not only can it cause cancer and wrinkle lines, but also your breath stinks like rotten flesh
REALLY. You know what rotton flesh smells like? I very seriously doubt it. You apparently have no idea what you are talking about. Thats just being hateful and rude. God bless you!
It's weird we do this, I started doing this when I stopped biting my nails!! I was about 15 I think. It's terrible because sometimes I just like to feel that pain. I'm self destructive I think then, because often it would bleed. I HAVE TO STOP. I think forming another habit like chewing gum helps, and the other thing I have is when my mouth feels dirty, or eat candies I really want to bit, because for some reason my tongue starts feeling different. When I brush my teeth it helps, not always though, I have to make sure that as soon as my mouth feels bad or 'dirty' I brush my teeth en I brush the inside of my cheeks as well. It helps, then I stop biting for a while, and it heels. The only thing is, I've been biting so much, that when it heels, it doesn't heel all the way or evenly. Because now I have scars. It's a terrible habit! I thought that putting some kind of carmex or lipbalm like chapstick in the insides of my mouth with a terrible taste to it. That's my plan - kind of a weird one, but what can I do? I look like a freak sometimes pressing my cheeks against my teeth and what not... Hope this helps!! :-)
I am sooooooo surprised to find so many people who do this.. I have been doing it for as long as I can remember.. Im doing it now which is what led me to this site. Every morning I wake up and say today I will not bite the skin in my mouth before I know it Ive already started doing it. The comment about wanting it to be smooth is so true... I keep biting to even it out but it never happens. I was able to stop for about 2 years but that was only because I had a loose tooth and could not grip the skin... Once I got the tooth pulled I was back to the same habit.. Its horrible.. I feel foolish sitting here with my mouth all contorted and I only do it in the front.. this is such a bad habit but I am shocked that so many others do it. is it really anxiety??? and if that is the underlying cause then we need to work on the anxiety because even if we force ourselves to stop biting the skin in our mouths we'd pick up another habit to deal with the anxiety.. good luck everyone!!!
I have exactly the same problem and more. In addition to biting my cheeks, I also tend to remove the skin
of my lips. I have no idea why I do this but as more and more people have said on this forum it may be
attributed towards anxiety. After reading that it might lead to cancer, I have decided to stop doing this from today.
After all it is not worth it and does not achieve any real purpose.
I will let you guys know how I get on with in a weeks time. All the best to you all !
of my lips. I have no idea why I do this but as more and more people have said on this forum it may be
attributed towards anxiety. After reading that it might lead to cancer, I have decided to stop doing this from today.
After all it is not worth it and does not achieve any real purpose.
I will let you guys know how I get on with in a weeks time. All the best to you all !
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I'm sorry for your Curse, I'm happy im not the only one who have it though
I've been bitting my lips and tongue since i was in KG
I'm a medical student which means that im fully aware with the complications and the treatment though i couldn't quite :S:S
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Complications:
1- Tempro-mandibular joint Syndrome: you thought i would start with cancer but trust me thats worst ... this syndrome means that at some point usually after 15 Years of bitting your Jaws joints under your ears will start to coz you some pain which starts as an ear pain and you may consult a doctor of ENT who may give you a false Diagnose as an Inflammation of the Ears .. you will keep suffering and consulting doctors for 3-5 months and getting useless treatments for ear inflammation for another 3 months before some genius doctor look to you and say My dear if you aint going to stop bitting your nails and lips soon i sorry to tell you that you may have to conduct a surgery in your joints ... This syndrome starts as a pain in the ears (because the joint is behind ears) then you will start have bad dreams that you compress your teeth over each others then you will feel that your teeth are changing places and there positions and you cant bit well then you will start within few years have difficulty chewing and at the end you will keep having pain when chewing anything ... and with pain i mean real pain that you will start begging doctors to make you surgery and this is for the delicate women who are scared of needles
2- Cancer : It Ends with cancer .. None can tell you for sure when it will transform to cancer but any id**t can tell you that it will sooner or later :S:S:S .. anyway you can guess your situation by touching your lips and see how look the fibers if you found that your lip tissue contains lot of fibers and masses then its time to quit my dear coz this masses especially if there're a lot of'em means that you are consuming your healthy tissue and transforming to a fibrous precancerous tissue .. when you bite your lips you have an Inflammation which may cause Ulcer and definitely end with Fibrosis which look like masses which you feel it with your tongue or with finger tips these fibers unfortunately can transform to cancer at anytime :S:S:S
Brothers in Curse This is one hell of a habit for those who really bite their lips not just scratching one time a month or a week :S:S
Treatment:
1- Treat of the cause : any psychiatric will help you to know why u r bitting your lips, Help you solve the main problem and then Bingo you will quit unless you still have some hidden issues and start hearing Voices
2- Lip Gloss & Chewing gums is really working but for how long you will be putting them especially that its just covering the problem and temporarily stopping you from bitting but its not a solution
So to Sum up bitting Lips will cause you problems with your Jaws and teeth and may end with cancer at anytime
you can treat it by finding exactly why your bitting and solve your hidden problems but if you did not stop this means you have a hidden issue which needs the help of an expert to solve it
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I'm sorry for your Curse, I'm happy im not the only one who have it though
I've been bitting my lips and tongue since i was in KG
I'm a medical student which means that im fully aware with the complications and the treatment though i couldn't quite :S:S
anyway i would like to share it with and if you want to cry with me you can ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed **
Please read our Terms of Use
Complications:
1- Tempro-mandibular joint Syndrome: you thought i would start with cancer but trust me thats worst ... this syndrome means that at some point usually after 15 Years of bitting your Jaws joints under your ears will start to coz you some pain which starts as an ear pain and you may consult a doctor of ENT who may give you a false Diagnose as an Inflammation of the Ears .. you will keep suffering and consulting doctors for 3-5 months and getting useless treatments for ear inflammation for another 3 months before some genius doctor look to you and say My dear if you aint going to stop bitting your nails and lips soon i sorry to tell you that you may have to conduct a surgery in your joints ... This syndrome starts as a pain in the ears (because the joint is behind ears) then you will start have bad dreams that you compress your teeth over each others then you will feel that your teeth are changing places and there positions and you cant bit well then you will start within few years have difficulty chewing and at the end you will keep having pain when chewing anything ... and with pain i mean real pain that you will start begging doctors to make you surgery and this is for the delicate women who are scared of needles
2- Cancer : It Ends with cancer .. None can tell you for sure when it will transform to cancer but any id**t can tell you that it will sooner or later :S:S:S .. anyway you can guess your situation by touching your lips and see how look the fibers if you found that your lip tissue contains lot of fibers and masses then its time to quit my dear coz this masses especially if there're a lot of'em means that you are consuming your healthy tissue and transforming to a fibrous precancerous tissue .. when you bite your lips you have an Inflammation which may cause Ulcer and definitely end with Fibrosis which look like masses which you feel it with your tongue or with finger tips these fibers unfortunately can transform to cancer at anytime :S:S:S
Brothers in Curse This is one hell of a habit for those who really bite their lips not just scratching one time a month or a week :S:S
Treatment:
1- Treat of the cause : any psychiatric will help you to know why u r bitting your lips, Help you solve the main problem and then Bingo you will quit unless you still have some hidden issues and start hearing Voices
2- Lip Gloss & Chewing gums is really working but for how long you will be putting them especially that its just covering the problem and temporarily stopping you from bitting but its not a solution
So to Sum up bitting Lips will cause you problems with your Jaws and teeth and may end with cancer at anytime
you can treat it by finding exactly why your bitting and solve your hidden problems but if you did not stop this means you have a hidden issue which needs the help of an expert to solve it
Good Luck and ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed **
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I rarely bite my cheek, but i'm always picking at my lip. I remember it started out when I used to bite my lower lip because there was excess skin and i wanted it to be smooth. But that evolved into biting my bottom lip because it was dry and the skin was peeling. Now it has evolved into picking at it with my nails. I find myself constantly doing it and chapstick doesn't seem to help :-( I don't know what else to do but stop doing it, and even then.. I find myself picking at my lips subconciously. I have a great deal of stress in my life being a college student and I think this habit has only gotten worse over the years. But i'm afraid that even after I graduate, i'll still have this anxiety problem. I subconciously rub my lips together to find uneven or rough patches and then I start picking. I don't know what to do about it now, and it drives my boyfriend crazy. He would always tell me to stop doing it because he noticed it had become a nervous habit. But every now and then, I dont' even notice I'm nervous when I do it. Since we broke up, now its just up to me to figure out when I'm doing it and trying to force myself to stop. But am I just supposed to let my lips dry up? I know licking them feels better temporarily, but makes them dry out faster in the long run. And no amount of chapstick seems to solve the problem. Not even the fancy "medicated" blistex stuff.. I pick my lips until they bleed and have often gotten minor infections because of all the picking and not washing my hands 24/7. I always feel abnormal when I do it and I'm trying to stop. I didn't know there were other people out there like me. I thought I was the only one.
this is crazy, i never imagined that there were other people who do this!.. ive started to realise its a problem because not only do i feel self conciose about what i look like.. havin a munch on my mouth!.. but i also feel that i cannot stop it :/ somedays i do it worse than others but i find i want to do it more once ive had a fag.. or even during??.. i dont know how i ended up doing it in the first place but i rely wanna stop... i gess the only way is to not feel ya cheeks wiv ya tounge cuz thats wat makes ya wana smooth it out.. oh n i also do this when im trying to think.. anyway, i feel better knowing that there r people out there who are in the same boat.. :) good luck guys x
i know exactly how you feel. its so bizarre how may people do this. looking back on my childhood and growing up i did little things like twirling my hair around my finger, tapping my foot and as small children almost all of us sucked our thumbs. im no expert but people go to oral fixations whenever they want to feel some sort of comfort or relief of stress. i bite my cheeks too, ive never been on meds, never been treated cuz in all honesty i think its a release of some sort, but whnen its cumpulsive and annoying it and causes pain it generally becomes a problem, i havnt done it to a bleeding point though. you mentioned its ironic you do this to feel normal, when this day and age, to me normal is non existant in society. stress is a man created thing,usually almost always associated with feelings of being overwhelmed by work and financial issues. anxiety is fed by stress and i know that the biting habbit i have is related to anxiety, because as a society we pressure ourselves to be the perfect normal person we believe we could be, when we already are normal. i believe god made us normal, we are the ones who created the anxiety and stress and values of money and ideas of perfection over our self health and moral values. im by no means a bible thumper,or trying to convert anyone or pose any god over the other ive recently been thinking alot about life and restored my faith. so beside that philosophy bull...basically what im sayin is its all in you head dear. what ive been doing when i feel the urge to bite or get in a stressful siuation, or even just get bored and do it, i catch myself and focus on other things, but mainly to not do it. i also try using non alcoholic mouthwash because alcohol burns your mouth and prevents the skin in your mouth from healing. i got really smooth cheaks and stopped biting completely after getting my tongue pierced and washed my mouth out obsessively...meaning after every single thing i ate. i dont suggest the tongue piercing, but the non alcoholic mouthwash really helps. so does gum to start just to keep your mouth occupied, but dont rely on it. mind over matter, just remember your mind is a powerful thing, harness that power.
Ok, so i am 15 and has been doing this too since i was around 6 or 7 . It has never really bugged me untill now, i know it is not healthy and it is weird to me. I have tried to stop and nothing ever works because i freak out about everything and it makes me chew my cheeks i guess. Well if anybody has advice ***this post is edited by moderator *** ***
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i am surprised to know that there are many who do the same like me.i thought i was the only one to bite my lips and the cheeks until they bleed.it became a habit.whenever my father notices me biting my lips he scolds me :'(.i did a google search to find a solution and didn't imagine these many having habit like me.but actually it started a year ago.my lips became black and they are awkward.so i affirmed not to do like that.now it reduced.even though sometimes i start biting...i don't bite until they bleed or i get ulcers xd.so i think strongly affirming helps or else ask someone to make you aware when you do.even when you feel shame for black lips or disfigured cheek(inside)would eventually make yourself aware whenever you do like that.the thing is that you must stop immedietly when you feel it:-|
WOW. So many people just like me! I am 43 and have done this since i was very young. I recall clearly that i always noticed my mother biting her lips too when i was a child (especially when she was thinking about something); i think i may have subconciously picked up the behavior from her. Other than that, the thing that keeps me chewing my lip to shreds is that once it starts healing the skin starts to dry and scale and get rough, so no matter how i try to stop myself i compulsively am driven to chew the dry parts off until my lips feel smooth again because the rough scaley stuff drives me NUTS!! NUTS, I tell you! Just NUTS! And GUM IS NOT A REMEDY FOR ME BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE TMJ WHICH I DEVELOPED JUST WITHIN THE LAST 11 YEARS (TOTALLY UNRELATED- i had a separate injury) AND THE DENTIST WARNS ME TO STAY AWAY FROM GUM CHEWING BECAUSE OF THE TMJ. The only thing i can think of that would help is if there were some sort of clear cellophane-type bandage that could be worn over both lips 24/7 for 2 weeks until the bottom lip is fully healed. I know of nothing on the market. A bad-tasting topical ointment would not work to stop me unless it were something that would not fade or wash off for 12-24 hours. I also pick on my lips with my fingers, pulling the dry skin off. I regularly appy olive oil on my lips every day, a few times a day to try to keep them from getting dry but this does not help; the oil eventually wears away. Part of my problem IS psychological at some level, as this has become a addictive habit. My next idea is to try lacing my lips with Castor Oil (or some other foul-tasting substance) several times a day as long as it takes to turm me off to the behavior of seeking my lower lip with my upper...Problem: Castor oil will also wear off after few minutes. Maybe i need to go into seclusion and wear a bandage over my mouth for weeks until the lip is fully healed! lol This is SO frustrating.
Oh my god there are many people like me...I have been doing this thing since 20 years. Some time I feel so much pain in my cheeks when i wake up in the morning. I dont know whts the reason behind this bad habit may be stress. Is not there any medicine or any remedy to stop this...
I FIGURED THIS OUT !!!!!!!
For me, this has been all about digestion (indigestion, really).
My Chinese doctor is treating my SPLEEN DEFICIENCY to increase my digestion
So, as I am digesting my food better, I am not biting my cheeks anymore!!! my lips are smooth , my tongue is even different now --
but as soon as I eat something that is too hard for me to digest, right away I notice that I am biting my cheeks again!!!!
So it is either that the spleen, when it's upset, causes the worry that makes me start to bite ... maybe also something chronic going on, like protein or nutrient deficiency, which was making me bite my mouth in search of proteins and minerals in my own skin and blood (sorry to be so gross, but ... well we all know this one).
Maybe worry, maybe deficiency, probably both. All I know is that treating the spleen with acupuncture and herbs, is helping me stop doing this awful habit, as I also stop worrying and stop feeling starved.
GOOD LUCK HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE OUT THERE !!!!!!
For me, this has been all about digestion (indigestion, really).
My Chinese doctor is treating my SPLEEN DEFICIENCY to increase my digestion
So, as I am digesting my food better, I am not biting my cheeks anymore!!! my lips are smooth , my tongue is even different now --
but as soon as I eat something that is too hard for me to digest, right away I notice that I am biting my cheeks again!!!!
So it is either that the spleen, when it's upset, causes the worry that makes me start to bite ... maybe also something chronic going on, like protein or nutrient deficiency, which was making me bite my mouth in search of proteins and minerals in my own skin and blood (sorry to be so gross, but ... well we all know this one).
Maybe worry, maybe deficiency, probably both. All I know is that treating the spleen with acupuncture and herbs, is helping me stop doing this awful habit, as I also stop worrying and stop feeling starved.
GOOD LUCK HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE OUT THERE !!!!!!
p.s. just to be clear - the spleen DOES control "worry" -- so this does seem all connected
even my habit of checking that i was clear ... well that is my spleen deficiency at work :) but i do want to spread this info and i am curious if others will try this approach, maybe get good results as well, let's keep each other posted best of luck everyone finding your answers
even my habit of checking that i was clear ... well that is my spleen deficiency at work :) but i do want to spread this info and i am curious if others will try this approach, maybe get good results as well, let's keep each other posted best of luck everyone finding your answers