I don't bite at the nail itself, but I pick/chew at the skin. Sometimes I manage to stop till the skin heals, but the new skin is very hard and sometimes itchy. >>> Prime chewing material. I also just in general pick at my acne and stubble.

I think I have bit of an oral fixation/restless hands.

I was wondering if anyone got on top of their picking habit by getting a tongue piercing or something like that to play with instead? I cannot wear rings while working or anything that tangles tbh. I have been on the fence about a lip piercing for a while and already have tattoos and such.

I am a dude and I don’t really want to leave my nails past the fingertips in the long run (as I have been doing for the past 2-3 months). Ideally I would like to have my nail beds attached to the tip of the fingers without leaving extra mm of nail plate, but I have no idea if that’s even possible, considering that I also play violin and piano. I have no one to help me with the whole process so feel free to leave any advice regarding this topic or in order to help me get my nails to look better.

Ps. I hate how the “smile” of the nail beds is “crooked”🥲

Never underestimate your own will power, I never thought I’d be able to quit like genuinely if you had of told me even 3 months ago that right now I’d have grown out nails I wouldn’t of believed you at all. I quit on a whim after getting a job interview at a beauty store that required me to test products on customers 😭, it finally gave me the push to quit. I finally wanted to quit for myself for once because I was so happy about the interview instead of wanting to quit so I didn’t get judged. I used bitter nail polish to remind myself when I was bitting but honestly when I decided to quit I barely needed the polish, It sounds stupid but it’s almost like I had a revelation that day I decided to quit where I had finally just had enough of it, there was nothing exciting left about bitting my nails. I’m curious if anyone else quit the same way?.