Nail Biting

Gillyx

They look brilliant, well done Lily I had stopped for months and I'm back to doing it again. Very annoyed at myself as I have a massive nail polish stash

emerald21

koalamummy wrote: »

Hi I spent my whole life as a prolific nail biter until near the end of uni where my lovely flat mate came up with some radical interventions that really worked! . Not sure if you can still buy it but I had to paint a treatment called bitter Alice on several times a day as well as wrapping my finger tips in that Elastoplast roll stuff. Total nightmare when taking hand washing in to the equation but after a few days it became second nature . Bonus was it was winter time so keeping gloves on was not seen as too abnormal or weird. Little did they know gloves were yet another barrier protecting my poor finger nails! :rotfl: I was also packed of with several packs of chewing gum and granola bars for several weeks too. My reward at the end of it was a professional manicure as a gift from said friend for success.

Lol it's called bitter aloe/s I used it years ago and it is horrible to taste

z.n

Only things that have stopped me biting for any length of time were (note past tense!):

1. Extreme happiness without worry (getting married).
2. Obsession with sally hensen nail growth stuff that enabled me to peel off plasticy coating, repaint, peel ......-worked until nails couldn't cope any more.
3. Temporary crown- my front teeth could not meet so could not physically bite-best method ever. When I asked SinL how she avoided biting (lovely nails) she admitted it was because her front teeth are wonky so biting never was possible. This I think is the only reliable permanent solution.

Friends have gone the false nail route which works well so long as you constantly maintain them- nasty if you don't.


All of these wore off though.

4Chickens

LilyMay

Well done you, keep up the good work.

I bit my fingernails from when I got my first teeth until the day of my 40th birthday in August last year. I haven't bitten them since.
How?
I went to a nail salon and had acrylic nails put on. They built the nail tips and gave me a french manicure finish. They are good and strong and look lovely. I treat myself every fortnight for an infill/backfill, whichever is required and I consider it a treat. I can have any colour nail tips or nail art if I so wish.

I have been quit smoking for 3 weeks, 2 days and 22 1/2 hours, I am not allowed to drink alcohol because I am taking antibiotics for a tooth infection for which I am having a £375 root canal done on Wednesday next week.

AND I STILL HAVEN'T BITTEN MY NAILS :T:T:T:T

OR KILLED ANYONE YET:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

cootuk

I've been a biter for 46 years, and my wife hates it.
I think it's a nervous thing that when I get stressed, I nibble, or just absent mindedly whilst doing something else.
I did try a hypnotist, but that made me more aware of biting rather than being a cure-all...I guess the desire to stop wasn't there.

My DD (10yo) is a thumb sucker so this year I've had a bet with her that if I stop biting, then she has to stop sucking her thumb- something she should grow out of pretty soon hopefully anyway.
My wife gave up smoking a couple of years ago so there's something else to match.
Good news is I haven't bitten them since New Year, but am now aware I need to tend them.

I got a glass nail file from a pound shop..omg..must be about 100 grit as it rips them to pieces. I've got better quality sandpaper in the garage...hmmm...2400 grit wet and dry?
Now being a bit picky about things of quality (buy once but buy good) I'm investing in a Leighton Denny crystal file to turn the nails into an OCD activity.

Downside - I stuck myself to a corkboard putting a drawing pin in as I'm not used to having long nails

BAGGY

I had acrylic nails put on for a few weeks. I know they are supposed to ruin your nails but they made mine stronger and I forgot about biting them. 10 yrs later I do occasionaly nibble the rough bits so will try to carry an amery board.

naughty_10382

naughty_10382 wrote: »

I do have one horrible nail that I'm not sure will ever grow properly. I do paint what little I have on that one, and even sometimes put a plaster over it, but at the moment nothing is working!

I know it's been a while since anyone posted on here, but I just wanted to update my 'nail story'

I have a full set of nails now, amazingly the horrible short nail HAS grown properly, and I am going for my first ever manicure tomorrow. Only problem now is I break my nails! Argh!! :rotfl:

Tigsteroonie

I haven't stopped

I read an interesting article on the BBC site a few days ago (I think it's in the 'Ouch' section) about "stimming", repetitive and reassuring activity that is common in autism. The article mentioned that many neuro-typical people also have stimming habits, such as foot-jiggling (which Marley does) and nail-biting (which I do).

zaksmum

I've bitten my nails all my life. I'm in my 60s now so don't think I'm likely to be kicking the habit anytime soon...

n0785

Hi just wanted to tell you how I done it..:)

Basically I was ashamed of my hands and often hid them when speaking to people, over the past year I seem to just look at everyone's fingers. lol

I think the first step is wanting to quit, i tried them awful tasting nail varnishes and still bit them. I grew them for two weeks to be long enough to get gel nails and extensions and got these redone every 3-4 weeks for 3 months. By this time the extensions had grew out and I now had lovely healthy nails which I haven't been tempted to bite as I think of the money I spent..lol

Use cuticle oil every day - I did and my nails are very strong!