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(I have also posted this in health, but then thought of it from the perspective of people who visit this forum may have more ideas, i.e. ones read in magazines, etc.)
hey!
i really need your help. i have bitten my nails for my whole life, and ive now finally decided to stop after 19 years. But its soooo hard! ive not bitten them for 5 days now, and i can see they've grown. it also makes my fingers look better, as there's no bits of skin peeling above my nails.
Has anybody got any tips to help me??? ive tried the stuff u paint on your nails, but i cant actually taste it. im actually painting them at the moment, as i find i dont want to bite them as much when they're painted because:
a) it ruins the nail varnish
b) it tastes gross
Please help me!!
Anyone done this and been sucessful?? share your stories, it may give me more determination!
Thanx
SBG
hey!
i really need your help. i have bitten my nails for my whole life, and ive now finally decided to stop after 19 years. But its soooo hard! ive not bitten them for 5 days now, and i can see they've grown. it also makes my fingers look better, as there's no bits of skin peeling above my nails.
Has anybody got any tips to help me??? ive tried the stuff u paint on your nails, but i cant actually taste it. im actually painting them at the moment, as i find i dont want to bite them as much when they're painted because:
a) it ruins the nail varnish
b) it tastes gross
Please help me!!
Anyone done this and been sucessful?? share your stories, it may give me more determination!
Thanx
SBG
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i don't know if that really works, but it's not hard to try, right?
and good luck
Ilora x
That would keep you nice and trim.
At 18 I stopped playing as much and wanted my nails to look nice. Wearing nail varnish always helps and generally I find until one breaks then it isn't too bad, bu as soon as 1 breaks I want the all the same length there and then and if i aint around a file or clippers I do still bite em. Any other time now tends to be if I've very bored. Just takes willpower though adn you'll stop.
You sound exactly EXACTLY like me! Im 20 and i bit my nails all my life and i stopped on new years day. They keep breaking every now and again but they look much better now!
SBG
Im 16 and bit my nails so badly!!! always have, i have really tiny nails - not sure if its because of this or a coincidence, thing is i bite mine when im bored and i dont even realise im doing it!!! which makes it v v v v v hard to stop something when you dont know your doing it! :chin:
Any ideas??
Thanks
xxxxxxx
Actually stopping for me was just a case of cutting them instead of biting.
Advice... erm.... buy yourself a nail-file and whenever you feel your fingers in your mouth (or you're about to bite them), try filing them instead
Get some of the "stop" stuff from mavala and you really wont want to put them in your mouth, tastes foul