I Stopped Biting My Nails Stories of Experiences

After years of bitting, bleeding and being frustrated. I finally overcame my dilemma. I stopped biting my nails! What helped me out was OPI gel nail polish, it makes your nails thick so when the urge to but them comes along, its hard to...

I had nail stubs until this past year. I had tried everything: fake nails, being shammed by my family, nasty tasting nail polish and nothing worked. I was ashamed of the way my hands looked, whenever I would hand over my credit card I...

after biting my nails for my whole life, i've finally stopped. it's only been a couple of months, but as long as i keep them painted, i've been good!my best friend bought me magnetic nail polish and it was all uphill from there!

and decided that I would stop biting my nails.  It was just after New Year this year (but NOT a resolution) I challenged myself to see if I had the willpower to do it.  I am 37, and have bitten my nails for as long as I can remember...

I had bitten my nails for as long as I can remember. I have also been trying to stop biting them for as long as I remember. I had tried literally everything. My mom tried for years to get me to stop biting them. My hands were always...

i started biting my nails when I was two. around the time my step dad came in the picture he's the one who got me hooked. i'm 16 now and i don't bite them anymore. it stopped when i found out my boyfriend started smoking cigarettes & he...

My nail biting habit is long gone and I haven't done it in over 10 years.The trick to my success was my dad actually. Everytime he would catch me biting he would say, "Real ladies don't bite their nails and real ladies let them grow...

I use to bite my nails down to the skin. Did this for years. My mother tried everything to get me to stop but nothing worked.Until one day I was in my high school Biology class. Now I must mention that my crush the most popular guy in...

After years of being an avid nail biter, and proud - this summer I feel I have conquered it! The hot weather has been making my palms sweat more, and causing a build up of dirt under my nails which is very off putting and I refuse to...

Among other things, I'm also a compulsive nail biter. And I really hate it.
For me, those horrible nail polishes have never worked. They don't stop me from biting my nails. And if I really want to bite my nails, which I...

Tis was harder than quitting smokin.  Your nails are always RIGHT THERE!  I always bit my nails right down to the quick ever since I was a little kid; So now, I'm experiencing having fingernails for the first time as a 30...

I stopped biting my nails once I developed the biggest crush on a guy during high school. My fingers used to look so gross- not only did I bite my nails, I also bit and peeled the skin around them. Might sound and look painful, but it...

it took me years to stop biting. i tried everything as a kid. i wore nail polish, and that didn't help. i chewed gum when i felt the urge to start nibbling, but that never seemed to cut it. within five mintues i'd ditch the gum and be...

i bite them all the time. when i am stressed out, when i am on the bus or train, when i am in class, when im on the phone, when im watching movies. well, some good things are... right now im not in school, im riding my bike instead of...

I have bit my nails ever since I can remember and all of a sudden last month I stopped, and now I acctually have fingernails that are of a decent length.  I am looking forward to getting my first manicure and not having to get fake...

That's when I stopped. Now I only bite them when 1. they're broken anyway or 2. when I'm incredibly nervous.
I gnaw on 'em a little, but don't bite. It's still a little weird seeing myself with pretty long nails.
 
~ChunChun^_^

one day I decided I wanted to have long nails. within a week I had stopped biting my nails. I was never really a typical nail biter though. I only started biting my nails bcuase the gym teacher at school got mad at me for having sharp...

i know it's a bad habit but i can't help it

i've been doing it a lot this week and it's messing up my nails and hands in the worse way

i can't stop

and i'm all restless too so i keep nibbling even though it hurts and i know...