Top 10 Horrifying Consequences Of Nail Biting

1-Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections

Nail Biting is really a bad habit and it affects your health badly, the most horrifying result of nail biting is that it causes the bacterial infections. In fact, the fingernails are the perfect catch-alls not only for dirt but also for debris, by chewing your nails, actually you give a one-way ticket to all those harmful germs to enter your insides, similarly the bacteria transfer to the mouth and causes many infections.

2-Toxic Poisoning 

Toxic Poisoning

No doubt the habit of nail biting is really very dangerous for your health but this danger is multiplied several times when you are habitual of biting even your polished nails. All the women should keep in mind that these nail polishes have usually a great number of toxins in themselves, especially the gel polishes are very harmful because these are only for the topical use.

3-Colds 

Colds

There are a great number of horrifying facts, if you learn them then they can stop your habit of nail biting, and one of them is that nail biting also causes colds. Just think about it, that during a single day, we touch a great number of things, including toilets, doorknobs. Germs basically live on the surfaces of your nails and they can survive for many hours, and can cause flu by transferring into your mouth.

4-Painful Hangnails 

Painful Hangnails

Those ones who are habitual of biting their nails loves to do many things through their mouth except eating and drinking, for example, they also chew the exacerbates dry skin of their fingers and that habit leads to more hangnails and worst situations. It is observed that nail biters use their teeth also for peeling off their hangnails, which are open sores and can get affected easily.

5-Facial Warts 

Facial Warts

Among a great number of side effects of the irritating habit of nail biting, the facial warts are also included. If you think that facial warts are just for the horribly wicked witches, then you are completely wrong in your conception. Shapiro says that warts which are living on your fingers can be caused by HPV or human papillomavirus and they can easily spread to your face and even your lips.

6-Fungal Growths 

Fungal Growths

Do you know, that the finger biters are growing their own pet organisms, unknowingly, and these pet organisms grow on their fingertips. According to Shapiro, these nail biters are certainly susceptible to "Paronychia", which is, in fact, a harmful skin infection that usually occurs around the nails of nail biters. This habit of chewing the nails can also permit fungi and yeast to live constantly under your nails.

7-Tooth Damage 

Tooth Damage

The seventh most horrifying side effects of the habit of nail biting is that it can damage your tooth. If you think that this habit of chewing the nails is harmful only for your fingers, then you are wrong on your point of view because this habit also affects adversely your teeth. This habit basically interferes the manner in which your lower or upper teeth come together, when you shut your mouth.

8-Ingrown Nails 

Ingrown Nails

On the number eight, we will share with you another very painful side effect of the habit of biting your nails and that is suffering from ingrown nails. Almost all of us are familiar with the infection of the ingrown nails very well. But it is said that only our toes can be suffered from the ingrown nails but the fact is that through the habit of biting your nails, lead you to get these ingrown nails even on your fingers.

9-Gnarly-Looking Nails 

Gnarly-Looking Nails

After reading the above mentioned horrified consequences of the habit of nail biting, some of you will be no doubt thinking about that we are also nail biters but we never have to face such evil effects of the habit of nail biting. But they should not think so because if surprisingly, they remained safe from the side effects of nail biting on your health but it must destroy your beautiful nails and turn them into ragged, stubby and gnarly looking nails.

10-Showing Your Anxieties 

Showing Your Anxieties

On the number ten, I am going to share with you a very common side effect of your habit of nail biting and that is the "Showing Your Anxieties". It is true that habit of biting your the nail is not only a habit but a psychological disorder, you mostly bite your nails, unconsciously, when you are in want of relief and escape from a negative emotional feeling but through your the act of nail biting your feelings is expressed on others.

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