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There is nail polish that tastes horrid on Amazon. I've been using it and it coats your whole mouth with nastiness. I haven't bit my nails in a week.
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0
I love looking at my nails now.. they at least aren't a hot mess of blood and skin anymore!
Since you pull with your teeth maybe you can try a no bite polish. It’s usually made to prevent people from biting their nails or some people use it to prevent their child from sucking their thumb. But I think you could also use it in this case to prevent you from using your teeth and mouth from pulling your hairs on your fingers. This is the product that I used to use to prevent mail biting. I would say that it works because it really tastes disgusting 🤮
Mavala Stop Deterrent Nail Polish Treatment | Nail Care to Help Stop Putting Fingers In Your Mouth | For Ages 3+ | 0.3 Fl Oz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_N38D11HR72Q4S65YNHTT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
For all of you nail biters out there- https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0. Getting braces was the only thing that cured me of nail biting- it just hurt too much. I had braces for 5yrs. My kids were thumb suckers (stopped around 8yr old!) and this was recommended. I would get it on my hands while putting it on their thumb- it tastes bad. Good luck!
There is a type of nail polish that you can buy that is specifically to aid in stopping nail biting! You put a coat on your nails and when you find yourself biting your nail you will be met with a horridly bitter taste! It is kind of interesting conditioning approach to stopping the habit :). Here is one that has good reviews on amazon: Mavala Stop Nail Biting
I bought this one off of Amazon. It's a bit expensive, but it has helped me stop biting.
There's a number of specialty products intended for the purpose, but technically most nail polishes would work because they tend to be made of some nasty-tasting chemicals. I've been using Mavala, 15 bucks for a 3oz bottle, applied with a synthetic brush-like thing. Re-apply regularly, I'd suggest every couple of days/once a week. It'll also have a residual effect on the fingertips if you bite those too.
The stuff I'm using is Mavala brand, pretty nasty taste and if any accidentally gets to the point where you start to swallow it, it'll make you retch. It also lingers for a good while, but best to re-apply regularly.
I used to do the same, nail-biting, skin biting, just generally fingers in my mouth. I started to use this incredibly bitter clear nail polish stuff. It has helped alot. Its very unpleasant and kind of a negative reinforcement for fingers in mouth but you can't deny the results
I would normally recommend a dip nail polish that makes it impossible to bite and pick at your fingers, but if you can't use traditional nail polish, you could try something like this. My husband uses a matte nail polish similar to that to prevent biting, and it's not at all detectable.
I highly recommend this stuff: https://smile.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=mp_s_a_1_4
It tastes like rotting fish guts soaked in acetone, but it’s non-toxic. It leaves a taste in your mouth for HOURS, so he should very quickly find something else on which to chew haha. Ps, I LOVE Snow Tigers, they are my favorite breed!!! My soul kitty Vinnie was one (he’s my profile pic 🥰).
Can really recommend painting Mavala Stop here on your fingers every few days. My problem was chewing on my little fingers and thumb. Followed a recommendation on this sub and they are looking like fingers again for the first time in my life!
Can really recommend painting Mavala Stop here on your fingers every few days. My problem was chewing on my little fingers and thumb. Followed a recommendation on this sub and they are looking like fingers again for the first time in my life!
Might have just been the brand. I got this stuff, it was bad enough to make me gag and lasted about 2-4 days depending on how often I tried to put my fingers near my mouth.
There's something like nail polish that you can put on that gives the nails a horrible taste as a deterrent. Have you tried that?
Stuff like this (not endorsing this specific brand or anything, it was just the first thing that came up in google)
I purchased this clear nail polish from Amazon last month. You will never put your hands near your mouth again. This stuff is strong but works so SO well. Good luck!
Check out this product, it has over 9,000 reviews on Amazon with a 4.5 star rating
Mavala Stop Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking 0.3 Fluid Ounces https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Kr.KDb8E2BKHD
One application lasts a few days and let me tell you, it tastes nasty as hell. Not only that, it lingers so you're forced to think about your mistake. Even eating finger food becomes risky while it's on.
I have adhd so impulse control and fidgety behaviour is a problem for me, and even so this stuff broke my chewing habit.
There’s a nail polish that you can put on his cuticles. It tastes disgusting.
A lot of times it’s soothing and a habit. The polish disrupts that because it’s neither and then it’s easier to break the habit.
My husband was a nail biter and I used to paint this on. He hated it but he’s not a nail biter anymore.
Just try to put it further back on the nail and reapply every few days. It’s truly awful and if it’s in his fingertip he will taste it anytime he eats food with his hands.
I use clear nail polish on my nails to put a physical barrier there. I don't like the plastic texture of it. I use this this when I know I'm going to be stressing out: https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1522717374&sr=1-4&keywords=mavala
It works really well during finals. It usually takes only one application to remind me not to bite. In addition, I file regularly (once or twice a week) to keep the edges from splintering. I also use a lot of cuticle oil to keep my cuticles from getting dry. At night, I use a really thick hydrating cream to make my hands smoother. It all keeps me from picking at everything.
I used to do that a lot when I was younger so my mum suggested that I use a special nail polish,that prevents you from biting your nails.It really worked as it was bitter like hell..if you forgot about it and were tempted to bite, you regretted the next moment.after 2 months or so the detering reflex grew so strong on me that I've never bitten my nails since.The brand is called Mavala,it's clear btw,no colour..
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0
I used to have the exact same problem!! It took me about 3-4 months, but going over my manicure with this stuff- https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0 seemed to do the trick. It worked fine over the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri top coat (the red bottle i believe? been using it since forever)
And when he says "products" he means this product. Its the only one you need. You just need to get good at applying it and apply it regularly! Don't stop. It takes time to break a habit like that.
Yeah I understand. You can use something like this where you can buy a nail polish that helps you stop biting your nails. Though it is a bit expensive for some "nail polish" so look into something comparable.
I used to have this stuff which you dipped your fingers Into that have them the worst, bitter taste so whenever I went to bite one it tasted like ass and helped. Rolled it under the sofa because it pissed me off too much though lmao, I'll see if I can find it online.
Not the same stuff, but this works too https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
I have struggled with this for a while. If you are a woman get fake nails from a salon. They are impossible to bite, after a month or so you can take them off and will have curbed the habit. If you are a man or just dont want fake nails you can buy this clear nail polish that tastes TERRIBLE if you bite your nails. http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
So, i'm currently about a month ahead of you. I also have tons of anxiety, and while that's getting better, my chronic nail biting did not. I started using Mavala Stop on them religiously. Like, i'd reapply every day. Currently they look more decent than they have in years (decades technically) and i'm starting to not need the disgusting polish anymore. However, I keep a bottle with me in my bag, and if I notice myself going to bit or chew on a nail I immediately polish it up. It's gonna be a while til i'm totally better, but I thought I'd let you know what is working for me. Good luck!
I'm scared of this happening and that it misaligns your teeth. I bite my nails/skin very often and I smoke, so my near perfect teeth are probably going to be terrible in 20 years.
I bought this. It should be coming in the mail today. Hopefully, this will be the first step in stopping all this nonsense.
After 30yrs of nail biting and trying to stop, this is what finally helped. Stuff is really bitter. I stopped nail biting after 3 applications. Now I use it only in case of relapse, which is rare.
http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0/
Lifelong nail biter here. I tried Mavala Stop and it worked for a while. It's nice to see your nails grow and I even had to use a nail clipper once! I did eventually relapse, but I wish you the best.
Have you tried this against your nailbiting?
I have a bad habit of postponing every obligation, to the point of having no job/education anymore and still not doing anything
I used to bite my fingernails until they bled. Then I found this stuff. I stopped biting my nails....and then I started picking at my nails with my new nails.
Wtf, brain? What is wrong with you?
I bit my nails for over 15 years. I thought I had tried everything to stop but I could never break the habit. My GF bought some Mavala Stop off of Amazon and it took 3 days to break me of that habit. That stuff is the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted and it takes nail polish remover to get rid of it. I've had nails for over a year now! :)
Christ, my bf had Mavala Bitter Nail Polish applied because his cuticles are God awful. Well, we were going to be intimate and he trailed his fingers around my lips and I licked them, then I went on a spitting and water-gurgling frenzy for half an hour. We both completely forgot he had it applied.
The horrible taste was still in my mouth the whole day.
I was exactly the same for like 15 years. until i found this stuff:
http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
this nasty shit is like magic. i had this on for a week, (only 1 application) and I slipped once or twice, but that awful taste does something to your subconscious and I haven't had the urge to bite at all since. any small urges are easy to resist now. I would offer to give you the bottle, but I want to save it for a while just in case.
I bought the above for my boyfriend.. he's a nail-biter. Nearing the end of the first week and it seems to be working.
If you don't want to quit.. why not?
Try putting nail polish remover on your fingernails. That's how my parents got me to stop sucking on my thumb when I was a child. There's also commerical products out there to put on your nails that work on the same idea for example this.
Amazon Although I did see that says but to be used for children under 3, so its only an option if nothing else works until then...
[You can get very bitter tasting, transparent nail polish on Amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0?th=1)
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0?th=1
Recently started using something similar, its a clear coat which has a bitter chemical in it that if you bite it'll be nasty as hell. It's helped me break the habit and I can finally start growing my nails long (then I can just paint them and not feel tempted to bite them).
Hope this helps!
You should also try this https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
I bit my nails for 30+ years. Never clipped them once. When my son was 3 he started biting his nails. I got this:
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
I figured I would try and quit with him. So I put that stuff on his and my nails for a couple weeks. After about 2-3 weeks we both stopped. It tastes awful. Been 10+ years and I've never bit my nails again.
I use Bitter taste nail polish on my 8yo kid. Believe me you’re not putting your fingers in your mouth with this.
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This stuff goes on like nail polish and has a super disgusting flavor. It will definitely remind you to get your fingers out of your mouth.
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Mavala Stop Deterrent Nail Polish Treatment | Nail Care to Help Stop Putting Fingers In Your Mouth | For Ages 3+ | 0.3 Fl Oz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_ZNS6S0KKKA4491JXGK4S
Tell him to use something like this. If it doesn’t stop him he has a problem.
I live in Turkey and its alot cheaper in local stores but here is the one I found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
That stuff helped me stop chewing my nails after 20 years. Maybe it will work for you too :)
Have you tried anti-nail biting polish? I wasn't so much a finger sucker, but I did bite my nails. You paint this stuff on and then your nails taste awful.
Get some bitter nail polish
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_G2g2FbF478QEF
You can find it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1542292009&sr=1-4&keywords=mavala%2Bstop&dpID=41TVkUE41OL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1
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It's from switzerland so not sure it shows up in stores like walgreens.
I used this stuff: https://smile.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0?sa-no-redirect=1
The taste gets all over everything. It was quite a deterrent for me.
I recommend getting some bitter nail polish.This is the one I use. https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
My brother stopped. His wife bought him nail polish that tasted awful made to stop nail bitting. Good luck friend. https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-biting-ounces/dp/B0000YUXI0
I used this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000YUXI0/
Took a couple of months, but it was worth it.
How about this?
https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0
put it on you fingers to quit doing that
Mavala Stop! Paint it on EVERY DAY. If that doesn't work (& you are a girl), keep your nails manicured--gel or acrylic cannot be bitten!
So sorry for the late response but what really helped me stop nail biting once and for all is to use the Mavala nail polish that is specifically designed to stop nail biting (you can get it on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Switzerland-Stop-Nail-Biting/dp/B0000YUXI0 or https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Helps-Biting-Thumb-Sucking/dp/B00336WT3O). The taste is sooo bitter and disgusting that you don't want to put your finger back in your mouth. The only downside is that it can rub off onto finger foods or cooking, so if you eat chips or grab food with your nails you will taste the polish. But it's a small price to pay for long term reward. I cannot tell you how badly my nail biting was until I used this nail polish and now I have the longest nails out of all my friends. I hope you try it out some time! Good luck!
Put Mavala Stop on your nails to make them taste horrendous.
Ordered this today
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000YUXI0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I'll let you know how it works. Should be delivered today.
Mavala Stop - Helps Cure Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking, 0.3-Fluid Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Y7nJybD2451FE
Two words. Malala Stop. https://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
I've heard good things about this.
You could try one of the bitter nail biting products e.g. this.
Get this stuff and apply every other day. You will stop. Mavala Stop - Helps Cure Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking, 0.3-Fluid Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_uyGJxbXDMCB6B
Get you some of this....its really works. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000YUXI0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Buy some of THIS and start using it. It's very effective.
Mavala Stop worked for me, and another person I know. Good stuff.
Mavala Stop - Helps Cure Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking, 0.3-Fluid Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000YUXI0/ref=cm_sw_r_em_awd_kr4nwbN6ESCMJ
Currently helping me. I've been biting for 7 years. Time to stop.
Anyone suffering from this should give Mavala Stop a try.
Even better than the bitter apple would be a dab of this stuff on the outside: http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
Try something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Nail-Biting-Sucking-Prevention/dp/B0000YUXI0
I have no experience, but I have heard of the stuff before. Seems to have a lot of positive reviews.
I posted it above, but this really helps. The only problem is that the taste is so strong it often gets on your lips just from accidentally touching your mouth.
Worked for my 4 year old...
http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
My daughter went through this. We bought some clear fingernail polish that made the nails taste very sour. Stopped her within a week.
They make a truly foul tasting, clear nail polish that helps you stop. For instance...
What if I told you that I have a solution that is on about ten bucks? http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0
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