It actually did contain capsaicin IIRC. Sort of a bitter spicy mix. The other issue is it gets on things you touch, including food if you’re preparing or eating it by hand.
Hmm. Sounds like it was not enough capsaicin. Capsaicin will drive off bears, I hear. I guess you’d need gloves for food, or permanent gloves without the nail polish. Could you use one false nail as a chew toy?
Yeah I thought about that, but (I didn’t expand on that) the habit also included picking skin around my cuticles with my fingers, so that would’ve only half worked at best.
flavored nail polish?
I’ve tried that, but it’s not enough to stop me. Makes my mouth taste disgusting for no benefit.
Try mixing in capsaicin?
It actually did contain capsaicin IIRC. Sort of a bitter spicy mix. The other issue is it gets on things you touch, including food if you’re preparing or eating it by hand.
Hmm. Sounds like it was not enough capsaicin. Capsaicin will drive off bears, I hear. I guess you’d need gloves for food, or permanent gloves without the nail polish. Could you use one false nail as a chew toy?
Unfortunately the level of physical restraint I’d need to stop biting is too costly to be worth it to me.
Yeah I thought about that, but (I didn’t expand on that) the habit also included picking skin around my cuticles with my fingers, so that would’ve only half worked at best.