im 20 and ive been eating my finger skin all my life.

Have a cure that works to stop eating around skin of nails ...for ever...want to know?

I'm 47 and have biting and picking my fingers for as long as I can remember. I tried all the treatments when I was growing up but nothing worked. My picking usually ends with bleeding and infections in my fingers at my cuticle area. Today I've been to the doctors to get antibiotics, which I hate, as I have another infection. I can still hear the doctor from my childhood telling me to just stop doing it. Ha. If he could see me now. How pointless his chastising was. I consider myself strong-willed but I don't think this problem I have has anything to do with willpower. I just do it without even thinking. Anyway, I decided to write on this forum as I do have a way to curb my picking and if it helps even one of you it's worth the time to write. Sounds crazy since I've just been the Doctors with an infection but really, it would be 10 infections not one if I didn't go and get my acrylic nails put on. Sounds vain but I promise you that the thickness of the acrylic over my nail means I don't have the ability to pick with the usual precision that I seem to like. The other reason I think it reduces my picking is that I just can't get a hold on the cuticles to start the picking cycle as the acrylic gets in the way. I have to get them re-done (or filled) every few weeks as once they start to grow away from my cuticle I start to pick again. I've had the acrylic nails on for about 18 years and the odd time I didn't have them on, the picking just went wildly out of control. People think I have some sort of excema or dermatitis when I don't have them on. The new Shellac's or Gels don't work as they aren't think enough on the nail. Another benefit is that my nails look nice with the acrylic and paint on them which is something I hadn't been used to ever. I used to hide my fingers. My graduation picture serves as a reminder of how I would hide. I am holding my certificate in such a way that you can't see my fingers but it is quite odd. Anyway good luck to all of. Thanks for sharing.

i used to peel the skin from my fingers when i was younger. im 27 now and i rarely do it anymore except i now pick the skin on my feet and my face and i chew the inside of my cheek. its driving me insane and i know i have to get help somewhere. i havent gone to my doctor for the worry that he might think im crazy. when i used to pick the skin on my fingers they became so sore that when i was in school i couldnt hold a pen and i could get no work done. then in 2004 i developed athletes foot and thats where picking my feet began. now its ritualistic. i hope you find help for your problem. im going to take some steps towards stopping this. i have picked a small hole into my face and its scaring me that i can go that far without realising what im doing

Im 14 years old I just recently started to bite my fingers maybe the end of 2013 I cant really remember it hasnt gotten as bad as some of the other cases but I have bitten to the point of bleeding many times from what I hear it can evolve to be much worse I just got my first bloody toe from biting it and I wanted to see if I was the only and thank God I found this website so i know im not alone my Grandmother suggested putting bug spray or something bitter on your hands I did it for a time and I stopped I thought I was cured of it and then a week later I fell back into it I just wanted to share my case and hopefully I can get rid of this

Im 14 years old I just recently started to bite my fingers maybe the end of 2013 I cant really remember it hasnt gotten as bad as some of the other cases but I have bitten to the point of bleeding many times from what I hear it can evolve to be much worse I just got my first bloody toe from biting it and I wanted to see if I was the only and thank God I found this website so i know im not alone my Grandmother suggested putting bug spray or something bitter on your hands I did it for a time and I stopped I thought I was cured of it and then a week later I fell back into it I just wanted to share my case and hopefully I can get rid of this

Omg im another person who thought it was just me. Im 25 (male) just like most I started on my nails, eventually my nails stopped growing past the ends of my fingers, I then started on my skin alot of the time I dont notice im doing it until I realize my fingers are bleeding. Im sick of having constant sore fingers and having to make sure I avoid bumping my fingers on this but even with this I cant seem to stop.

I can't believe my relief at finding this forum. I'm a 16 year old girl and a terrible picker/biter, have been for as long as I can remember. Started on nails like everyone else, somehow ended up on skin. Now I pick everything. I bite my fingers all day and when I get home I use scissors and clippers until my fingers are bleeding and eat the skin. They're all callused and colourless. Once or twice a week, or when my fingers are too sore to touch, I attack my feet. Walking is often painful for me, and forget being barefoot. Once I picked the inside of my ear so much I got an outer ear infection that was the most painful experience of my life. I hate picking. It's miserable and ugly. But I can't stop!

After recently being diagnosed with ocd (as well as a lot of other things - I have a very Type A personality, emotionally deprived childhood, struggled with anorexia, anxiety, depression and more) I can't help but think my ocd and derma is linked. My therapist wants to help me stop but I don't know if I can. I'm sad but uplifted to know that I'm not the only one and it's not just a bad "habit" that I should be able to just stop.

Amazing!!! great post.

I'm 15 years old and I have been biting and eating my finger nails and the skin around my nails constantly for as long as I can remember. Most of the time I do not even realize that I am doing it. It happens all the time and it really worries me when I look at my fingers and see how destroyed they look! I feel as if I cannot show anyone my hands because of their horrible look. It makes me glad to know that I am not alone with this problem and I feel that I can relate to the same problem that we are all having

I do this too. When I get nervous I pick the skin on my thumbs by my nails with my index finger. And I bit on it. It's such a bad Habbit and i hate it but I can't stop. As much as I try I can't ! It sucks because I want to get my nails done but I'm embarrassed about the skin and small scabs around my nails.

I've been eating my skin since I was 7 years old. I do it alot during class and because i find every class boring and i do it alot when im scared. SOmetimes i just use my fingers to peel the skin and i try to resist myself but its basically just impossible. For a fact i know that i'm the only one in the family who's got this my grandparents don't have it my cousins don't my parents don't and my uncles nad aunties don't too. I don't know why i have this but i try to stop from time to time even though its hard. I think the only times i won't chew my skin is when i'm eating or playing games or when i'm really concentrating on something like watching tv. Recently i've been trying to find out people withthe same condition as me and turns out i'm the only one and i'm really happy now. SOmetimes my friends ask me why i do it and i normally tell them i actually don't knwo some of them help me stop it but i would stop for like 2 hours and i just keep biting again. I hope i can stop my addcition and you too.

I've been eating my skin since I was 7 years old. I do it alot during class and because i find every class boring and i do it alot when im scared. SOmetimes i just use my fingers to peel the skin and i try to resist myself but its basically just impossible. For a fact i know that i'm the only one in the family who's got this my grandparents don't have it my cousins don't my parents don't and my uncles nad aunties don't too. I don't know why i have this but i try to stop from time to time even though its hard. I think the only times i won't chew my skin is when i'm eating or playing games or when i'm really concentrating on something like watching tv. Recently i've been trying to find out people withthe same condition as me and turns out i'm the only one and i'm really happy now. SOmetimes my friends ask me why i do it and i normally tell them i actually don't knwo some of them help me stop it but i would stop for like 2 hours and i just keep biting again. I hope i can stop my addcition and you too.