Stop & Grow

Nail biting is an awful habit that many people cannot beat. Personally, I started from a young age so can give a first hand account of my experience and the time I began using Stop'n Grow. The product is aimed at stopping you biting your nails, as the liquid that you apply to your fingernails tastes vile to put you off. It is also thought to give some extra strength to your nails through hardening them ever so slightly. The Look ******************* It's purely a mental thing to stop biting your nails however it's a LOT harder than you may think. I have tried it myself and even subconsciously, I will start biting them at one stage. You ...  Read the complete review

My daughter has sucked her thumb since she was about two weeks old and it has been really hard trying to persuade her not to do it. Now at nearly five years old she still finds comfort in her thumb at night and when she is upset, or even just having a cuddle with me. However she has accepted that her teeth are suffering and a gap has formed between upper and lower teeth where her thumb usually sits, so she agreed to try Stop & Grow in an effort to break her habit. Basically it is a solution that you paint on your finger nails (or in my daughter's case - just her thumb) and when you place it in your mouth the solution leaves a really bitter and ...  Read the complete review

Going back about 25 years I was a nail biter. In fact both my older brother and I used to chew our nails right down as far as possible and they looked awful. Our Mum decided to try Stop & Grow on our fingers in an attempt to stop us, it really has been around for that long! She bought a bottle from the chemist and applied it to our fingers telling us it would stop us biting our nails and within a few weeks we'd have nice nails instead of chewed fingers. I remember it tasting very bitter, something my brother and I discussed. However, as resourceful children will, we rapidly discovered if you washed your hands a couple of times the bitterness ...  Read the complete review

I am at a loss with my 5 year old. His nails have been gnawed so far down that there is barely any nail there at all. At first I constructed an award system to see if he could get his nails to grow by leaving them alone and in return sweeties and chocolates galore! Needless to say this didn't work. He felt he was still worthy of the treats and thus an almighty fight broke out. I remembered as a child there being a clear nail polish that my mum used on me. It tasted awful and was sure to work a treat as it did with me. Off to the store I went and was pointed in the direction of Stop 'n Grow. "Willpower in a bottle" is written across the ...  Read the complete review

As a last resort without the self-willpower to stop nail biting, I turned to Stop'n Grow. It comes in a 7.5ml glass bottle for just over a pound and is aimed at getting you stop biting your nails. The slogan on the bottle - 'Willpower in a bottle' is a good description of what this product is. If you have a bad habit in nail biting or even thumb sucking, using this product will subconsciously HELP you to stop but you still need to try and be aware when you are biting your nails and use all the willpower you have to stop. The bottle is pretty simple. It warns that the solution is highly flammable and contains as 12 molar solution so it is quite concentrated and ...  Read the complete review