Is it normal that i pick at the skin around my fingernails and eat it?

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I used to bite my nails a lot when I was younger and I still do, but for a while now it's been the skin around them especially. I'll pick off pieces and eat them. I eat my nails sometimes too, but only really small bits like when you have a small hangnail. I prefer the skin because it's easier to eat and bite down on. I know this is weird but I've been doing it forever and it doesn't seem gross to me at all. Probably to other people, but I don't even think about it.

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt
    10 years ago

    I do the same.

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  • Peach_Lover
    10 years ago

    I pick at mine too. The skin around my fingernails is always dry and peeling and drives me crazy. I keep a nail clippers with me at all times to clip off the hanging bits. If I try just peeling it off it usually peels too far which is really painful.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    10 years ago

    They have a clear bitter tasting nail polish that can help rid you of that habit.

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  • Stairy
    10 years ago

    I read a piece of news about 10years ago, there was this girl(in China),she ate her fingers up, all 10 fingers are eaten.

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    • Stairy
      10 years ago

      And I tried to find it out on web and show you guys, but I just found several pages in Chinese language, without pictures. 10years ago when I read this on newspaper there was a picture of the girl showing her blody hands without fingers. Shit I was only about 10.

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  • pohpoh
    10 years ago

    Yes i do it, i even pick foot skin and chew on it... Dunno y i know its gross just do

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  • Hulahoopdummy
    10 years ago

    I used to pick skin around my nails until I got a bac infection on that finger and had to go to urgent care! Don't do it!

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  • braintrip
    10 years ago

    lol i take a tack with me to every class i have and pick at my skin. its sortof an addiction, but it stops me from biting them.

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  • KaffeInjection
    10 years ago

    Puke.. But yep it's normal, yet another nervous habit :)

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  • Gravy
    10 years ago

    Me too, however it is considered very disgusting here in Laos and Thailand as well as licking your fingers after cake etc. Except in major centres, people splash water up their arse from a small bowl and using their hand, wash out the ol'black hole. More often than not, there is no soap either. Anyway don't do it over this way on a holiday else they'll think you're rather gross.

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