Hi all.
Has anyone managed to successfully stopped biting their nails, and stuck at it?
I am mid 40s and have bitten my nails, and the skin around them, since I was a young child. I am constantly getting infections, or causing my skin to bleed where I bite it away.
I have tried the paint on stuff, which didnt work, as it tainted food when I ate with my hands (sandwiches for example) but I am fed up with my nails looking shit!
I have managed to lose weight and keep it off, and stop smoking but I cant stop chewing my bloody fingers. Its often absent mindedly, so I don't even realise I do it half the time.
I do it when I am bored, hungry, nervous, agitated, driving, watching TV and I just want to stop!
I am not even sure if my nails would grow back beyond the fingertips, given how fucked the skin is, would they even recover?