Jan 10 2009
Home Remedies To Stop Nail Biting
Trying to stop biting your nails is a lot like trying to quit smoking or trying to stop over eating, success depends on behavioral changes. This home remedy will help you make small changes in your behavior so you can quit biting your nails.
The first step of this home remedy is make your nail taste bad. A nail paint product designed for this purpose is sold at most drugstores. You won’t want to bite bad tasting fingernails.
When you’re at home, wear cotton gloves or put a band aid over the tip of each finger. You can’t bite what you can’t reach.
Keep your nail short and well manicured during the time that you are trying to break the nail biting habit.
Encourage yourself. It takes about 7 days to break a habit and you can break the nail biting habit with this home remedy.
