quit biting my cuticles

i have a bad habit of bitting my cuticles all the time i dunno how to quit!

So a few weeks before christmas,my boyfriend and I made a bet. He said if I could stop biting my cuticles and keep them pretty for a month he would stop smoking. A few days later I decided, Hey, I can do this. I just quit. Once they were healed up enough to where they weren’t bloody or red, I started just moisterizing more and clipping off the extra dead skin. Then about 3 weeks later I got a manicure. I’ve just been painting my nails and keeping them pretty and its a pretty good motivator to not start again.

I’ve been trying for years and finally did it a month ago! because I worked in a public place and had to be working and dealing with others, I was self-conscious about signing anything in front of anyone, it was just embarrassing having to find a way to sign or simply put your hand in front of you without seeing ugly nails and cuticles.. that got me to stopping! I also bought a nail polish from Sephora thats for kids to stop biting, and it tasted just horrible and its actually stronger than other stuff I tried.. its great! good luck everyone! ^_

For years I chewed and chewed, it hurt so bad and looked horrible. Something kept bringing my fingers up to my mouth and I could not stop biting and ripping skin, I loved it, but hated it. One day I went to Nail Art and got a full set put on and it cured me! My hands are so pretty now, with the full set on it wasn’t as easy to get to the side of the cuticle and cured me now for 9 weeks! I’ll spend the $25 for a fill-in every 4-5 weeks to keep up on my goal ! I suggest giving it a try!

think i have finally got this one. I had a manicure this week, as a bit of a treat, and for our wedding – so i have been working hard for a long time to stop biting, and my hands look so good, i have been very strick about not touching them! I have also had a lot of support from everyone, reminding me! think it might be over! YEA!

i have both “stop biting my nails” and “quit biting my cuticles” on my list, and i have to go one step at a time.

I’ve started doing this now for about a year its ugly. Mu nails are long and I like them but skin around err, its just not nice. I must stop doing this!

i have been failing miserably at this lately.

Omg, I thought I was the only weird person who does this! I’ve been doing it forever..a nervous habit..the only time I have not done it is when I have had artificial nails, but I had to stop because they were ruining my nails and it was too expensive! It helps to have regular manicures & always have polish on them. And I try to have clippers around so I use those instead of my teeth! I’m going to try the Vaseline too…good luck everyone!

I (without consiously realising!!) have been biting my cuticles… looked at my hands on Friday and they were a bit mangled. Been stressing about the wedding… travel arrangements for 21 people to Fiji, and work has been a bit of a pain this week… I relapse so easily! planning on giving my hands a bit of a treatment tonight, this should get me back on track…