Stop Nail Biting Through Understanding The clinical name for nail biting is onychophagia. This bad habit runs rampant in children between the ages of ten and eighteen. In fact, almost fifty percent of children in this age group admit that they have a habit of biting their nails. A parent that understands the motivation behind ...…
Nail biting becomes such an ingrained habit that you have to be really determined if you want to stop. Many people will continue to bite their nails despite creating open wounds on their fingertips and cuticles. Your hands are one of the worst places to have an open wound as they are in constant contact ...…
Nail Biters – Your Undoing Bitten nails can be the undoing of any well groomed person. It is unattractive, noticeable (we all ‘talk’ with our hands) and can give ground and cause embarrassment in any new or unfamiliar social or business encounter. Although nail biting is most common in childhood and adolescence, it can ...…