Ack, Mah Nails!

[Psychotic]

This god damn thread is making me want to do it.

[Jess]

God yes. I try so hard not to, but sometimes I do it without even realising. I want long pretty nails which I can paint and . but nooo. I bite my nails so far down I often cause myself to bleed, and I bite the skin around the fingers. ;__;

It's so bad. I think, more than anything, I have an oral fixation. I bite my nails, bite my lip, smoke, constantly have chewing gum/lollipops/hard sweets, chew on pens and in my sleep I grind my teeth. Ughhhhhhhh.

[Iceglow]

The only time I bite my nails is when I've managed to do something like split one at work I cannot stand my nails being uneven and such when doing anything it feels wierd and looks horrid so I'll bite the nail off shorter just to round it out, I got very good at neatly chewing the entire tip of a nail off in a perfect almost smooth strip from one side to the other doing so. HMV is good for fun and money bad for nails I don't understand how the women I work with cope with their nails (some have french mannicures) Then again I'm on one of the most physically demanding departments (my forearms from elbow to wrist are currently black and blue or more the yellows of old bruising from my job) I prefer to trim my nails with scissors though whenever possible and will even get a pair at work and trim a nail down even if I am dis-satisfied with the state of them. I am lucky though, my nails grow perfectly shaped (not square ended like most girls like these days but perfectly in the round end sense of the perfect) so I generally don't appear to be that bad.

[o_O]

Was it Rainbow's End?

Heck yes it was Rainbow's End! It's where my adventure began.

[Chemical]

hands are pretty dirty and there are a lot of mico-organisms that proliferate beneath your nails. Chewing on the nails just exposes you to those mico-organisms inreasing the chance of infection and illness. Plus biting your nails can apparently lead to worms (for the same reason).

I try not to bite my nails - but I have a horrible oral fixation.
Try gum instead.

[scrumpleberry]

I DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR YESTERDAY GODDAMN YOU EoFF

But seriously. I was talking to this friend who literally does nothing but bite her nails. SHe's bitten them so much that they're literally half a centimetre long, and her fingers are all swollen all around them. It's horrible. But she's been trying to stop, and she always shows me dead proudly whenever her nails grow a bit. This is a lifelong biter! It is possible! Maybe you should get your friends to give you abuse about it!

[Shiny]

I use to bite my nails, but now I let them grow out. There's definitely pros and cons to having long nails though. I liked it better when my nails were shorter cuz then they wouldn't get caught in my sleeves.

[Yuffie514]

I used to have the habit to bite my fingernails instead of clipping them. Now I do the opposite, but I will revert to the former if I don't have any clips with me.