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16 Sep 2017, 10:46 am

Does anyone else rub their hangnails and other pieces of skin along fabrics to. It feels so good when the fabric catches them, but it can lead to bloody fingers...



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16 Sep 2017, 11:13 am

I bite/cut my fingernails so short that hangnails are pretty much impossible, so this is probably not applicable because I generally don't have hangnails to rub.

But I suspect I probably would if I had them, because I'm constantly scratching my hands and objects with what little fingernails I have...


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16 Sep 2017, 11:19 am

SplendidSnail wrote:
I bite/cut my fingernails so short that hangnails are pretty much impossible, so this is probably not applicable because I generally don't have hangnails to rub.

But I suspect I probably would if I had them, because I'm constantly scratching my hands and objects with what little fingernails I have...

why would cutting your fingernails prevent hangnails? I pick at hangnails constantly, plus creating them. The sides of my fingers are rough which works also.



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16 Sep 2017, 11:25 am

Vendetta wrote:
why would cutting your fingernails prevent hangnails? I pick at hangnails constantly, plus creating them. The sides of my fingers are rough which works also.

It's a good question. I guess if I bite them short enough that it's basically impossible to take any more off, then there's nothing for them to create a hangnail from?

In any case, I can't recall having had a hangnail on my fingernails in a very long time. Toenails I get them occasionally and they bug me a lot when I get them, but I'm not exactly constantly scratching things with my toenails, so less of a potential issue there.


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16 Sep 2017, 11:28 am

I find hangnails unnaturally painful :roll: , I usually cut them of


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16 Sep 2017, 11:30 am

SplendidSnail wrote:
Vendetta wrote:
why would cutting your fingernails prevent hangnails? I pick at hangnails constantly, plus creating them. The sides of my fingers are rough which works also.

It's a good question. I guess if I bite them short enough that it's basically impossible to take any more off, then there's nothing for them to create a hangnail from?

In any case, I can't recall having had a hangnail on my fingernails in a very long time. Toenails I get them occasionally and they bug me a lot when I get them, but I'm not exactly constantly scratching things with my toenails, so less of a potential issue there.

I make most of my hangnails, just from picking at the sides of my fingers.



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16 Sep 2017, 11:31 am

SaveFerris wrote:
I find hangnails unnaturally painful :roll: , I usually cut them of

Rubbing them so that they catch on fabrics is so pleasurable. It's the best experience I know by far.



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16 Sep 2017, 12:04 pm

Vendetta wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
I find hangnails unnaturally painful :roll: , I usually cut them of

Rubbing them so that they catch on fabrics is so pleasurable. It's the best experience I know by far.


different strokes :lol:


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16 Sep 2017, 1:22 pm

They annoy me. I cut them off as soon as I can, even really small ones.



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16 Sep 2017, 3:35 pm

I always remove any hangnails or other bits of skin, like torn skin around a wound, as soon as I can, to try to avoid having it tear far enough to hurt or do further damage.


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16 Sep 2017, 3:46 pm

SaveFerris wrote:
Vendetta wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
I find hangnails unnaturally painful :roll: , I usually cut them of

Rubbing them so that they catch on fabrics is so pleasurable. It's the best experience I know by far.


different strokes :lol:


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