Stop! Don’t Bite Your Nails!
by Sophia on Oct.06, 2009, under nail FAQ
Do you have any habits for stress-relieving? Such as nail-biting, thumb-sucking, nose-picking, hair-twisting or pulling, tooth-grinding and picking at skin. Nail-biting is the most common of the typical “nervous habits”. Some kids and adults may bite their nails when they are in times of stress or excitement, or in times of boredom or inactivity. But it’s not a healthy habit.
Your fingernails have a couple of big jobs to do. They protect your fingertips and make it easier for you to pick up tiny things, they also come in handy when you have an itch that needs scratching.
You may bite your nails without realizing you are doing it. You might be involved in another activity, such as reading, watching TV, or talking on the phone, and bite your nails without thinking about it. But when you bite your nails, you are breaking the skin and maybe bringing germs into your skin.
There are germs under your fingernails, when you are bite them, those germs can go into your mouth. Think about all the icky stuff you touch all day long, like your baby sister’s drool-dripping pacifier, your stinky gym socks, or slimy earthworms for your science project. You don’t want those nasty germs getting in your mouth. In fact, some people bite their nails and cuticles down so far, they bleed! When germs invade, they can get an infection.
On the other side, nail-biting can couse your fingertips to be red and sore and your cuticles to bleed, also interfere with normal nail growth and cause deformed nails.
March 21st, 2010 on 4:21 am
(other blogs work fine).
April 22nd, 2010 on 10:31 am
This is fantastic. Many thanks.