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03-04-2014 4:02 PM
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I happen to bite my nails and have done as far back as I can remember.
I did at one point stop for a whole month with the prize being a guitar but restarted shortly afterwards.
Does anyone else on here have this particular addiction?
I stopped smoking many years ago and found it easy.
People tell me "if you found that easy why not simply stop nail biting"
My answer is I don't have to go out and buy finger nails, there happen to be with me all the time

Everyone else seems to have good nails and biting makes mine painful at times but I still do it.

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03-04-2014 4:26 PM
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03-04-2014 4:29 PM
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My daughter does nails so maybe I can get her to provide me with some artificial ones that taste disgusting.
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03-04-2014 5:01 PM
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I still have 'moments' though when there is a raggy bit and I nibble at it to make it smooth again.
A nail file helps though. Instead of biting, pull out the file and tidy them up a bit!
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03-04-2014 5:32 PM
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My daughter has had a bad habit of nail biting for years and I must say my nails looked better than hers. She now has them covered in varnish most of the time and hasn't bitten for several weeks and they are looking much better. Perhaps worth a try - maybe a nice deep red colour would be suitable

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03-04-2014 5:40 PM
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03-04-2014 5:46 PM
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03-04-2014 5:55 PM
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Quote from: Strat Any suggestions for a deterrent would be welcome
I think the best deterrent is just will-power with the knowledge that nail-biting looks awful and the result is painful fingers.
Get your daughter to give you a manicure then perhaps seeing them looking so nice may help you to not want to spoil them again?
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03-04-2014 6:17 PM
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Unfortunately a concious effort to resist biting won't really help as most biting is done subconsciously.
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03-04-2014 6:20 PM
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03-04-2014 6:22 PM
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03-04-2014 6:29 PM
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03-04-2014 6:33 PM
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Please accept my sincere apologies
Perhaps you Daughter will offer to give you a full manicure, for not biting your nails
Or
Set yourself a goal that if you have not bitten your nails you will treat yourself, with a favorite tipple / trip or other thing(s) you enjoy
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03-04-2014 6:44 PM
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Quote from: Strat Any suggestions for a deterrent would be welcome
Had a similar problem, but just "got over it"... a bit like stopping smoking...... took some will power.... and a bit of " memory power "...
Hah !.. what`s "memory power," then? well ,, when you get the urge...... to bite your nails..... try to remember where they have been in the last 10 to 15 minutes.... !.. Ugh !... and you didn`t was your hands to clinical standards did you ? nah... not even a quick rinse under the tap !... YUK>. and I`m going to put that in my mouth and eat it ? ? ? ? !... UGH !.. and double UGG !...
When I were a nipper, my mother used to make me have my fingers covered in ( I think it was called ) ALLUM... however, wiki doesn`t mention it... BUT... google is your friend ( or FIEND ).. in this case
I googled.... Nail Biting Deterrent... and came up with this.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000LNCBBW ;
Which sound similar to what my mother did to me......
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