made me stop was when i got braces on my teeth i just couldn't physically do it no the habit's faded since then - not that i'm promoting this expensive treatment for skin chewing alone - it was just a nice side effect of getting my teeth straightened.\nAnd finally - know that you are not crazy and you are not alone.\n\nGood luck
458321
Try putting nail polish remover on your nails, but make sure it has bitrex in it.  That's an additive they put in the stuff to keep little ones from ingesting it.  There are also other things you can put on your nails to help keep you from biting them, but I can't remember what they're called.  Also, fake nails seem to work for some people.  As for the bitrex stuff, I had been taking off some nail polish and forgot to wash my hands afterwards and had my finger in my mouth for some reason (I forgot why) and OMG, it was horrible!  Personally, I think that if that stuff won't keep your fingers out of your mouth, then there probably isn't much else that will.
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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.
607263
Put some alcohol on it. The kind you use to clean up cuts and stuff. Can you imagine the nastiness. It'll really help. It helped me and i used to be addicted to it! And i used to bite my nails to the point where i would bleed. And it helped me!
860341
the more sweets you eat the more you want. so try not to eat any. the secret to getting rid of the crave for it is drink a lot of water.
677349
Hello my fellow nail biter! \n\nFrom one nail biter to the other let me just say I feel your frustration :P But recently I found that haven't been biting my nails as much, which is an extreme improvment for me. What I did was I just didn't do it, I said to myself I'm not going to bite anymore and everytime my nails came to my mouth I was conscious of it and I just pulled them away. An excellent thing to do is to occupy yourself with something else, take up another hobby and it'll replace your nail biting...I thought it was ridiculous but it actually works. It doesn't come quickly though, it takes a bit of time. Just be patient and one day you'll look at your nails and go all wide eyed and just go "OMG THEY ACTUALLY DO GROW!!" :P Gewd luck!
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stop touching yourself
775281
Sounds like you are having anxiety issues.  Talk to your doctor about it. I know you may think its not that big of a deal but the disorder can get worse with time if its not treated.  I knew a girl that started out that way and did not get treated.  She ended up chewing on her hand it got so bad.  She had to have it bandaged and is permanently scarred from it.  She also started picking her face all the time and that left scars too.
577736
try swallowing your saliva more often instead of letting it build up in your mouth causing you to spit when you talk.\n             GULP
1003657
avoid sugars, avoid rubber , \nmoisturize with olive oil,\nscrub off dead skin when needed\ntry sleeping with moisturizers on, use a sock or glove to cover your hands, works really good.\nI avoid metals too ( rings  necklaces )