Do you pick your nose or bite your finger or toe nails?
465154
I chew on my nails alot.I'm oral retentive.
285611
Could you have pricked your finger with a pin or a thorn? Did you get a bug bite? Did you have a hangnail or are your cuticles ragged? Do you cut your cuticles instead of pushing them back? It takes only a small opening in the skin to allow bacteria to get in and cause infection.
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!
959960
You have more stimulation in your fingers than your toes.\n\nYou are constantly bending or moving your fingers. This stimulates them and makes your nails grow faster.\n\nYes you do walk on your toes but you are not constantly moving them to create as much stimulation.
1131345
place a mit over your hand, cut your nails short  wear a hat
1145900
Yes. I do. I purposely take care of my feet, (lotions annd pedicures) and keep my toenails polished with the hopes my hubby will find them irrisistable and touch them or rub them(my feet not my toenails..lol) It doesnt happen very often but when it does I enjoy it. I find having my feet touched can be very sensual at times.
457352
Drink water while holding your nose.
304014
Have you been picking your nose too much again? \n\nSorry, I couldn't resist.\n\nIt can certainly still be carpal tunnel syndrome - especially if the inflammation has progressed far enough. Otherwise it sounds like a neuropathy which is injury or inflammation to the nerve that goes to the little finger. When you say left side of your hand, are you referring to the side of your hand that your pinky is closer to or your thumb - because that could be either way depending on which way your hand is facing.\n\nIf it involves both the pinky and the side of the ring finger that is facing the pinky, it may be a neuropathy involving the ulnar nerve, which is the same nerve you hit when you hit your "funny bone". Otherwise if it is only the pinky, you may be putting pressure on the pinky side of the hand - constant pressure can lead to nerve injury as well.\n\nThe best thing is still to consult your doctor as you do need someone to examine it to give you a proper diagnosis. If you do not feel comfortable with your doctor, then you need to find a different doctor - feeling comfortable with your doctor is very important. You can consider following with up a neurologist or an orthopedists who happens to be a hand specialist as well, especially if you don't need a referral from your primary care doctor.\n\nHope this information provides a little start in figuring out your problem.
1078118
I am a girl who has used my fingernails as weapons. Sometimes we grab at throats, or we just go for the face. As long as we're hurting you, I suppose. I'm not trying to sound threatening, I'm just answering your question
131249
Of course! How do you like being walked in on while doing something like picking your nose! lmao
939326
Do they?\n\nI've never wondered because I've never noticed. Of course, I've bitten my fingernails for as long as I can remember, so I never have to cut them - my toenails, thankfully, are another matter.\n\nHere's an interesting paragraph on the subject:\n\n"You might have noticed that nails on the fingers grow faster than nails on the toes. You’re right! Fingernails grow faster on the longest fingers too. It has been found also that nails that are the most exposed and most used grow the fastest; if you’re a right-handed person, nails grow faster than those on the left hand, and vice-versa. Fingernails generally grow faster in young males and particularly in the summer. There isn’t any direct experimental evidence to answer the question “why,” however we might conjecture that the reason has something to do with exposure to the elements and usage."
572671
Well damn I can't stop! I even bite my toe nails on occasion but not as much as my fingernails.  I get embarrassed cause all my friends have such nicer nails.  At the moment I'm trying to conciously not bite them.  I've been biting all my life and they are really thin and weak so that sucks.\nAnyway screw this person. I have depression and well get very bad anxiety attacks. The people who get at you for your nails have no lives.
304896
I used to despise my feet. They've kind of grown on me, because I can pick things up with them and crap like that. The toenails make a HUGE difference. If you've got toenails that you're unsatisfied with, chances are you won't like your feet either. Now I am learning to love my feet more, considering the fact that the genes I inherited I can't change.
565455
Sorry all, but I have to call wrong answers here.  YES--nail biting can cause health risks actually.  When you bite your nails, you can cause them to be too short for one, which can cause them to get ingrown.  This is also known as a hangnail.  They are very painful, and if infected, may have to be removed by a DR.  My son actually took to biting his toenails (I know--YUCK!) after he had bitten down all of his fingernails.  He has his big toes so messed up now that they keep growing back in wrong and he has to go back in every 3-6 months and have needles stuck in his toes to have them locally anesthetized so they can cut away half of his toenail.  Our friends son was so stubborn about his that he actually ended up with an infection that spread to his blood!!  He was put on MAJOR antibiotics for quite a while because of it, and STILL needs to have his toenail removed entirely by a surgeon now!
329648
Commit yourself to a punishment every time you do whatever your habit is.  If your bad habit is biting your nails, for example, commit to eating a tablespoon of tobasco sauce every time you bite your nails.  Soon youll associate the habit with the punishment, and youll stop doing it.  Sort of Pavlovian-style.
800017
touching the ears or nose
1032467
This may or may not work for you; I did it when I was sixteen and have not bitten since.\nMy boyfriend at the time commented on my nails, which were bitten past the quick.  I started using 2- 3 coats of nail polish on those lil' nubbins.  I kept it on constantly.  I was first embarrassed by the look of it (you can really get this going if you put a bright color on), and second grossed out by the taste of nail polish. Once they finally grew, (it takes about 3 weeks) they were too hard to bite comfortably.  \nAlso, think about all the nastiness that really is under there.  If you are not a germ freak tho, this may not deter you.  Nailbiters tend to be germ freaks a lot of times, that's why I mentioned it.