Is It Bad to Bite The Skin around Your Nails?

Is it bad to bite the skin around your nails? It is the only form of cannibalism still tolerated by our society, though your manicurist probably hates you. It’s a nervous habit. But you could be ingesting germs that were carried by your fingers, and the wounds you leave behind could get infected. At least I don’t bite the nails. While the nails may have more grime and gunk around them, the skin around the nails is almost as bad. My nails are actually well kept. Do you know how weird it looks to have perfectly manicured nails surrounded by bleeding cuticles and rips in the skin? You make my hands sound like a horror movie. I understand that some people bite off the bits of skin sticking up around the nail bed, but then you get into a bad habit that can do more harm to your hands than good. It is more convenient. How is a five dollar nail clipper that can clip your cuticles, too, less convenient? You could end up with bleeding fingertips if you use your teeth. If I use the cuticle clippers, I could end up cutting my hand and getting it infected. You’re doing that with your teeth now. Oh, and all the food particles in your saliva don’t make it so sterile. The skin sticking up is so annoying sometimes I can’t leave it alone. If you keep biting at it, you could leave the skin permanently discolored with scars. Just carry a nail clipper with a cuticle clipper on it. Someone told me that this is a replacement for sucking my thumb. If biting your fingernails or cuticles is so bad you’re unable to control it, it might be a mental disorder. It’s called dermatophagia. That sounds like the title of a horror movie. The Google results when you search for the term are a freak show.