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• Method 1 of 4: Make your nails look longer
• Method 2 of 4: Strategies to stop nail biting
• Method 3 of 4: Understand what makes your nails grow
• Method 4 of 4: Myths about growing your nails
• Tips
• Warnings

It can be difficult to get your nails to grow nice and long because nails grow slowly, about 1 millimeter per month. Wimp well can do is protect your nails, nourish them well and make them look longer than they actually are. Fortunately, these steps are very simple. Read on to learn how!

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Method 1 of 4: Make your nails look longer

1. Wash your hands with a mild soap. Using a vigorous soap will make your nails brittle.
2. Pat your hands dry with a towel.
3. Fill a plastic bowl with enough white vinegar to cover your nails.
4. Soak your nails (one hand at a time) in the vinegar for 3-5 minutes, holding the dish firmly with your other hand.
5. Remove your hands from the vinegar and dry with a towel or paper towels.
6. Wash your hands with soap and water to get rid of the vinegar smell.
7. Gently push back your cuticles and file your nails as needed.
   • Don't cut your cuticles. Doctors don't recommend cutting your cuticles. First, it can lead to infections, which can stunt your nail growth. It is also the case that cut cuticles grow back, while cuticles pushed back look permanently smaller.
8. Clean your hands afterwards with hand cleaner. Let the cleaner sit on your hands for four minutes and then wash your hands.

Method 2 of 4: Strategies to stop nail biting

1. Put two coats of nail hardener on your nails.
2. Let it sit for 2 hours, then add another coat of nail hardener.
3. Make sure the nail polish is not too thick or has blobs on it. This makes your nails look ugly. It can also get rid of it and damage your nails.
   • If you bite your nail, try this method. Anytime you want to start biting, think about how dirty it looks after you gnaw them off.
4. If you tend to bite your nails, take a piece of gum. You can't bite your nails if you're already chewing something else!
5. Put lemon juice on your nails. This is another way to stop yourself from biting your nails. Use a small bowl of lemon juice. Put your fingers in the bowl and let it air dry. If you start biting your nails, you can taste the sour lemon.
6. Wear gloves when watching TV. If you often bite your nails unnoticed, a bite in a fluffy glove will stop you from doing so!
7. If you fiddle with your hands a lot, try to find something else to occupy your hands with. A stress ball, knitting and cleaning will keep your hands busy.
8. Ask your friends. If you bite your nails a lot without realizing it, ask your friends to watch it with you. If someone hits your hand out of your mouth every now and then, you will learn how to bite your nails!
9. Chew on something else. This will help you take your mind off biting your nails. Whether it's chewing gum or something else, it's good to have something in your mouth so your fingers don't fit.

Method 3 of 4: Understand what makes your nails grow

1. Take biotin supplements to make your nails long and strong. Biotin is used for many things from diabetes to hair growth. Biotin is effective to treat brittle nails, it makes them stronger and they are less likely to break or crack. You can find biotin in health food stores or drug stores.
   • Biotin does not make your nails grow faster. There is no scientific evidence that you can speed up your nail growth or that your nails can lengthen through diet or lifestyle. What biotin does is ensure that nails are less likely to break or tear and that they become firmer. Nails that are less likely to break can grow longer.
   • Biotin is naturally not so well absorbed by the body. It is in the following foods:
     • Wheat germ
     • Whole grains
     • Whole grain bread
     • Eggs, dairy
     • Swiss chard
     • Nuts
     • salmon
     • Chicken
2. Hydrate your nails, especially in winter. If your fingernails come out of your cuticle, they are already dead cells, meaning they cannot repair themselves. This means that you have to take care of it yourself.
   • Apply hand cream every time you wash your hands. Then your nails will not become fragile.
   • Wear gloves in winter when you go outside. Use rubber gloves when cleaning the house or doing the dishes.
3. Don't use nail polish remover too often. Every time you put nail polish remover on your nails, they get weaker. Do not apply nail polish (and therefore nail polish remover) more often than every other week. Then your nails will get stronger.
   • Find a nail polish that you don't have to reapply every week.

Method 4 of 4: Myths about growing your nails

1. If you exercise a lot, it stimulates growth through increased blood circulation. The myth is that pianists have very strong, long nails. Doctors say there is a chance that more blood circulation will stimulate growth (it hasn't been proven yet), but the increased impact on the nail tips means they are more likely to break and tear, requiring clipping.
2. Increased protein intake stimulates growth. The myth here is that because nails are made of protein (keratin), they grow faster if you eat a lot of protein. However, there is no evidence to support this.
   • The truth is that one protein deficiency weakens the nails. But the difference between a normal diet and a higher protein diet cannot be seen or felt on the nails.
3. Rubbing garlic on your nails makes them grow faster. The myth is that garlic contains selenium, and if you are deficient in it you will get weak nails, but if you put it on your nails it will backfire. As you may see, this is the same fallacy as with the previous myth: if a shortage of something is bad, too much of it will be good. The only problem is that unfortunately it doesn't always work that way in the world. Unfortunately, there is no evidence for the garlic method.

Tips

• To keep your hands nice and soft, use a good moisturizer that will help with rough or chapped skin.
• When you grow your nails, file them and clean the edges. Dirt can stain, making them yellowish.
• Just like you shouldn't bite your nails, you shouldn't pull them either. Tearing off your nails has the same effect as biting them.
• Don't forget to be aware if you want to bite. Remind yourself that you are doing your best to quit.
• If lemon juice doesn't work, use a rubber band. Anytime you want to bite your nails, pop the rubber band hard on your wrist. As a result, you no longer want to bite because you will associate it with pain.
• If you work with water often or if your nails are weak, use a nail hardener.
• There are also dirty nail polishes that help to stop nail biting. Just look at the drugstore.
• One's nails grow faster than the other.

Warnings

• If you want another hobby instead of nail biting, make sure it's not worse than that (like smoking or something).