Is it normal to bite the skin around you nails

So I have a huge habit of bitting my nails and so lately I have started pulling off the skin around my
Finger nails and picking at them is this normal to do that.

Voting Results
77% Normal
Based on 159 votes (122 yes)
Help us keep this site organized and clean. Thanks!
[ Report Post ]
Comments ( 15 )
  • hendichess

    Omgme too...i bite by my knuckles n now theyre all red m puffed up. Somtimes they bleed but its normal cuz i do it;)

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • michaels4p5

    you bite you nails and i bite me nails as well.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • diamondsrforever

    been doing it for years. love that skin around the cuticles. sometimes i bite it other times just pic it. love the skin around the thumbnails the most. its already dead so it doesnt hurt. if im really in a mood i will take a bath, let them soak and after they are water logged take nail clippers and clip all the dead skin around my thumb nails. man thats the best. trimming all that dead skin makes me feel so good. especially when i see the skin in the clippers and get it out then chew the lil bits. i found the best way to get the skin out of clippers is to blow a quick blow of air then hope it falls in my palms. dont always work but when it does its magic. also do the same with toenail. only the big toe and the skin i trim is only done dry. its just the tip of skin next to the nail of big toe right on the edge at the tip. kinda like where the nail meets the skin on an ingrown toe nail. never have those cause i keep that skin trimmed. mmmm mmm

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • asha

    yeah,me too , aaaaaaaaaaall the time till it bleeds

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • -Smallz-

    me too

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • Brittany666

    Its normal, I do that all the time.. Until it bleeds.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • Insideout

    I do that all the time!!!!! :)

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • swatseygirl11

    Well its normal to do that when u sre hungry. Just dont over bite because it could get infected

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • sgbslp

    You're a picker.
    I come from a long line of them. Buy some stopz-it in the nail section of the pharmacy. Paint it on your cuticles. It takes like crap. It takes about 21 days to break a habit.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • sjean

    Normal. But be careful, after a long time of doing this you will wear the enamel down on your teeth and it doesn't come back. I used to chew the insides of my cheeks and it messed up my teeth.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • yogachick17

    I do the same but I find the habit disgustng when I see other people doing it. I guess that makes me a hypocrite but I am trying to stop!!

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • Totally normal. I too do that. It's a bad habit...

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • shakenbake855

    i do this too

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • realdeal510

    I bite the dead skin off from around my fingernails all the time

    Comment Hidden ( show )
  • prayerwarrior75

    Sounds like you might be really hungry or perhaps you was a cannabel in a past life lol

    Comment Hidden ( show )