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I never had any bad habits until I read my high school yearbook senior year... and one person was asked, "What's your worst habit?" He said, "Cracking my knuckles"... and in that moment I thought, "I wonder what it feels like to crack your knuckles?" I've been cracking away ever since!
I don't know what the cure is for bad habits... I hear there's this thing called "willpower" but I don't know where to find it!
If you find it can let me know so I can get some?
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A few years ago I decided to grow out my nails as my new years resolution. Weekly manicures is the only thing that helped.
The way it helped is that after a few months my nails were so pretty, I didn't wnt to wreck them!
Now I get mani's every other week.
I still pick or chew at my nails during very very stressful times or, super long drives (weird, huh?)
im not a nail biter but i bite/pick @ my cuticles a LOT, especially when im nervous or stressed. it helped me stop when my bf would ask me each time i got caught: "oooh, are they THAT good? i wanna taste!" ugh, someone else biting my nails sounds so sick!
also, i try to remember that keyboards are dirtier than public restrooms. since im on a computer most of the day, i imagine licking the floor of a bathroom and it makes me put down the finger.
manicures definitely help. i also apply lotion as a nervous tic now instead. i think keeping your hands moisturized keeps them looking nicer so you're less inclined to bite. maybe you can start a "bite jar" to put change in every time you do it & use the money for the manis!
I'm a nail-biter (and a knuckle-cracker!), but I haven't bitten my nails in over a year. Why? I have orthodontic braces right now and they make it impossible to bite my nails :-P
If you don't want to go in such a drastic route (I certainly didn't want to get the braces! but I needed them, so yeah), the only other thing that ever worked for me was to paint my nails. I never liked the taste of nail polish, so if I was wearing nail polish I wouldn't bite my nails. That's probably what I'll start doing again after I get the braces taken off.
I thought I was the only one! I am sooo bad about biting my nails and cuticles. Like others said its even worse around high stress times (like oh...i dunno...two weeks before your wedding!). Paining them doesnt help i go right through the polish. I can't really justify to myself getting weekly manicures. Having acrylic nails seems to be the only solution for me. I just make sure I get them put on about a month before any event (like my wedding) so my nails look perfect that day. You all have a lot of good ideas. I might try a few! =)
Sadly, lately the light colored polish is not deterring me, at all! Perhaps I need to get a bright pink so that I stop for a bit.
Not to be too graphic, but I don't really bite, I just kind of nibble and just have my hands around my mouth a lot...then the nail rips...then game over. So gross, I know!
I am a little bit of a nail nibbler myself, but I am trying really hard to stop myself. I know there used to be stuff called Bitrex sold in the drugstore, I think by like the fungal meds. It is something you put on your nails and it tastes bitter. You have to reapply it a couple of times a day, but it used to be really great. Now that I think about it, I am going to look for it myself.
i was a serious nail picker/peeler for nearly 20 years before i finally stopped. what really helped me was acrylic nails. i had them done regularly for almost a year and by the time i stopped i was so used to not picking, i didn't really have the compulsion anymore. i still occasionaly pick, especially if i get a chip, but i'd say 95% of the time i have perfectly pretty nails that i don't think twice about picking, and even my formerly itty bitty bitten down nail beds have started growing in again.
What helps me is a strengthener polish called Nailtiques, found at most drugstores. I don't know why it works for me, but it does. It makes my nails stronger and smoother and less liable to peeling, so they're less tempting to bite. I also keep them filed smoothly when I'm doing the Nailtiques regimen, so no rough edges.
I need to start up again, and the wedding is coming up in a few months and I don't want mangled paws in all those close up shots of our hands and rings and flowers! :)
I bit my nails for years. I stopped about 2-3 years ago. I used a disgusting nail polish that was really hot if you put it in your mouth (or if you rubbed your eye!) and also fortified your nails. I used the polish long enough to grow my nails out for a manicure. Then I got bi-weekly French manicures for about 3-4 months. Once I felt I was at a point where I could cut and file my own nails without biting I stopped with the manicures and have been good ever since. Good luck!
I bit mine for many years, and a combination of two things helped me to quit...
-- Boy gave me a very dirty look whenever he saw me do it (which didn't help at work, but anyways.. I felt guilty!)
-- Whenever I want to bite, I just do something else with my hands. Like, put on lotion. Or twist my hair. Or play with a pen. When I'm driving, I'll tap on the steering wheel to the music (lame, maybe, but it helps!)
I was a chronic nail biter and picker - actually it never starts as biting, it's more the nibbling, and then like you said, something cracks, and then i have to pick it to even it out... trouble!! last year when i was expecting FI to propose i successfully stopped biting in anticipation of the ring. we had a few weeks of terrible fighting before he proposed... and i bit my nails all to hell then, haha. anyway the wedding is now in 8 weeks, and i have 8 out of 10 awesome nails, and the other 2 will catch up. sounds silly but when i have at least a few that are long and well-shaped, it helps me not bite the rest. also, manicures REALLY help me, especially with bold colored polish. keeping the nails strong and healthy is a big deterrent. and never go ANYWHERE without a nail file. if you get a chip, file immediately so you don't nibble to even it out. but also, and this is so sick and weird, if i paint my nails myself, and then peel the polish off, i get the same satisfaction as picking or biting.
I have been a nail/cuticle biter for over 20 years now. I can't remember a time when I DIDN'T bite my nails. I've tried just about everything... the nasty-tasting polish, manicures, even getting acrylics. Acrylics seem to help, but I still pick at the cuticles around them! I don't know what to do... :(
I'm so bad. I try and try but I'll bite through anything. nail polish, bitter apple, lotion, jalapeno polish. I do it more when I'm stressed; I was doing really well before we bought our house, but my nails are shorty-short once again!! I could use some of that "willpower" stuff too.
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I use to bite my nails up until about 2 years ago. I started out just getting the acrylic nail but got sick of those quick. Like mant of the other ladies, manicures was the only thing that helped me. Even if I didnt go to the shop, I would do my own. After seen how beautiful my nails were I didn't have the urge anymore.
i am horrible too. i thought i would stop biting when i 'found the one' and then when I got a ring, but it never happened. Nothing works!! When I was 12, my aunty offered $20 for each nail I grew. Still didn't work. My hands are yuck and it's unsanitary when I think about it...but ah well. I might try the nail file...that I never really tried.
This might be a little unconventianal, but try to put scotch tape over each nail... I'm sure that would be weird to bite.. especially if the yucky nailpolish stuff doesn't work.
I had a terrible habit for years of biting my nails and chewing on the cuticles and skin around my fingers. As a result, my hands often looked totally shredded. Yuck.
I actually stopped doing this once I started wearing my engagement ring and wanted to take some pride in how my hands look. I have been getting manicures or doing my nails myself. I tend to pick/ bite in the car and on the phone so during these times I have gum and also some cuticle cream nearby so if I'm at a stoplight I'll have some gum and then massage some cream into my cutcles to keep myself entertained. It has worked pretty well, but I also think I was able to gather some willpower because I want my nails and fingers to look nice for my ring because I think it is so pretty. I've actually gotten lots of compliments on my nails in the last few months too. My best friend (and MOH) was absolutely shocked when she saw them and told my FI that my fingers have NEVER looked like this! So getting that encouragement really helps!
How are you doing with your quest to stop the nail biting, Erindesmar?
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I have the same problem, so I carry a mini-leatherman on my keychain that has a nailfile. I use the file to fix a broken nail and am not tempted to bite it. I still nibble when I'm on edge, but it's not so bad and my fingernails are long and look pretty good!
Ya, I patch it up by getting fake nails done... but my fingers are still in my mouth and when i dont have fake nails, I bite away...
its hard... so ya, willpower is the only way. Guess Im not ready either... sigh
I feel your pain and wish you luck. I made it a conscious effort some time ago to designate one nail as the only one that I can bite. It is actually quite funny b/c when I do go for a manicure the manicurist always looks sideways at my right thumb and asks "What happened here?"
I don't bite my nails like I used to because I saw how short and stubby they look after years of doing it. I started painting my fingernails bright pink and also painted a top coat of this nasty tasting stuff on top. I didn't want to bite them and ruin the pretty nail look or taste that stuff! It helped because I haven't bitten my nails for about 5 years now!
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I've been biting my nails for about 18 years. Wow, that makes me sound really old. Anyways, for any other nailbiters, how do you stop biting. I bite right through that bitter apple stuff.
The only thing that stops me is getting weekly manicures. But I still kind of nibble and then the manicure is wrecked by like day 5. I had a stressful week and my nails are toast!
Help!