Who bites their nails? 

Well Rinku ,


People of all ages bite their nails.1

* About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes.
* About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.
* Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails.
* Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.

Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking.

Source site : http://health.yahoo.com/beauty-over view/nail-biting/healthwise--tw9722 spec.html

Answered by Priyanka C at 12:59 PM on August 28, 2008

hello rinku

People of all ages bite their nails.1

* About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes.
* About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.
* Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails.
* Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.

Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking.

for more detail refer
http://health.yahoo.com/beau ty-overview/nail-biting/healthwise- -tw9722spec.html

Answered by Saq at 11:07 AM on August 28, 2008

People of all ages bite their nails.1

* About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes.
* About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.
* Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails.
* Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.

Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking.

http://health.yaho o.com/beauty-overview/nail-biting/h ealthwise--tw9722spec.html

Answered by Reeta K at 6:09 PM on August 27, 2008

People who are tense tend to express their stress feelings thru biting nails.Children bite nails. IT is a bad habit. One has to get over it through constant self conscious self control.

Answered by Vida Writer at 5:27 PM on August 27, 2008

well,About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one
time or another.

*Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty.
changes.

*About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.

*Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop
biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30
bite their nails.

*Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.
source:surigaobabe.blogsp ot.com/2008/01/bad-habit-of-na il-biting.html

Answered by Debashis at 3:51 PM on August 27, 2008

Reasearchers talk about nail biters and pickers needing to fulfill some kind of urge that their repetitive actions fulfill. “People seem to pull, pick, or bite when they are either overstimulated (due to stress or excitement) or understimulated (due to boredom or inactivity),”.

Answered by SESHAN at 3:41 PM on August 27, 2008

well rinku mostly small children bite their nails ...and also in elders ( youth) ...who frequently suffer from tension...depression ...and also over stress ...failure in life .....prblms in life ....when they meet soem odd situations...all such persons ....bite their nails

Answered by sanjay at 1:27 PM on August 27, 2008

People of all ages bite their nails.
About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes.
About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.
Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails.
Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.
Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking.

Answered by Vinay Kiran at 11:53 AM on August 27, 2008

People of all ages bite their nails. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes. Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking. 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails. Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails. Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.

Answered by alok at 11:22 AM on August 27, 2008

well, People of all ages bite their nails.1

* About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Nail-biting occurs most often as teens are going through puberty changes.
* About 23% of young adults, ages 18 to 22 years, bite their nails.
* Only a small number of other adults bite their nails. Most people stop biting their nails on their own by age 30. About 10% of men over the age of 30 bite their nails.
* Boys bite their nails more often than girls after age 10.

Nail-biting may occur with other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair-pulling or skin-picking.

NLP and hypnotherapy to assist someone to stop biting their nails. The two therapies complement each other synergistically, they become fast and powerful.

NLP has some very useful techniques that you can use to conquer your habitual thought patterns, consciously changing them for more useful thinking habits. Hypnotherapy is used to communicate both directly and indirectly with your unconscious, enabling you to learn new ways to care for your nails.
Symptoms

Some of the signs and symptoms that some people experience are:

* Red, sore finger tips

* Bleeding cuticles

* Mouth and nail infections

* Dental problems and gum disease

* Deformed nails

Nail biting facts

* Learned habit

* Can cause feelings of shame or guilt

* Unconscious behaviour

* Can affect anyone

* Can be stopped, dead


Source: http://health.yahoo.com/beauty -overview/nail-biting/healthwi se--tw9722spec.html

Answered by Satya ~ at 11:09 AM on August 27, 2008