subject: Showing Them Your Ugly Bitten Nails Could Destroy Your Selfconfidence [print this page] Beside being unhealthy badly bitten nails are just ugly nails. Badly bitten ugly nails can often be a social confidence shaker.
For those who bite their nails the end result can often be the closing of the doors to opportunity should the nails be noticed by anyone with an opportunity to provide.
Terribly bitten nails are so unsightly those afflicted will go to great but often noticable lengths to hide them from the sight of others.
More adults are nail biting victims than we would normally think. Recent estimates put that total at about 20 to 25 percent of the adult population.
When children are added to people with bitten nails the numbers are staggering.
The majority of them have asked themselves at one time or another. "Is it possible for me to stop biting my nails"? At one time or another all have seemingly searched for nail biting cures and anyway to stop chewing nails.
There are many advertised remedies for those who wish to find out how to stop nail biting. Most do not work for the long term. People learn to doubt there is any one single nail biting cure or nail biting solution for that very reason.
The driving force for those who want/need to know how to stop nail biting was for years primarily cosmetic in nature. However todays victims want to stop biting nails for not only cosmetic purposes but health, appearance, and social confidence related purposes.
Chewing nails can make the simplest of social graces very unnerving for those plagued with and unable to quit nail biting. Chewing your nails is also very unhealthy.
The simple act of putting ones fingers into their mouth in this modern age no doubt makes them far more susceptible to ailments such as H1N1 and MRSA. (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus).
Ailments of this nature are creating huge demand for people to find the means to shed the nail biting habit.
For many ashamed of the condition of their nails and unable to find out how to stop nail biting the psychological affects of nail biting can be devastating.
For those people simply attending a job interview is often a traumatic experience and may well hold them back financially.
For people with badly bitten nails simply going out on a date with someone they have real interest in sometimes takes all they can do. More often than not there is real shame and intense social embarrassment felt by those who have not been able to quit chewing nails.
Sadly enough that does seem to be most who have the nail biting habit. Most nail biters have failed to learn how to stop biting their nails and simply go through life continuing to bite their nails.
There is hope if you can seriously say "I want to stop biting my nails". There are any number of concoctions from creams to ointments to help people learn to do that.
However long term nail biting solutions are most likely found by consulting with your doctor and experienced professionals who understand how to remove the triggers that cause nail biting in the first place.
Don't because there is no need to allow bitten nails to control your life. Before that happens learn to stop biting your nails.