fingernails stink when I bite em

seanlee1980 · Post by **seanlee1980** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:34 am

Does your fingernail smell when you bite em? Mine does. Very odd.

KeepTrying09 · Post by **KeepTrying09** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:08 pm

Do you have nail fungus?

Other than that it could just be that you are smelling your saliva when you are biting your nails.

seanlee1980 · Post by **seanlee1980** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:46 pm

No nail fungus. Just the reaction of my saliva and cut nail seems to produce the smell.

KeepTrying09 · Post by **KeepTrying09** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:50 pm

seanlee1980 wrote:No nail fungus. Just the reaction of my saliva and cut nail seems to produce the smell.

No idea then. I know that nobodies saliva smells like roses, so maybe you are just smelling your own saliva.

vilenin89 · Post by **vilenin89** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:59 pm

same here. i always wondered if it was bb salvia or dead skin cells and something like tmau causing the odor, but since my condition has improved lately i'm not sure. could also be some nasty dirt and grim and bacteria under there, that can't be hygienic.

Tony818 · Post by **Tony818** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:35 am

try cutting ur nails with a nail clipper and compare the difference

KeepTrying09 · Post by **KeepTrying09** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:02 am

LOL, yeah, i'd say nail clippers would be a bit more hygienic.

About this whole nail biting anyway, I used to bite my nails all the time, up until maybe my mid twenties.

I wonder if there's a correlation between nail biting and bad breath. I mean, it can't be good to be getting all those germs and bacteria that are under your nails in your mouth.