How to stop biting nails

Question

I need braces but my dentist said that i cant get them because i will bite off the brackets how do i stop biting my nails?

Answer 1

Studies say it takes 21 days to break a habbit.

They sell nailpolish made for people to stop biting nails.

It tastes realllly bad so you dont bite them cause it taste's so bad.

I'm sure ebay has the nailpolish

Answer 2

I bit my nails until I was in my late teens. Biting nails one time may be to quickly get rid of a hangnail, but after a while it becomes a habit. Habits can be changed.

I quit biting my nails when I started thinking about why I was biting them. Usually I was nervous or angry about something.  So everytime I started to put my fingers in my mouth, I would ask myself what was I feeling at that time. So instead of sitting in the same spot and biting, I would get up and walk around the room and either hum or sing a song. It only took a few moments to change to mood.

When i was in the car with my mother who I always felt nervous around, I would just pat my hands on my legs, to the beat of a song, and hum a little bit.  

Then I bought a product called healthy nails and started giving myself manicures. At first I would bite all the polish off, or pick it off. so I started the same behavior as when I would bit my nails - get up, move around, pat my hand in time to the music, hum - or something similar.

Pretty products on your nails help them look good, and products that taste bad might help you to not put your fingers in your mouth - but not always.  If you want to really quit, then you need to understand why you have this habit, and find a new positive habit to replace it.

Answer 3

go to cvs and where all the nailpolish is, ur gng to find a nail polish with a stop sign and it says stop biting nails. try that.

Answer 4

chewing gum always helps me. you'll get over it :))

Answer 5

I have bitten my nails for my whole life---about 23 years now... I bit them really bad...until they bled, down to the white moon-looking thing. I've tried everything--including those nail polishes(they didnt work). I found this product on-line called "Control-It"...it is the ONLY thing that I am completely disgusted by. www.stopbitingnails.com is the website. It tastes HORRIBLE!!! It was about $20 for about a months supply----but it lasts WELL over a month(I've been using it for about 6 months now). It comes in this little 1/4 oz. container...it looks small...but it goes a LONG way. It is like a balm-typed cream--that you just dab on your nails. It is the only thing that has helped! My nails look amazing! After your nails start to heal, you'll notice that the skin below your cuticle is starting to get little peels--its natural..it's the skin repairing it self! It works so well. I also got one of those 7-way nail buffers which helped with making the nails look decent, because as your nails grow they are going to be jagged looking-trust me--this stuff works!

Answer 6

Paint either lemon juice or jalapeno juice on your nails every day.

weather your a guy or girl.

youll eventually get the hint.

Answer 7

Well what I did is got my nails done [real short at first], and as time progressed I got them done longer. I did this for about 3-4 months [which is about what it takes to make your nails grow out to a good length]. Then I continually painted them and kept them looking nice which causes me not to want to bite them.

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good luck!