Category Archives: Healthy Habits

Breaking the Nail-Biting Habit (Part 2 of 2)

In the last post, we discussed the negative effects that nail-biting can have on your oral and general health, and we promised that we’d chime in soon with some strategies for helping you break this common habit. We all know, of course, that breaking long-time habits are more easily said than done. Everyone is different,…

Long-Term Effects of Nail-Biting (Part 1 of 2)

Nail-biting is a common habit. A majority of kids chew their fingernails at least at some point during their childhood, and teens and adults frequently continue the habit. Like most nervous habits, nail-biting typically becomes a subconscious practice that surfaces most when you feel stressed in some way: hunger, boredom, frustration, complexity, etc. Besides being…