How do i stop bitning the skin around my fingers?

ive been biting the skin around my fingers since i can remember and want to stop but its addcitive and cant. hsa anyone else being doing this and how can i stop. ive heard this is linked to BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder)

How do i stop bitning the skin around my fingers?
I fell your pain - i have been doing that my entire life as well. It's linked to OCD.


It's a habit and needs to be broken like any other addiction / habit. This one is hard, since half the time we don't realize we're doing it until we bite too deep and get a little pain back.


A few ideas are aversion therapy - buy a bottle of the stuff they make so people will stop biting their nails and apply it to the skin around the nails. If you can't find that, you can get a bottle of bitter apple spray, which stops puppies from chewing and spray it on your hands.


Try keeping a journal or everytime you catch yourself doing it. Log what you were doing, what your state of mind was and what triggered it, it you know. Often we do this as a response to stress or boredom.


Keep track of when you don't do it. Reward yourself for not doing it. Start with not doing it for 1 day, then increase to two, indrease to 3, and so on. The experts say it takes at least 3 weeks of not doing something to break a habit.


Get a manicure - getting your hands to a nice looking state may help you stop (if you're a guy, you don't have to get nail polish put on to have a manicure.)


Hide any tools you use - or better yet, get rid of the all together. I admit that i've spent some quality time on my hands with a pair of tweezers.


The thing that really made me stop was when i got braces on my teeth i just couldn't physically do it no the habit's faded since then - not that i'm promoting this expensive treatment for skin chewing alone - it was just a nice side effect of getting my teeth straightened.


And finally - know that you are not crazy and you are not alone.





Good luck
Reply:why should you stop it's one of life's great pleasures!
Reply:there are like lotions you can place on the nail ect that will stop you biting them, im sure you could use it for around the nail.
Reply:chop your fingers off
Reply:The same way you stop biting your nails. Soak your fingertips in vinegar. It tastes awful, plus the burning from putting the damaged skin in there should be enough to stop the habit.
Reply:ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you are eating human
Reply:Stick your fingers up your **** and i guarentee you will stop biting them. Have a sniff.
Reply:i do the same thing and would like to stop too.
Reply:You could put something on your hands which doesn't make a mess, and tastes nasty in that way you wont even want to bite the skin around your fingers, i think you can get some stuff for it!! ask at a chemist or some were?
Reply:Have your teeth removed and get false ones which you only wear at meal times for eating food, not fingers. Either that or make sure that your fingers are always incredibly filthy so that you wouldn´t even dream of stroking a dog with them, let alone put them in your mouth.
Reply:that has happened to me before. so now whenever i want to bite my fingernails or the skin, i just catch myself "in the act" and put my hand down. it works.
Reply:I don't know about BDD..tape your finger tips or wear gloves for three month ..maybe you brake out of the habit


..mine is worst then yours ..i bite the inside of my mouth


until it bleeds ..so i chew gum to stop me from biting ..it works as long as there is a chewing gum in my mouth..lol
Reply:Wear gloves. Have several pairs for outdoors and indoors,


and they must also be worn whilst sleeping. Only take them


off when bathing. For kitchen work or other chores with wet


hands, wear rubber surgical gloves. The rest is all discipline.
Reply:Think about all the germs that are harbored there that could make you sick! Keep your cuticles manicured so that there is nothing to bite.
Reply:Have you tried hypnotherapy. I've known people who went through it to stop smoking and it worked. It's not suitable for everyone, but it may be worth finding out more about it.
Reply:stick your fingers in chillest of all chili power. I did that to keep my dogs from biting my fingers
Reply:go to Boots and ask their phamacist for something