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Oh, okay, that's doable. :D

Typically nail biters will gnaw at their cuticles and apply toothy pressure all over the nail plate, essentially damaging the new growth or matrix causing new growth to be weak and shoddy.

It'll take about 6 months to see real improvement without product and coverup if you stopped biting right this second.

So advice I could give you to help you keep your nails out of the danger zone is:

• Always have at least a (5, 7, or 8 free) clear polish on your nails. It'll lessen the appearance of peeling so it'll help you not have things to pick/bite. It'll also make them feel stronger. Color is a good option as well, can help you not want to mess up your hard work. DON'T use hardeners/strengtheners.
  
  
• Buy a small tin/tube of good hand lotion and some cuticle oil (with or solely comprised of jojoba oil). Always have it on you. If you feel the urge to bite/pick (or just randomly), slather product on yourself. I probably went through a 3 oz tube my first week off the nails. It tastes nasty, it's greasy/slippery feeling so you can't get a hold of the skin/nails, and it will help heal your nails both by protecting them and from application improving bloodflow and circulation to the matrix (for new growth).
  
  
• Try a new compulsive habit if hand massaging pounds of product into your hands isn't helping. I click my Note 8 stylus like crazy, reorganize my polish collection, or do adult coloring books when I'm not typing. Try not to have idle hands. Try a rubber band on the wrist and carry around a pocket picture of gorgeous long nails in perfect health and WANT IT. (yeah, I know it's not that easy but it might help!)
  
  
• Make sure you're protecting your recovering nails from other things that want to ruin them. Wear gloves when you do the dishes and invest in sulfate-free hand soap for the bathroom.
  Try not to use your nails as tools (like for cans, stabbing packaging, etc)
  
  
• When caring for your nails, use a glass file (Mont Bleu) to shape them because it seals the edges against moisture and helps the layers seal and stick together to lessen peeling.
  
  
• If you can manage it, don't actually let your nails grow to the point of breakage and keep them at or slightly (like 1 mm) below the end of your finger. Work on perfecting a nail care routine and trying to better your habits for a month or two before trying to grow them out a bit. It will still probably be peely if you go full nude but if you keep them trim, short, and hydrated you're less likely to have breaks which can make you feel defeated and like nothing is helping which might make you turn to either biting again or ruining everything with gimmick 'get rich quick' products like hardeners.
  
  
• When you do/can start growing them out again, it's really important to maintain the routine because a hydrated nail is MUCH more flexible and resilient than a dry one so you can reduce breaks and reduce the severity of breaks (like maybe just a lifty tear you can patch)
  
   
  
  I wish you luck on your journey!

These are my real nails now!!!! They DO need to be encased in nail polish since they’re pretty flimsy, but no more fake nails. The polish helps toughen them up.

I used the bulk packages of Kiss nails, petite since I wanted them short. I used Kiss glue as well- both the nails and glue were recommended to me by someone’s mom who was a nail tech. I found the nails stuck a lot better if I roughed up the underside with a metal file. Making sure to press VERY firmly while the glue dried helped a ton, and just making sure I had some glue with me since they do sometimes fall off. If possible, wear gloves while doing stuff like washing dishes since water can make them fall off, but you can just put them back. I would also always double check them after I showered or whatever.

Again, I didn’t want anything crazy... just something that looked normal so I cut and shaped them short with a metal file. I actually lovingly called them “nail jail” since it was physically impossible for me to bite the nails under them. Here’s a picture of me wearing Kiss nails about 2 years ago, and some info on how I painted them.

As far as removal goes, you can soak them off in acetone, ooooooor just get a bowl of warm water and soak your hands until the nails fall off. Then you use acetone to clean off the glue bits left on your nails. With this method you can even clean the underside of the plastic nails and apply them again later if you really liked the design.

Glass files were less expensive than I thought! Looks like $10 for 3 from Amazon. They’re just gentler on nails and I guess are supposed to also help layers not flake off? I dunno, I just read about it and liked using them. All the fancy nail art youtubers love them so they must be good. 😆

Always happy to help another nail biter. I felt like no one else struggled like I did and it was so hard to find info I could actually use. I guess I sorta just came up with a method that worked for me, and I’m not tempted to bite anymore. They’re too pretty.