Do you bite your nails?????????????????????

@mdchennai (2129)
India
February 28, 2007 3:07am CST
Well i have the habit of biting nails, i am 23 now and still i have that habit, i dont know how many of you have this habit. People say that it is not good for health. Do you have this habit of biting nails??????????????????
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@sunny1984 (639)
• India
1 Mar 07
A very bad habit cant you get rid of it by trying yourself. I would say about me that i dont have such bad habit.And i would suggest you to leave this as early as possible , becouse its bad for health as well as creats a bad impresion among the friends and others.So plz leave it ...
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@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
i know that it creates a bad impression but then when i am serious or angry then automatically my finger goes to my mouth, anyway i will surely try to quit it because i know that it is very bad for health :|
28 Feb 07
I used to bite my nails, but then I stopped when someone told me of a product you can paint on your nails which really helps, it tasted horrible!
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@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
oh it is a good idea, what is that product may be if i can afford i will get it :)
• India
1 Mar 07
ya i do... but its not a habit for me... will bite nails when i got tense..:)
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
2 Mar 07
hmmmm but you have to avoid even that if you want to add beauty to yourself :)
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I am 25 and have been biting my nails since I was little. I think it is because I worry about things so much, it is stress-related =) I think it is relly icky and don't like that I do it but I can't stop!
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
3 Mar 07
ya you are right, people who think a lot and worry themselves with it usually have the habit of biting nails on such conditions. Anyway try to quit it as early as possible and thanks for your response :)
• India
3 Mar 07
hey i started this habit of biting nails at childhood nw i am 22 n im still biting nails... people do say its bad habit... do u hav any idea abt stopping biting nails.?????
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
3 Mar 07
hmmm as of now i am trying to stop it but then i just forget it and start biting. Later on i realize that i have to stop this habit. the effort is going on!
@kmdvmd (357)
• India
28 Feb 07
Nail biting is very bad habit.If possible get your nail cut regularly,small bactaria,eggs and larvea of worms grow in big nails they enter in the body along with food.these pathogens are blood suckkers,our body become weak day by day.We suffer from different types of infections and that will make serious problems to us and we may die if the infection is not cured soon.Dont let germs enter the body through mouth.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
By the way you described i think you are a doctor :P, just kidding. I know it is very harmful and i am on my effort to stop this habit. Thanks for such a descriptive and great explanation :)
@toonatoons (3737)
• Philippines
1 Mar 07
i'm a certified nailbiter, lol! i'm in my 30s, but i still bite my nails. it's not something i'm really proud of, really. i've tried every remedy, but so far, nothing has worked well for me.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
i think even i will be the same at your age, i dont think i can stop this habit :|
@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
1 Mar 07
HELLO mdchennai!. as a student nurse i think that this is quite an unhealthy habit because your ails ay carry or harbor micgroorganisms which may harm you when your body's defenses are low.. anyways i dont really have anything against people who bite their nails and sometimes i do too despite of the fact that it may make me sick.. sometimes i just wanna do it.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
ok doctor madam :P, i will try to quit this habit my friend but i am scared that it will be a very difficult process :(
@LeXDei (209)
• Philippines
1 Mar 07
I used to bite my nails when I was a grader. My mother would be really irritated with this habit. I think I started to bite nails when my teacher in Math got mad at us and I unconscioualy bit my nails out of fear. I thought I wouldn't be able to get rid of it but when I became a teenager, everybody was applying nail polish already. To be "in" I applied nail polish. At first, I still bit my nails but I didn't like the taste of the acrylic. And that solved my problem, I just noticed on day that my nails were growing longer already. I unconsciously forgot to bite them, up to know, I don't know if its because of the unpleasant taste of the nail polish or the thought that nail polish is better on long nails.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
i can say this it is because of feminine gender, girls like to look pretty and their nails add beauty to them. Even the taste will be the reason but your gender is the main reason which kept you away from biting nails :)
• India
28 Feb 07
yes i have the worse habbit of biting nails,not only dat wen im very nervous or tensed i also bite my lips,,sometimes even it bleeds..Thats my worst habit which im nt able to quit.any suggestion people,..
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
read the post no.6 of this discussion, hope that it will help all of us in quitting this habit :)
@sujikka (76)
• India
28 Feb 07
Yes i too have this habit.When i was small i used to bite very often, but now when i am in a serious mood only i will bite.When watching tv seriously, if some scenes are interesting automatically my hands will reach my mouth,could't stop this.Although i knew it is not good.Somehow avoid biting nails.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
ha ha ha, the same happens to me too........ ALL THE BEST, hope that we stop it at the earliest :)
@whoachica (110)
• United States
28 Feb 07
The dirtiest place on the body is under the fingernails. All sorts of fun stuff under there! You should get fake nails if you are a female and that might help.
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
Hey i am a male, i am trying to stop this habit but without my knowledge i start biting. anyway thanks for your response :)
@tma41379 (19)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Yes. I have been biting my nails forever. I have tried to stop but just cant. I tried putting tips on, the bad tasting stuff too but nada. My sister in law bit her nails too but gave it up for New Years and now her nails are so pretty and she just had her first manicure... im going to try to stop. Toniann
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
1 Mar 07
hey being a girl you should have stopped it till now because girl like to add beauty to their nails but i think by biting nails you will spoil its beauty :(