Category: Nail Biting

If you search for toenail biting online, you might have a hard time finding relevant results. It usually defaults to nail biting or fingernail biting. But people - often children but adults too - may...

I started biting my nails when I was very young. I know I was a nail biter from an early age but I can't recall exactly what year I started. The earliest specific memory I have was at around age 10...

As a kid I remember watching a documentary called Scared Straight! A group of at risk kids who already had criminal records visited the famous Rahway State Prison to meet inmates who basically yelled...

Nail biting can occur for a number of reasons and one that is often mentioned is anxiety. Having said that, it's not necessarily a unanimous opinion and people have differing views on the...

Shame and embarrassment can be powerful catalysts for change. For nail biters, we often develop ways to hide not only our chewed fingernails but our actual nail biting from others, too. Of course, if...

It takes around 6 months to regrow your fingernail and around 12 months (one full year) to regrow your big toenail. For us nail biters, nail growth isn't necessarily a problem as we're busy biting...