She wants to stop biting her nails - Page 2

[Cherie2]

None of these things have helped? My dd started to try to quit biting her nails at about 13 and did not finally stop until she was 18 (same age I quit)

[Kyamo]

For me, biting would usually start with trying to 'fix' a catch on my nail. I quit at about 12 by carrying a nail file with me everywhere so that I could fix those catches properly, and wearing nail polish because I didn't want to be eating the nasty chemicals in the polish.

[KaraBoo]

I bumped because someone else was asking for advice on the same topic.

DD is biting her nails less so yes, something worked.

[orangefoot]

I posted before but I forgot to say that I really only stopped biting when I met my husband. He cut my anxiety and antsiness by about 99% and being more relaxed and at ease with myself was the solution.

Mmmm not suggesting marrying a lovely man Maybe some relaxation or similar would help.

[xixstar]

I have one suggestion that might not help a 13 year old -- get your tongue pierced.

I've bit my nails my whole life and the only time I was successful at stopping was after I had my tongue pierced and the 4 years or so I still had the piercing. Sadly, I got in a habit of removing it occasionally and it ended up growing closed and I'm now back to biting my nails.

Getting fake nails would help too, but the chemicals involved have me reluctant to try it again. Would love to give the manicure a try, but my nails are always too short to get anything done to them. Sigh, guess I need to go back to the piercing shop.

[Crystal Pegasus]

For me it was finally making a strong enough decision to stop... and just doing it. Once I'd really made up my mind to stop I never did it again. So perhaps it's a matter of the *right time* for the needed amount of determination. Maybe when things are going well... when something is going on in her life which motivates her- as others have mentioned, they often managed to quit (or at least temporarily stop) when they were romantically involved or those kind of things.

[AnnieA]

DSD 8 broke her habit a few months ago because I promised her that I would take her to get a manicure as soon as her nails were long enough for the technician to have something to paint. It took her about a month. I was very proud of her and she was even more proud of herself! Still working on DSD 10 though...

[Sarahbunny]

Artificial nails is the only thing that helped me...and it took about a year. I was around 15 at the time.

I'm 30 now and it can still be difficult to not bite them. If I bite one out of stress, I end up doing them all.

I wonder why...oh well.

[ashleyhaugh]

im a major nail biter. it seems anytime im not doing something, my hands are in my mouth. im a chewer though- pens and all that good stuff. i bite them til they bleed/ none of these ideas have ever worked for me- i bite off nail polish, and chew fake nails til they break, and ive had my tongue pierced for almost 4 years, lol. i hope you can find something for your dd that works. its a nasty habit, and i hate it, but i cant help it. my mom bit hers too, and stopped when she was about 40

[KaraBoo]

what helped for dd was noticing when and why she was biting her nails. also, she really really wanted to stop, all on her own.