How do i stop biting my nails.  Everyone said for me to put spicy stuff on my nails. But they don't understand
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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!
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By the nail polish in the store they have this brush on laquer called "Nail Biter". It's supposed taste really nasty. My husband chose to use tabasco sauce and it worked quikly on our 3 year old.
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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.
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I have the same problem and it is really hard to quit this bad habit I have tried alot of things and nothing works for me. The only thing when I have acrylic nails that really works because I do not bite those. Well good Luck trying to quit that bad habit!
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You may have an infection. Try soaking your nails in a warm salt water rinse. See if that helps at all. As well, put soem ointment antibacterial such as polysporin on it to prevent infection too! Hope this helps. If it doesnt get better get to your doctor, you could have a fungal disease. Good Luck girl!
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Well if you want to stop lying then STOP!  Lying wont get you anywhere and only make you feel guilty.  Be true to yourself.  And as far as nail biting. That one is so hard. I have a problem with it, so I just get acrylic nails put on! haha but hey, maybe if you would stop lying then you wouldn't be so nervous or stressed and it would help you stop biting your nails. Oh it also helps to paint them, so then you notice them and consciously think not to do it.
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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.
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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.
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Paint them or get fake nails, until your real ones grow out and you will lose the habit. It took me three years of fake nails, but I now have my own long nails that I have noo urge to bite!!
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Nail polish and stop stressing!!! ALWAYS have a nail file with you so if you get a jagged edge, your not tempted to "nibble" it smooth.
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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???
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Unless you want to go the hypnosis route, which some people swear by, you do have a couple options other than sheer willpower. One is to apply the very disgusting (and therefore, highly successful) ‘Don’t Bite’ product, which you paint onto your nails. It takes so bitter you won’t dare bite them. A new product on the market which doesn't taste any better, but is definitely worth trying is Jessica 'Nibble No More,' a no-nail-biting polish who's secret ingredient is bitter cactus extract ($5 at jessicacosmetics.com). \n\nAnother option is to keep your nails painted and the brighter the color the better. An added bonus: Get a professional manicure. If you pay for one, chances are dyou’ll be less likely to destroy it with your teeth.Sponsored Links\nStop Nail Biting\nStop nail biting and thumb sucking with proven remedies. See reviews.\nFolica.com\n\nBreak Nail Biting Habits\n21 Day Treatment Plan is Doctor and Pediatrician Recommended.\nwww.Stopbitingnails.com\n\nHabit Busting Secrets\nBad Habits wearing you down? Quit Bad Habits in 21 days or less\nwww.quitbadhabits.com
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its probably caused by scar tissue on the nail bed.You are stuck with it. just file it down if it bothers you.
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I chew on my nails alot.I'm oral retentive.
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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!
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Go to the dollar store or walmart or any drug store and get yourself some nail polish remover. Dip your hands in that every now and then through out the day. When you go to bite your nails the taste from the remover will be so horrible! It's cheap and effective. No messy creams, just stick your finger in the polish remover and that's it. It works, I know from experience. I use to pick at my nails all the time. After you stop biting them, go to a beauty supply store. I know what you're thinking but trust me on this. Go to a beauty supply store and talk to a sales person about a good product for nail restoration. Believe me, if you really want to stop biting your nails, trust me on this!
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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!