August 2
The world's first treatment centre for nail biters is to open in the Netherlands next month.

Director of the new centre in Venlo, of the Institute for Pathological Onychophagy (IPO) says he and his team have invented an aid to make nail-biting impossible.

He said initial trials had been almost 100 per cent successful and that people attending the centre could expect to be completely cured within four weeks.

"The treatment has been successful for 98 per cent of the first trial patients. Very few fall back into the habit," he said.

There are about 2 million people who bite their nails in the Netherlands, according to officials at the centre.

The centre fits a special device to the hands that allow normal activities but prevent nail biting, and at the same time gives patients extensive therapy and counselling to get them to stop.
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whats wrong with nail bitter ???

one word lol. not really that much you can say, i guess its a good thing .. i think it is anyway

I've heard of people chewing their nails to where they'd cause themselves to bleed. Dang, thats gotta hurt and its gross

Doesn't hurt that bad...

I'm one who does that on occasion. Though... only when I'm really nervous. Though it doesn't bug me having short nails. Makes it easier to type, though... my teeth hate me for it.

XD

Guess you can't win all the time

I used to do that - my pinky nails were seriously about 1 mm tall. Nasty habit.

I was able to quit without help of intervention

I used to be a really bad nail biter. but somewhere along the line i just quit! I don,t even remember when or how i stopped, i simply just stopped!

:::You walk into a room, and soon realize everyones eyes are on you:::

:::You take a look around, and notice the room is full of all your closest friends:::

:::The room also contains all of your closest family members; some that live out of state:::

:::It is so quiet, you can hear a pin drop. Your best friend finally speaks:::

"This is an intervention. You can't hide your nail-biting any longer. We all care about you""

That's insane... just give em a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers...

There is no amount of nail biting that an abundance of crack and a serious amounts of vodka cannot cure... oh wait. I guess that runs you into other problems.


I keep thinking about the movie "Half Baked" when he goes to a narcotics anonymous meeting to try and quit smoking marijuana.

Is it really so bad that you would have to create a clinic for it?

It looks disgusting both watching someone do it and the way the nails look after.

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Tries to run*

Okay I'll shut up now.

but i only bit when im nervous... like when you stuck with your boss all day. . its better than vomit ..... or screaming

I trim them quite a bit, because my hobbies involve a lot of running around with gloves on holding things.

Heard about this on the radio yesterday. I do find it a little akward. But whatever.

Too bad my sister can attend

NAIL-BITING TREATMENT CENTER!! That is the saddest thing. All it takes to quit is one or two times that you went too far and spilt a little blood.

not so... I bite mine. and over the years Ive drawn a lot of blood. and cursed myself for several days after the fact, when every finger on my left hand is ACHEY because I've bitten them so bad... and yet, I continue to bite them.

The only cure I've found is getting acrylic nails put on. Its not the same satisfaction nibbling on acrylic nails... although, I admit, my fingers still instinctively go to my mouth when I'm watching a movie even WITH falsies on.

Its beyond hope for me I'm afraid...

Jeez you make it sound like a drug addiction, it's just nail biting LOL If you really want to quit, dip your fingers in a toilet bowl, ok yeah that's too gross just dip them in something really bad tasting.

Or beat yourself everytime you bite your nails, like, um slap yourself and say I'm bad or something.