Comments on: Fingernail Biting Habit

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:28:58 +0000

As long as a man is an adult he has a right to keep the dead white off the ends of his nails whether by biting, clipping or other safe means. Long nails are for women(and drag-queens, trannies, she-males, etc.) and children.
As a man I am proud of my manly short nails, my beard, male-pattern baldness, mechanical aptitude and other masculinity as well.

By: razina

razina — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:10:24 +0000

Hi luke..How goes it? =) what is the progress on the nails.I was tinkin bout that COZ i was shopping a few days ago and there was this promptional spa product things in this mall,the products had real gold 9 carat in it…lol…thats how we do it in South Africa,so ofcorse any sane person if chosen to try out these products for free would jump at the opportunity,having been chosen to give it a try by this very good looking guy,I realised he was offering me the chance to try the hand range which meant a free gold laiden manicure! And I REFUSED becoz I remembered the state of my nails =( So I made up an excuse that I am running late and could not try the GOLD manicure! =( And my nails are looking particularly awful these few weeks becoz I am going to be travelling by plane and I am very nervous about flying so naturally I vent off the nerves on my nails.For the first time ever have I really hated my nails…….gold manicure…sob sob sob

By: allan

allan — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:16:03 +0000

hello, i had the same problemm than you, i’ve recently stopped to bit my nails,it’s difficult,
and you do you resist, can you send me pictures of your hands , thanks

By: razina

razina — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:02:22 +0000

Luke,it was a pleasure to read,kept me occupied whilst sick.I would not say I have conquered biting my nails much to the annoyance of my mum,girls are not suppose to have untidy nails,everything suppose to be groomed and elegant.lol.I was never really one to care but as I got older and found my inner girl hehe I have begun to try to defeat my habit.I think it would be easier to climb table mountain than stop biting my nails.I will wait in anticipation to see the progress of your nails.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:09:54 +0000

Razina, thanks for the read. Glad you found some interest here in my little corner of the internet world. I am currently writing my latest blog about how I have almost conquered biting my nails, with some pretty drastic before and after pictures. Well 9 of the 10 nails have figured out, you´ll see. Thanks for reading.

By: razina

razina — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:47:00 +0000

I was pretty sick lately and had nothing much to do so I would just google random things..one of those random things was nail biting and that is how I stumbled upon your blog all the way over here in south africa =) read a few of your pieces and I really liked the travel inserts….have you ever travelled to south africa? Definately a destination must.There was alot of americans over in SA for the world cup and other than the occasional do you hop on giraffes to go to work remarks they werent annoying tourist american stereotypes..lol.no offence intended.Thanks for the nail biting info,glad to see its a global problem.ciao.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:31:49 +0000

Dubby, if you can’t quit the nasty habit, make the most of it. Personally, I find women with very short bitten nails seductive, particularly with red nail polish. There is also a group website on FLICKR you might want to visit titled “Girls Who Bite Their Fingernails.” I’m not defending nail-biting–essentially a crude and dirty habit–but am stressing there are worse things to worry about. Humans have bitten their nails for time immerorial and will continue to do so. I used to feel bad that bit my nails and felt I was condescended by some people. I got over it by not hiding it and by biting my fingernails in public when the urge struck. I was also very ashamed that I bite my toenails and could never admit it until fairly recently. Of course, I only do it in private, but I go barefoot and wear flip flops in warm weather which makes it obvious. If you’re interested you can check out my photostream on FLICKR under PJ86.

By: Dubby

Dubby — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:19:23 +0000

I’m a woman, darling. ;) I personally can’t tolerate seeing the horrific state of my nails while I attempt to make the rest of me to look… well, good.

I don’t find nail biting as hard to quit as cigarettes (I’d know). It’s just awful. At least cigarettes doesn’t cause stupid-ass bleeding and achings (well, in the long-run it’s worst, but no one cares about long-run).

Still picking at chipped nail… erm… I wonder how much longer I can last.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:37:51 +0000

Guys, you’re obsessing about nail-biting which is not good. It will create a success-failure cycle, make you miserable, and ultimately reinforce the habit. Try to relax if you intend to stop and not beat yourself up when you relapse. Most people who stop succeed that way. It’s the same process when quitting cigarettes. If you’re really hard core like me you may not be able to stop. In that event, learn to live with the habit. On the other hand you may outgrow it without trying. Remember, You can be happy and successful whether or not you bite your nails. There are millions of very successful and respectable people who are nail-biters. Besides, your girlfriends will tolerate it if they love you. I’m a married man and can attest to that.

By: Dubby

Dubby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:54:03 +0000

(I hate my blackberry, kthx)

Yea, getting to that point is hard… damn.

Like I said, I started with acrylics… I kinda just started with letting them grow a bit, and like I said, I kept biting them off even after getting the acrylics off. I’m not the type of person to bite off an entire hand in one sitting, so by the time I bit off, say, 3-4 nails, the remaining nails had grown to a considerable length. Seeing how pretty they were, I just managed to control myself… of course, I did relapse a few times (but not 100% completely), but when I did, I kinda was upset for it.

It’s a crapload of willpower. But just think… no more bleeding nail and cuticles! Yaaay!