How Can You Stop Biting Your Nails?

Question

My sister has a very bad nail biting habit.

How can you stop it?

She hates nail polish..

So, please don't suggest using nail polish..

Thanks..

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Answer 1

If she can afford to tell her to have acrylic nails put on, but not too long. Ask for the sport style.That way she can get use to having them but they won't be too long for her.

Answer 2

p**s on your nails, make sure you get all of them though

easy as that.

Answer 3

i had a lot of friends that used to bite their nails...

2 best options would be to constantly sit on them... at work, in class, whatever...

OR there is a clear foul-tasting nail polish that they sell... i'm sure you could find it at target or cvs.

it's not a color, so it shouldn't bother her. it would just taste bad & she'd learn not to bite.

good luck!

Answer 4

If you dip your nails or hands in something gross tasting, maybe she won't be as tempted.. or if she does and tastes it, it will remind her not to do it

Answer 5

I used to bite my nails, really badly, too. What I did was I got acrylics for a few months, after the few months, i had them filled a few times, etc., they had grown out underneath, so I coated them with strengthener, and waited for them to grow out so there was no ridge anymore, they were so pretty long i couldn't bear to bite them. Now my nails grow long and they're pretty strong as well. Good luck to her!

Answer 6

grind some bittergaurds and put the juice in bottle....put that on ur sisters fingers....whenever she would put her nails in her mouth it would remind her not to bite nails....n second thing if she is home most of the time.....tell her too wear a loose lastic pajama....she would be busy holding pajama all the time and would not get time to bite nails

Answer 7

I got a lower denture about 3 years ago, and that ended my nail-biting problem. Dentures just aren't as good for nail-biting as real teeth.

Other than that, I would recommend hand sanitizer. Have her carry some around and put it on her hands periodically. Not only will it help her be a little more germ-free, her nails will taste NASTY when they venture into her mouth.

Answer 8

you have to substitute another habit. i would suggest twirling hair maybe. or smoking, that's pretty cool.

Answer 9

put something spicy as h**l on her nails

Answer 10

i have the most perfect idea. ya see i had the same problem a couple years back and what i did was i put some hand sanatizer on my hands and then when i went to bite my nails it was bitter and gross, therefore i stoped biting my nails for longer periods of time and eventually BAM i stoped

Answer 11

get fake nails and she can bite on those while her real ones grow back