how do i stop bitning the skin around my fingers?
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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
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!
702905
well the gloves should stay sticky on there own for awhile. but when they start gettin patchy, i usually spit on them a lot. but water works also. spit is more handy tho.
658493
When you get bitten, take your nail, and make a cross over it. It will stop the itching, and then take some rubbing alchol and rub it on. It will go away sooner.
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.
244662
You better run to the doctors office . It sounds as you are having a reaction to the bites.\nThere is no way to get rid of them , only time will take care the problem
666274
Are you picking at it or messing with it? Try some peroxide and try not to open your mouth too wide (small bites when eating) then get some ointment for it, like Blistex. If that doesn't work, then see a doctor.
260857
im not sure... i have never heard of anyone biting their fingers before. me personally, i have the badhabit of biting my fingernails. everyone has little corcky things like this they do, its just something you pick up and its hard to stop.
988967
paint your nails or get a gel or acrylic overlay. if you paint your nails it will taste nasty when you bite them and with the overlay you cant bite it because its so hard! and your nails will look pretty so you wont want to hehe :)
325429
IF IT'S LIKE BITTING YOUR NAILS OR SLOUCHING, THE JUST TRY TO FOCUS YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON SOMETHING ELSE\n\nIS IT'S LIKE SMOKING OR GUMOR SOMETHING YOUR ADDICTED 2 THEN EITHER GET LIKE THE ANTI-SMOKEMEDICINE OR LIKE INSTEAD OF SMOKING THAT OR CHEWING THAT THEN EAT SOMETHING LIKE HEATHY THAT SATISFIES AND REFREASHES YOUR BODY\n\nOVER ALL YOUR QUESTION IS A BIT GENERAL IT REALLY DEPENDS WHAT KNID OF HABBIT IT IS
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Be sure to shower at least once a day, change your sheets and pillow case at least once a week and wash your face daily with an acne cleaner that dries oily skin like those containing benzoyle peroxide (ie: oxy, neutrogena etc.)  Also think about seeing your dermatologist.  He might put you on a mild antibiotic like Minicycline which is very effective and, even without insurance, will only cost you about $10 a month.  Finally, avoid picking and squeezing at all costs as this spreads the infection as well as transmit bacteria from your fingers to your face.
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i tend to bite my toenails!!!!
79953
There are nail biting deterrents in the form of fingernail polishes.  They have natural ingredients that form a bitter taste when ingested.  If your will power is great enough to keep your nails coated in the special polish, then you won't bite them anymore because of the horrible taste they'll leave behind.\n\nYou can do any internet product search for nail bite (biting) deterrents, or probably find products available at a beauty supply store.
410205
to give one that will go away relatively quickly, just suck hard on the skin, which will make it turn red, but not too much. to give one that will last a long time, and be very noticable/red, you can actually bite the skin (pinch it between your teeth) while sucking on it. this not only leaves a good mark due to the bite (although it will not look like teethmarks), but it pulls the skin out a bit into your mouth, where you can get better suction on it. BE CAREFUL: the harder you "bite", and the harder you suck on the skin, the redder it gets, and too red and dark might attract attention
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 )
47313
Cutting your toenails.\n\nPlease, talk to a professional if your considering self-mutilation.
295860
Use toothpaste, rub it in with your finger...or BRASSO works also...a mild abrassive..