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If these 6 reasons don't make you quit biting...nothing will

6 October, 2019 - 02:17pm by - First Lady | 35 Comments

Article by BR Amelia

Are your nails thin, brittle or weak?  The common cause of nails lacking strength is onychophagia.  That's nail biting to you and me.  Which we all know is unhygenic and well, gross.  But in the nail biter's defense (ok in my defense) it really is a tough habit to break.  That being said, if you are a biter, by golly gosh, you need to quit.

Here's six reasons why.

  1. Your fingernails contain twice the bacteria of your fingers - basically, whatever your hands touch during the day makes it into your mouth, where it breeds and multiplies causing infections, particularly gum and throat infections.

  2. Three words.  The Common Cold.  If you're a biter and are prone to picking up colds the answer is simple.  Nail Biters catch more colds because they're literally putting the germs into their mouths.  Oh and how about another word.  Hepatitis.  We'll leave it there, but know this...we speak the truth!

  3. Biting the skin around your nails can remove the cuticle, opening your nail bed up to bacterial and viral infections.  We're talking fungus, yeast and oozing pus. 

  4. Nail biting can cause dental problems such as affecting tooth alignment and causing gum injury.  Regular biting can shift your teeth out of position as well as wearing them down and weakening them!

  5. Saliva reddens the skin around your nails and the more inflammed skin is, the more prone to hangnails it is, which in turn increase paronychia; infections of the skin around the nail.  It's a vicious cycle y'all.  

  6. Fingernails can become severely deformed after years of biting and worse - the longer you bite before quitting, the more at risk you are of an ingrown nail.  Yes, these don't just happen to your toes!

So many icky feels right now!  So its time to find something else to replace biting your nails with and make 2018 the year you finally broke the habit.  Get playing with a hair tie or twirling a ring, or dig out the already-forgotten fidget spinner, and preoccupy yourself.  Your health is literally at risk!

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27th January, 2018

I was a nailbiter for over 20 years but stopped four years ago when I got a new job and needed nice nails haha for me it was I habit I started when I was younger and got in trouble and ever since then I continued to bite my nails knowing that it was a disgusting habit but it really was a hard habit to overcome so I was quite surprised when I was able to stop and would never go back now as I love having beautiful long nails

25th January, 2018

Gross! Luckily I never got into that habit of biting my nails and skin

25th January, 2018

Eeek! Thankful I’ve never been a nail biter. I understand it’s a hard habit to kick though!

24th January, 2018

Yuck! Thankfully I lost the habit some time during childhood. Thank goodness, because I'm rubbish at breaking bad habits!

24th January, 2018

Gross

24th January, 2018

I have bitten my nails since I was like 2, my mum used to put this nail deterrent polish on my nails. It tasted bitter, I stopped soon after that.

24th January, 2018

I don't bite my nails I value my teeth to much it's disgusting.

24th January, 2018

Not a nail biter, thank goodness, but I've seen others having trouble breaking the habit.

24th January, 2018

No I’ve never had the habit before. My brother in law used to do it and he chewed them right back . Every time I looked at them it would make me cringe.

24th January, 2018

I used to bite my nails, until I was about 16. My mum tried all sorts to get me to stop including a monetary bribe. But I quit once I was ready to, it took several years for my nails to get to a 'normal' look. Yes, I did get the cash... eventually - hahaha!

24th January, 2018

I'm not a nail biter any more luckily :)

24th January, 2018

Luckily I don't bite my nails but I do have another bad beauty habit which is probably just as bad.

24th January, 2018

This is SO cringe! Thank goodness I don't bite my nails anymore

24th January, 2018

I’ve never been a nail biter but used to pick at the skin around my nails when I was stressed! I kicked the habit thankfully by sorting out the things that stressed me!

24th January, 2018

I bit my nails for years and it is a really hard habit to break I can tell you. It took me a long time to get past it. I tried using nasty products but I managed to chew past them. I now have really good nails but it was hard getting there.

Julieal
24th January, 2018

Funnily enough I never got bad colds or infections so I was probably just lucky

Annie_loves_to_shop
27th January, 2018

my mum does that,picks away until they are almost red raw looking but we are helping her to find better ways to deal with her stress,kind of working until she has a big relapse then it is back to picking again.

MissDilly
27th January, 2018

I think its a hard habit to break - having someone pull you up when you're doing it really helps - I have relapse moments too when I'm really worried about something ...... great that your mum has you and family helping her!!

Macs
24th January, 2018

Anymore ? I’m trying to stop my son from doing it Maree.

Julieal
24th January, 2018

yes biting changes shape of nails for some time -It took me a couple of years to get my nails to a really nice shape after years of biting.

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