Dearest group! Join my ‘30 days Nail Recovery Challenge’! I had some time on my hands and I made a step by step plan of how you can revive your nails. No expensive equipment needed :) Let’s all take part and share updates here. You can print the plan out and cross it out daily! Let’s start now!

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Got my first gel manicure EVER and it feels great. He filed my nails more than I wanted (taking away some progress) but oh well!

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After 2 months of no biting, starting again .. day 1 🤞

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One month down and more manis to go!

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2 weeks no biting!

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It's been a few weeks since I posted. I was beginning to think my nails hadn't grown much at all and feeling disheartened. Seeing how far I've come since April has really put this into perspective for me!

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Thank you guys for the motivation!! I used to be an avid biter and skin biter. I finally got the help I needed mentally, quit caffeine and now this! You can do it!

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3 days in...any advice on better painting? 😂😂

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Long term acrylic nails and hypothyroidism damage. I promise you, they’ll grow back!

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Ugh. I need an intervention! How do I even bite them this short?!

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Stopped biting my nails after 30 years, but can’t stop biting/picking the skin. Help 😫

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Have not bitten my nails for around 4 weeks and I’ve been filing instead :-)

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Realising that I’ve replaced my nail biting habit with skin picking. Posting here to keep myself accountable, I will not pick for one week at least

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I don’t have before pics (that’s how bad it was), but it seems finding this community was all I needed to kick my lifelong finger peeling/gnawing habit. *2mo progress*

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4 weeks without biting or picking. Super happy to have made it this far!

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So angry at myself. I treated myself to a manicure after a month of no chewing. Now I’m right back to this.

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1 month! Enjoying not having painful nail beds.

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About a month in! Can’t believe the progress!

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Went through a break up two days ago. So proud of myself for not picking my hands at all- treated myself to painting my nails today 🥰

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Does anyone have any favorite anxiety/fidget/spinner rings? They’ve helped me a lot with giving my fingers something to do other than pick, and I’m looking for more! This is my newest one

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It makes me feel so warm but sad that birds can get Obsessive Picking as well. Look at this poor fella

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I’ve been biting on and off for years. This is two months of progress. I was complimented twice today about how nice they are!

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6 days since I started trying. (Graphic picture warning)

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2 months no peeling!! I could do with some advice about shaping, my nails seem really wide. Is this just the natural shape of my nails?

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officially trying to stop picking this time, any tips?

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Broke my nail months ago, still won’t grow out without splitting off. Any advice?

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I got my manicure!

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I posted before but hey, I’ve improved even more!!

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Progression after having trichotillomania (hair pulling) for 9 years. Top photo from Nov. 2017 when I shaved my eyebrows to try to start progress but ultimately failed. Super happy! I never thought I'd see the day. Eyebrows next!

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Dip nails are the only thing that keeps me from picking at my cuticles/skin around my nails

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After years of struggle, this progress only took me 16 DAYS! Crazy!

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any tips on helping my nail recover after it got squished?

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Slowly making progress!

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No before pic but almost one year after I stopped always tearing my cuticles into a bloody mess

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So tired of biting my fingers raw

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Got my nails professionally done for the first time! About 3 months of no picking and biting

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2 months! My index and thumb are almost completely healed <3

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~4 weeks progress without biting or picking nails or cuticles. Now to stop using them to scratch at my scalp ...

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It was suggested to me that I post my 2 year progress pic here! I've relapsed numerous times but am slowly kicking this anxious habit!

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Just bought a load of the recommended products. Today is the day I stop picking!

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Two weeks of progress! It’s nice to be able to scratch my itches :)

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It’s been 2 1/2 months now and I think I’ve finally found a sustainable length for me.

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Calm....teeth? My lips are always a mess too. Anyone else?

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34 days. I want to bite so badly.

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8 months today! I'm so proud of myself! #1 tip: cuticle oil

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I have a wedding to go to in three days and this is what my fingers currently look like. Not the worst but definitely not the best. How do I stop when I get so stressed?

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The nail on my middle finger broke, but I’m still going strong!

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relapse after 9 months bite & pick free 😢 starting over!

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9 months of calm hands. Nail beds can grow back! Have faith in your body (^.^)

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Two months without picking or biting!

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[trigger warning] god dammit why am I incapable of maintaining progress?? Today and 6 days ago. I give up.

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Three weeks with no biting. Trying to post photos and hold myself accountable. They haven’t ever been this long in my 26 years of life.

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Still going! Longest time I’ve quit ever!

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One month of progress. I've been biting them for 27 years and I think a few of them still don't trust me.

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14 months progress!

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Haven't bitten since early December!

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Aaaaaaand back to square 1. Hadn’t bitten my nails in almost a year. Chewed offlong beautiful nails and picked everything to shit last night🤦🏻‍♀️

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1 month in. The struggle is real. Especially when the skin gets dry / after showers

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anyone else have fingers like this? i think they're warts, but not sure. this is an area ive picked repeatedly at for at least a year.

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Three months of progress. I’ve been biting my nails since I was 4, and I’m 26 now. I have a 2 year old daughter who copies everything I do and I didn’t want her to pick up this habit. This is the longest my nails have ever been and I am so proud! The picture on the left isn’t even my shortest.

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It's been 6 months since i stopped biting the skin on my knuckles. Never thought it will fully recover, still puffy when looking from the side but much bettet

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Found this Reddit randomly and thought I should join! I’ve stopped bitting my nails as a kid, but substituted it for biting the skin off my thumb to the point where it is pink at the tip as for the bumps on my nail I don’t know what that is. Wish me luck through this journey!

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Bandaids are underrated. Back at square one 😔

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Been biting/picking at my nails for 22 years. First time I’m proud of the way my nails look. Cuticle oil several times a day and always wearing nail polish got me here.

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After 10+ years of biting, I finally stopped and grew some dang nails! (All nails are 100% mine out of my fingers)

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Before and After

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2 Months progress (excuse the shitty nailpolish I'm learning)

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This is a huge deal for me 3 months later! I still struggle with my cuticles, but I’ve been able to maintain this length for the past month.

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I stopped biting a year ago, after 20+ years of it. Today I broke a nail for the first time ever.

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Doing my best. Getting the skin biting down too is turning out to be the hardest part

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Finally can paint my nails!

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One month of not biting my nails! Been a nail biter for over 13 years.

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1 month progress

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My fingers after a bath from awhile ago. I can now see white on two of my nails. Baby steps!

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It's been 100 days since I stopped biting my nails! More details in the comment section.

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Got Invisalign 13 weeks ago and haven’t been able to bite- was able to get myself to stop picking, too!

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Applying a gel top coat has really helped me stop picking. More in comments

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Thanks for the Impress nails recommendation! I was making good progress but I have brittle nails and one was developing a horizontal split. Impress nails to the rescue to prevent picking!

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No biting since Dec 2!

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After 20 years of biting, one month of progress. I owe this sub a lot for motivation, which made this easier than I ever knew it could

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My new meditation rings, under 15 bucks each from Etsy, sterling silver!

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the day finally came.. and all i feel is embarrassed

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I am guilty of picking at my thumbs once I have nails on my other fingers, but I am so determined to kick this habit to the curb after 25+ years!

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275 days since I’ve bitten my nails

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Two months worth of nail bed growth! Still working on not picking at the surrounding skin (clearly, lol), but I’m so happy about the progress I’ve made!

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Posting for accountability. Wedding day in 7 months. Wish me luck!

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After 20+ years of biting, here is week 3 of going cold turkey. Starting to feel like a hand model... 😋

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Haven't bitten my nails in 6 months :) painted them to celebrate!

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Posting this in the hopes that it will encourage me to stop biting. I've tried for years but just recently 'buckled down'. Please comment if anyone has some advice.

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About a month and a half in. Is it strange that I’m so happy my nails extend this far past my fingertips?

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1 year of no nail biting

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Wish me luck. Let’s se how long this polish stays 😂

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(tw) Nails today... ENOUGH. I need to stop biting for good

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It is possible! Several months of finally not biting has given me beautiful nails!

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I've bitten my nails as long as I can remember, and my #1 new year's resolution was to stop. I had 19 solid days of no biting, and being able to see white for the first time was exciting! But I mindlessly chewed a few off during a physics test yesterday. :(

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My nails currently.

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I quit biting when my son turned 2 weeks old. He is 4 months old. 3.5 months no biting and I couldn’t be more proud.

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~2 weeks no picking/peeling. Very happy w how it looks now, before my fingertips were red from so much picking lol

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Friend just showed me this subreddit. This picture is mine from a couple summer ago, and my hands still look the same if pruned up. I'm ready to start the journey to calm hands!

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Stopped chewing sideskin of nails but this skin beside thumb got hardened. I need advice.

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Relapse. I feel like I’ll never beat this. I’ve been trying so hard: reading self help books; taking care of the nails; taking NAC; and I still get the impulses and can’t stop.

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My nails after a month of no picking and biting! the longest they have ever been, going to be cutting them a lot shorter for upcoming interviews so i just wanted to document the growth!

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20 days progress

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DAE get nail extensions to keep themselves from picking?

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After 21 years of nail biting, these are my nails after 8 weeks of no biting!

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Can't sleep because of rumination so I'm doing origami stars. Calm hands.

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Day 1, any tips for starting off breaking a terrible 20-year old habit?

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3 weeks no biting!

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New here, first post. 13 days in of 20+ years of nervousness/boredom induced picking and biting. QUESTION: does anyone know how this happens and how to prevent it? I’m so tempted to pick it off but I’m waiting til I get to a pair of clippers. 😅 thanks for the help in advance, guys.

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On the mend thanks to this sub and ImPress nails! See comments

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Got a gel manicure for the second time ever!! Just in time for the holidays :^)

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For twenty 25 years I would bite and pick at my fingers until they bled. I even had a finger get infected once. One year ago I said enough is enough!

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6 weeks this Wednesday!! Purple polish :)

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Ive been bite free for about a month. If I can make my mind up to quit so can you.

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Anyone else only pick their thumbs? I used to bite my nails and stopped but then i started doing this. I used to do it sometimes unconsciously and stop when my wife noticed and told me but now i do it compulsively even when i start bleeding. What should i do to stop this?

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will the redness go away or is it permanent? it doesn’t hurt at all! it just seems like maybe scarring at this point? I have adhd and anxiety and it feels actually impossible to stop. I just ordered gloves to wear at work and at home, hoping that helps me.

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Went to CVS and bought a bunch of nail supplies..hoping to do better this year

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Half of my nail came off! I want to know if anyone could tell me if it will grow back ☹️

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my nails about 2 weeks since applying nail hardener. my pointer nail makes tapping sounds now :)

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still can't stop picking at my nail beds though :(

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My 10000th before photo........looking for encouragement or something because ouch I’m frustrated with myself [tw]

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Was doing so well for months. Then massively fell backwards, esp with the “worry thumb.” Other than manicures, how do you all deal with the biting and picking that comes from stress and anxiety?

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I’ve picked my skin and bitten my nails since I was a kid. I am 6 months of no picking or biting today! So happy to have pretty nails.

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Found this subreddit and got reminded of the state my cuticles were in 3 years ago. I got sick and tired of my fingers hurting and bleeding everyday, and managed to stop biting since then. Never give up!

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I've been biting my nails forever, last night I chipped a small piece of my tooth off. This is day one for me

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The only thing that stops me from biting my nails are manicures-at least I have these! Can’t get over how long my nails are!

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Two-month difference! It’s not a HUGE difference since I relapsed in between but hey, this is the longest they’ve been!

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going on 2 weeks no biting, been painting my nails so they aren't so thin and easy to bend

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crazy how the stare of your nails can change the entire look of your hands. don’t give up! (4.5 months no biting)

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After trying to quit for DECADES, a friend the other day pointed to my fingers and asked me how I stopped biting/picking. I hadn’t even realized I’d stopped! How did this happen???

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12 weeks of SNS. I finally LOVE my nails.

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Does it look like I bite my nails?

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I’ve been biting for 29 years. Was ready to get engaged and knew I’d have a ring to wear so I quit cold turkey last month. Got my first manicure yesterday!

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I do not recommend getting NexGen nails done.. my nails were so pretty and good and now they look terrible. I put on two layers of nail strengthener polish and I am going to paint them until they grow out and that messed up part is gone. 3 months bite free!

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21 days and my nails are so much better.

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I just found this page. I’m going to try to stop picking my nails. I don’t bite them, but I always get anxious and pick them with my other fingers. Help

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I’m a biter and a picker, especially with my thumbs. Left is me at my worst in August, right is now. Still working on getting my thumb grown past the nail bed on one side, but super proud of how far I’ve come, despite some relapses.

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When you have 'good' nails you don't want to mess up

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Just over a month of no biting! (I've had this nail varnish for 2 years but haven't been able to use it...)

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Pretty happy with my progress so far! End of February up to today.

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Today, it has been 2 weeks since I have bitten or picked. I'm trying hard to be modest and stop staring but this is the nicest my natural nails have ever looked.

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