growing out nails

I’m a member of Floor length hair club 2 and I did a post some time ago about the damage nails could do to your hair. I told people an icky fact I have read and for some reason it actually seemed to help people stop biting their nails.
Okay, here goes…
“Biting you nails will give you more bacteria than licking a toilet seat!”
Gross, huh?

Karen

This has only happened to me when the manicurist did not file the nails properly.

She used a zig-zagging motion rather that working in one direction from the outer edge of the nail to the center, on both sides.
Also, she used a metal file instead of an emergy board.
I didn't go back to her after the second time.

I haven't had manicures for a while because although I loved the hand massage part, I didn't want my cuticles removed.
They are natural protection for the nails and I didn't like them pushed back and sliced off. I do believe that it weakens the integrity of the whole nail structure.

Take care

Uzi

I have to agree with LilyBeach. I too bite my nails and stopped a couple of months ago. Going to the salon and getting manicure proffessionally done helps a great deal.
You are less tempted to bite on them when you see how pretty they look and it also helps to know you paid for them, so you are going to make them last as much as possible.
Even though I can do my own manicure (including french), I tend to bite them when I do it myself as I know I can just redo it. So I have opted for going to a salon now. Unfortunately my nails are still very weak, so they break very often....but I am not giving up!

I personally wouldn't do acrylics, I had them a few years ago and it just made my nails underneath even weaker than they already were from the biting. Once I took the tips off I ended up having to cut all the nail that had grown because it was not even worth trying to save...they were sooo thin and weak. It took me quite a few months to grow out all the damaged part.

Hope that helps you and good luck on the biting! I know is a horrible habit!

Is going to the nail salon an option? If so, you can get tips put on and you can grow your nails out with the tips on. They'll look great in the meantime. But, you will have to get them "filled" every two weeks at a cost of approx $20 each time.

If that is not an option, I recommend using "Develop 10" or one of the other strengtheners (Sally Hansen makes good ones), and a whole lot of discipline to keep from biting. I used to bite my nails before I was 12, and I know it can be a hard habit to break. But you can do it if you really put your mind to it!

Good luck and please let us know how it goes.

Elissa
Ex-nail biter