Finger nail biting is a habit that plagues many people all around the world. Though it is curable enough but one needs to understand the reason behind the habit to cure it. Broadly, there are three main roots to the habit. One is childhood inheritance; the other is it being a result of negative emotions and the third id out of sheer hyper activity in the nature of a person. As children we pick up a lot of habits that we see our parents or elders performing around us. That age is such that it is not possible to realise if a habit is good or bad and it is very easy to imitate and imbibe.

According to a study, the effects of nail biting are both psychological and physiological. Many of the health problems being faced by someone can be due to his habit of biting nails. Nail biting leads to chronic stomach infections, food poisoning, sometimes even cancer. It affects oral hygiene too; it can lead to bleeding gums, swollen fingers, bruised and bleeding throat. It can make your hands looks shabby; can lead to pus formation in your fingers, can make your nail bed disappear from your fingers completely.

Many people must not be aware of these facts and many who would be, simply excuse themselves by saying that some old habits just done die. Well this is certainly just escapism. There have been cases where people who have been nail biters for decades and decades have succeeded in getting rid of this habit. Just ask yourself once, are you so weak that you cannot do something as simple as stopping nail bites? It is just weakness in determination. The moment you decide with your heart and soul that you simply have to stop biting your nails, nobody in the world can stop you.

There are various aids to nail biting available in the market. Some of them are in the form of motivational material like books and diaries. Others include products like anti nail biting polish that have a bitter taste and discourage nail biting. Other than that, there are audios and videos that use the hypnosis treatment to cure the habit. One thing that should be remembered is that nothing is possible without self control. You might have the best aids but if you cannot resist temptation, nothing can work, but with just some determination, you can easily erase the habit all by yourself.