I can't believe this site exists. I read many of the posts relating to nail pickers and am 'happy' to have found people with the same difficulty as I have. I think I may be the oldest one here though. I'm in my 60s. I have always bitten my nails but have also stopped in the past.
About 15 years ago I found I was not able to stop. I remember when I bit though the nail of my thumb. From there it wouldn't stop. Not that nail is mostly gone. What remains is something on the 2 sides but a red puffy bulge in the middle. I have worn a fake nail for about 15 years on that thumb. Sometimes it will stay on for a week; other times only a few days.
I found this site in a search for some medication to put on this thumb that would allow the nail to grow but I don't think that's possible. I do not think there is anything left for the nail to grow from. The sides maybe; but, the middle has no base for anything.
I'm getting confused now. But I am happy to find this site.
My question for the people who said they have no nails on some fingers. What do you put on them if they do not have a nail? Do you put a fake nail? A Bandaid? or what. I have left my thumb out in the air for a time before putting the nail on and it does seem to grow a covering. But I don't know if it will continue to fill in. I have only showed this thumb to 1 person. My other half is not even aware of this no nail thumb.
About 15 years ago I found I was not able to stop. I remember when I bit though the nail of my thumb. From there it wouldn't stop. Not that nail is mostly gone. What remains is something on the 2 sides but a red puffy bulge in the middle. I have worn a fake nail for about 15 years on that thumb. Sometimes it will stay on for a week; other times only a few days.
I found this site in a search for some medication to put on this thumb that would allow the nail to grow but I don't think that's possible. I do not think there is anything left for the nail to grow from. The sides maybe; but, the middle has no base for anything.
I'm getting confused now. But I am happy to find this site.
My question for the people who said they have no nails on some fingers. What do you put on them if they do not have a nail? Do you put a fake nail? A Bandaid? or what. I have left my thumb out in the air for a time before putting the nail on and it does seem to grow a covering. But I don't know if it will continue to fill in. I have only showed this thumb to 1 person. My other half is not even aware of this no nail thumb.
I'm so glad to hear that you're doing so well or that you're happy! I didn't realize that most people hid that sort of thing though--my friend is missing his thumbnail and he hasn't done anything about it. Do you wear a long nail or just a regular sized short one?