Hands off: how to be disaccustomed to gnaw nails

Do you gnaw nails? The bad habit is not harmless at all. It only at first sight seems that purely esthetic party of a question is concerned. Actually continuous mechanical impact on nails leads to deformation of plates, their stratifying, inflammation in okolonogtevy fabrics. Ugly, painfully moreover besides "gate" for various infections, including fungal opens. Besides, space under nails – the favourite place for microbes, bacteria and eggs of helminths. It is terrible to present what "nursery" itself can drag in a mouth on a foolish whim. What should be undertaken to get rid of desire constantly to hold fingers in a mouth?

• increase nails

At least, for a month hunting to gnaw finger-tips precisely will be gone. To very few people "synthetics", different besides big durability will be to the taste. And whether it will want to spoil beauty for which a lot of money is spent? Sometimes extension of artificial nails – the only way to grant a respite natural to restore them, having excluded constant "chatter".
• you apply the moisturizing cream

If desire to gnaw nails and nearby "territory" is connected with the aspiration to get rid of the hooked edges, the sticking-out agnails, apply hand cream more often, rubbing it in a nail plate. Let it will always be in your handbag to solve a dryness problem, as well as cuticle scissors and a file for the emergency help.

• buy a toy anti-stress

It is necessary not for an entertainment, and quite specific objective: to occupy a suitor for the hand which and is in a mouth. A habit to gnaw nails – that other as protective reaction to a stressful situation. Replace a habitual route "fingers – a mouth" with "fingers – an expander" (an elastic ring, a cube-rubik, beads, etc.) which also you carry with yourself.
• we follow progress

The problem of an obgryzaniye of nails is so widespread in the world that producers of jewelry thought up the decision. How to you the idea of rings with the mobile centers or other elements which can be twisted without risk for their breakage? And that: and it is beautiful, and always near at hand on a case of unforeseen hassle.
• conclude a bet with yourself

Violated a promise to hold fingers far away from a mouth? Let physical activities will act as punishment. Let's tell, 20 jumps on a jump rope or 30 exercises on a press. That you did not feel a circle guilty, at least will derive a benefit maximum from the failures (we believe that temporary).

• … and with the girlfriend

By the way, as "the arbitration judge" not only the friend, but also mother, the sister, the fellow worker can act. A secret is in pronunciation of a problem here: in your head there can be any thoughts, but if you accurately sound aloud the problem, you will subconsciously try to get rid of it. At least, still someone knows about your weakness – and will hold you on "sight".
• you wear gloves

This female accessory can become a mechanical barrier on the way to own nails. The benefit, in cold season it is possible to carry it remorselessly and without prejudice to vigorous activity. By the way, those who gnaw nails in a dream and cannot control the actions gloves for the night sometimes are the only exit in fight for healthy nails.
Or perhaps to the doctor?

The habit not to take out fingers from a mouth is often called a trap. Like, you do not see anything terrible in a problem, but actually it is an occasion to sound the alarm. Independently it is easy to define a thin side between bad habit and the basis for the address to the doctor: if people around or you at least few times paid attention to your tendency. Yes, it is possible to smear some nail plates with caustic substances, to do beautiful manicure, to occupy hands, but if the true reason is in a low self-assessment, the increased uneasiness, emotionality, any of the measures sounded above will not help to get rid of an addiction.

Your rescue – a campaign to the psychiatrist or the psychotherapist (but not to the psychologist) for specification of the diagnosis and prescription of medicines. And suddenly it is a symptom of a chronic depression what meets quite often? You should not be afraid of such concepts as "antidepressants", "tranquilizers" since means of new generation not only will not cause accustoming or will force "to brake", and will allow to play to the world new joyful paints. Such in which the habit to gnaw nails remained far in the past.