The Medical Effects of Nail Biting [DermTV.com Epi #374]

[rbmaserang]

if you live in a place that has frogs just pick em up and look them straight in the eyes. they'll pee in your hand and later on when you forget u played with frogs you bite your nails and taste the pee. it's awful. i learned this when i was a little boy. but i never had problems biting nails in the first place.

[bethmariew]

what is in that jar on the left? it looks like pop can tabs. 

[catlove20001]

i have stoped this week and saw this wow but WHY NOT BUY GUM it will help. W.I.L.L .H.E.L.P. Y.O.U. :) it will

[Nymphetary]

I so have cancer on my nails now. D: Ive bitten my nails ALL MY LIFE. oh well...

[JyonasanVolkov]

I am biting my nails right now & I can not stop!

Please help me!

[madiball494]

omg skin cancer i stopped a week ago and my nails are actualy long :D ty for telling me

[XxGirntacos]

I bite my nails when im hungry

[Ymbninjakiller]

I got a question every week sorta, I get dead skin the spreads everywhere on my fingers and toes how does it go away?? It comes back then goes away it sorta makes me obsessed to pick at it but then get yell by my teacher..

[pinkagony13]

Completely off-topic but, am I the only one who noticed the glass jar(?) on the top left that seems to be filled with Hershey Kisses?

Okay, that said, I do bite my nails. I don't like, chew them off, I just sort of nibble on them until the whites look transluscent... Is that weird?

[xTheKitsch]

im biting my nails right now, no shits are given.

[werwer607]

lol omg ive bitin my nails for 12 years and nothings happened. XD

[emdelity]

I don't bite my nails ( I can't even if I tried since I have braces right now) but are there any problems from picking at your nails?

[applesauceman92]

i bite my nails while chewing gum..after i sprayed things on them...wearing band aids...i even put things on my nails that you use with dogs to keep them from chewing things..nothing works...and i am a very bad biter..sometimes biting the nail completely off...what do i do? :(

[krcar4]

Spray some hairspray on your nails...you'll never bite them again. YUCK!

[roxiefoxy16]

does anybody know if he has a video on how to prevent and take care of white/black heads???

[theMilkz]

i stopped biting my nails after i got my braces.. my teeth would hurt when i start to bite. :(

[MaicoMoon]

@theMilkz Yup, braces stopped my nail biting habit too.

[dirulovely]

I just put on a couple of coats of cheap nail polish and peal it off instead of biting my nails. Works great.

[Voyeur53]

Who knew nail biting could have such dire consequences? Thanks for the heads up.

[MCmammajama]

cutest. doctor. ever. love him!! ♥

[Mushman15]

I THINK YOUR NEW VIDEOS ARE REALLY DUMB, YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TOPICS

[aussiedonna50]

I haven 't bitten my nails for around 40 years but when I did, I didn't realise I was doing it until someone said "stop biting your nails". Thankfully, I grew out of the habit.

Another really ugly thing, is people who tote filthy artificial nails. I had a new hairdresser who I met for the first time a while back for a consultation & after seeing her nails, I never went back to the salon.

She had a very fertile germ factory under her nails that weren't going anywhere near me! lol

[PandaBaby51]

cold sore of fingers.. *shudders

[LilBabe074]

If you've bitten your nails your entire life (lets say 20+years) will your nails ever be normal again or are they always going to be stunted and short? Does anyone know?

[iluvenisp]

@LilBabe074 Hey! I bit my nails my whole life (20 years or so), but in the last 3 years I stopped, and my nails grew back very well! Sure, at first they were bendy and not strong, but I took care of them with strengthening nail polishes and they are ok now.

There IS hope :)

Hope you're able to stop, it will surely make you insanely happy (it made me really happy haha).

Good luck!!

[LilBabe074]

@iluvenisp thank u so much :)))

[latinqurl]

I used to bite my nails till last year...and I'm 29. I used to bite so bad that i even bled so gross. So i used to get fake nails but they made my nails weak! I bought Sally Hanson's miracle grow & it helped me. Once u see your nails growing & looking pretty it makes you stop and take care of them :) you can do it ladies!!! I did! :)

[jessical5683]

You are so adorable!

[lilqtxanq3l]

This iis one of the most badest habit that people do (including myself when I was younger)! Thank you for sharing!

[thatsitable1]

You Are The BEST!! Thanks DOC!!

[smallsushicat]

bad tasting nail polish never worked for me.

didn't matter if tasted bad. :/

[lesbonubi]

I once saw my bit off finger nail under a microscope... After that, I never bit my nails again. It's gross

[weird1tuhan]

***GREAT TIP RIGHT HERE!!!*** :one thing that helped me and is only like 99 cents!!!! GUM!! the reason why i would bite my nails was because i got bored and i needed to occupy my self by doing something, which made me bite my nails!! GUM really helps! give this comment thumbs up so others can see it. GUM is so simply and it comes in a lot of flavors so you can pick the one you like! TRY IT!! IT REALLY WORKS!! BY CHEWING GUM YOUR HABIT GOES AWAY!!! IT ONLY TAKES A WEEK FOR YOU TO COMPLETELY STOP!

[SanneMusic]

@weird1tuhan mine was chocolate :) its one of the foods i really like and i bought a big chocolate bar (which was a big thing when i was 11 / 12 years old) and i allowed myself to take a piece when i didn't bite! Helped so much.

[weird1tuhan]

@SanneMusic i did the exact same thing! i would chew gum a lot and if i didnt bite my nails for a day i would give my self a treat!

[sugarashley]

@weird1tuhan sadly gum is banned where i live.. :(

[Orchiidify]

@sugarashley You live in Singapore? Cause it's banned there.

[angelbabyjeb]

@sugarashley Gum??? Why?????

[nepheliad]

Those bad tasting nail polishes don't always work

[l1Love4You3]

Thank you for this.

[Volupt24]

I bite my nails to this day and im 27, my nails r short and not the prettiest but theyre not that bad. When i see my nails grow out its like i start salivating lmao seriously, i bite them like im biting into a cheeseburger....my habit is so bad that i sometimes ask my boyfriend to bite his, he fusses at first n then gives in to letting me bite ONLY ONE nail :)..i need serious help, i cant seem to stop

[mar46394]

I was a HORRIBLE nail biter until recently (and I still fear relapse). It even got so bad that I was biting the skin around the nail and picking at it too. What helped me was getting manicures weekly and now every two weeks. I found that the hard shiny coating they put on it was a deterent for me. It was too slick to bite I suppose plus they looked great and I didn't want to ruin them. Also, lotion often because no one wants lotion in their mouths and it will help your skin heal.

[ggdeibiza]

I used to be a ferocious nail biter myself, up until my early 20s (am now 24), and I found that once you've let a nail grow out completely, it motivates you to stop biting altogether. That's one finger; 9 more left to go after that! If you can keep busy enough, i.e. keep you mind off the nail biting, it's only a matter of time before you grow them all back. I would know!

[girlintrouble2]

MY BF bites the skin around his nails, Im sure it must be just as bad, I try to stop him but he just doesnt see it as a problem. I dont think he will let me paint his hands in that paint on stuff!

[girlintrouble2]

"Fearless leader of Derm TV" - no one else can make this stuff so entertaining ;-)

[GuitaGal92]

This is great, I had no idea my 'harmless' habit was actually anything but. Thank you for this informative video, I'll make quitting my habit a priority!