Why can't I retract my nails?  I keep poking myself in the eye when I rub it?
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Dragon would like to know that too.  She wishes her fingernails were retractable so she wouldn't scratch herself.
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it cant go behind your eye, move your eye around, do you feel anything? apply light pressure to your eyelid moving it around, if it is on top of your eye under the lid you can slide it down. this morning mine was way up in the corner of my eye closest to my nose and i had to blink it out then usemy finger to slide it down. you may have just lost it though, you can feel it there is no hiding that.
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Sounds like whatever was in your eye may have scratched it. I got a metal sliver in my eye at work once, and they had to "grind" it out. My eye was sore for a week!!
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This can also be a zinc deficiency. No matter what kind of deficency it is, just take a good multivitamin.\n\n Make sure that you take a good multivitamin, and in a few weeks check the tops of your nails again, as it takes a few weeks for the nails to grow out.\n\nIf you're still having problems after a few weeks/months with your nails go to your doctor about it, and he can help you with it. \n\nBut it's probably just a nutritional thing.
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It sounds like you damaged the nail underneath the skin.  I'd think that eventually it would stop doing that--you don't say how long it's been happening.\nOne thing you can do is take apart a teabag and use some clear nail polish to apply the teabag paper like a bandage across the split. It will look a little lumpy so you'll have to paint your  nails to disguise it. \nOr you might want to go to a nail salon and see what they suggest.
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i tend to bite my toenails!!!!
191856
I bit my nails for a long time when I were a child, but I stopped. Look closely at what might cause it. Is it boredom? Is it stress? Is it hunger? Just playing, seriously, try to substitute this habit with something.\n\nGood luck\n\nP.S. I love getting manicures now
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I started biting my nails as a small child, being stressed at school, carried on all my life until I had false nails put on - the tips variety, it cost me alot of money in maintenance, but I had the confidence back in my hands and wasn't ashamed to wave them about, after several months I had the tips removed, and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my real nails underneath, two years on, I still haven't bitten them. And so enjoy a manicure and wearing rings.
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This is called "trichotillomania" and it involves the desire to pull out your own hair (eyelashes, eyebrows, hair anywhere). I think it is the result of some type of anxiety issue. You said that it started when you were arguing with an ex, so now you associate that behavior with tension and conflict. Here's what you can do to stop:\n1. Start keeping a written record of every time you do this and how you were feeling at the time. Try to indentify any patterns here.\n2. When you feel the urge, try deep breathing. Take 4 or 5 deep relaxing breaths to try and calm yourself. \n3. Try to replace this behavior with something else. For example, tell yourself everytime you get the urge to do this you will drink a glass of water instead (it can be anything).\nYou can even resort to tensing up your arms or sitting on your hands everytime you get the urge. \nThis is fairly common and not a life-threatening issue, but it would be good for you to learn to manage anxiety effectively. If you don't stop, your eyelashes could stop growing back.
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pull out my eyelash's 4 when i stress, any one else no how to stop?
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You should make an appointment with your doctor to have it looked at.\n\nIt could be from something as harmless as a blunt trauma to the toe, which often takes a while to work itself out and effect the nails.\n\nBut it could also be a symptom of some more serious problem or fungus.
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I kind of went through the same as you. I always plucked my eyebrows for no reason and eventually needed to use eyeliner in place of it. All I can say of what I did is start to focus on a new activity. It was when I was young, so what I did was study more. Get your mind on something else. Read a book, play video games, maybe try to do activities when you are using your hands so you can't pull them. Good Luck. Hope you pull through. :-)
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You might be pressing too hard. I know when I try to press the contact in it doesn't stick very well. You have to just put it close to your eye and let it kind of pull off your finger by itself.
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You might actually have a sty.  A sty (what a name, huh?) is caused by an ingrown eyelash.  Like an ingrown nose, leg, or pubic hair, it gets pus, kind of like a pimple.  Only, your eyes are very sensitive, so you feel the reaction more.  The only thing you can really do is wait for it to go away.\nI know that sounds gross, but they do go away quickly.\nYou can get medication for it, but it only treats the discomfort, it doesn't make it go away.\nUse a cold compress to make it feel better.  If you have to be out and about,and you find that it is a bit sensitive to light, wear sunglasses.  You might also want to wear an eyepatch to bed.  Drink plenty of water.  Also,when you wash your face, be sure to rinse well.\nIt sounds very much like a sty.  They suck, but everybody gets one at least once in their life, and they go away (usually a couple of days).\nGood luck, hope you feel better.\n\nPS if you wear contacts, wear your glasses for now.\nGood luck
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I get these all of the time.  I usually go to have a spa pedicure (around $15) and have them dig it out.  They soak your feet and have a solution they apply to make your nails softer.  It is less painful than trying to remove it yourself.  Tell the pedicurist at the start where it hurts so she/he soaks your toe long enough and trims back the accumulated skin away from the area.  Sometimes you build up thick, callous like skin which forces the nail to grow inward.  This usually occurs from wearing closed shoes a lot, ones with pointy toes especially. \n\nDon't wait too long, OUCH, they only get worse as the nail continues to grow.  Good luck, I know how painful it is.
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You either have a rare genetic defect or you have a fungal infection in the nailbeds. Check with your dermatologist.
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If you do that it could damage your nails, it would take ages to get them put right again, think about that!!