How to stop nail biting! Please help!

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Oct 6, 2013

Kathleen R.

So, ever since I can remember, I have bitten my nails! It is terrible because I want to have pretty nails but they re SO SHORT! Any tips on how to stop or at least slow down gradually?

Oct 6, 2013

Random C.

Wear fake nails or put a top coat on them.

Oct 6, 2013

Kasey B.

Try getting acrylic nails? They're harder to bite through and it helped me kicked my nail bitting habit:) or put band aids on your finger tips, that works too!

Oct 6, 2013

Katie C.

I stopped biting one nail at a time.

Oct 6, 2013

Alice D.

Get acrylics or buy fake nails at cvs and that's what helped me it stops the habit and looks cute!

Oct 6, 2013

Sofi R.

Just buy a nail polish that has bad taste and apply it on to your nails.

If you can afford it get gel nails, actually you've gel not acrylics, because they're thick and beautiful and you don't want to bite through them. Also, dip your fingers in rubbing alcohol! They're taste really bad.

Oct 6, 2013

Faith J.

I stopped by limiting myself to one hand, then a one finger, then you'll want the short one to be long like the others so your grow out your nail

Oct 6, 2013

Moe M.

Put band-aids on your nails. or put something bitter on your nails so it will taste bad when you bite them.

Oct 6, 2013

Miss E.

Paint them so frequently that you can't bear to ruin your nails that often :)

Oct 6, 2013

Kennedy P.

I was a nail picker for awhile. But I had short nails like that when I was 7. I am now 14 and my nails look like acrylics. Get them done to prevent the biting, or get anti nail biting nail polish

Oct 6, 2013

Olivia D.

I've stopped biting mine now they're really long, I got this stuff that you basically put all over you finger nails and fingers to stop you boing them, it tastes disgusting, and try painting them as well.

Oct 6, 2013

Olivia D.

*biting

Oct 6, 2013

Claire F.

Paint you nails a really pretty color. Once that color starts to chip repaint all of you nails. You nails will be too pretty to bite. Also every morning put a bit of nail polish remover on a cotton swab and rib that on the tips of you fingers (not on your nails) That will make you fingers taste gross. This helped me stop biting my nails.

Oct 6, 2013

Alexandra W.

I have done the same. So just set apart a time maybe once a week or once every 2 wks and apply some nail care things to them. What I did to stop was paint my nails once a week because I didn't want to ruin the manicure!! Even if it's just a clear coat, it's still in your head don't mess us your mani!! Hope this helps girl ;)
Stay beautiful xoxox

Oct 6, 2013

Caitlyn S.

How I stopped was I just always kept nail polish on my nails.

Oct 7, 2013

Lauren W.

There actual nail polish stuff that you can get that tastes absolutely disgusting and helps stop nail biting

Oct 7, 2013

Ashley G.

Just keep then painted, that way if you bite you get a bad taste in your mouth and you messed up your manicure.

Oct 7, 2013

Vanessa G.

garlic.

Oct 7, 2013

Cipri M.

They sell this top coat that tastes horrible if you bite it, it's made for people who bite their nails.

Oct 7, 2013

Chelsea V.

Get a gross tasting nail polish! sounds weird but there are some polishes that taste disgusting even when dried.