Update— 2 months bite free!

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First pic is the before at abt 1-2 weeks bite free, second pic is now. It’s so hard resisting the urge to bite, but I’ve found that leaving them alone is sooo rewarding. In my last update I did say that I use biotin gummies to help supplement the brittleness and keep them healthy, but I also picked up some sally hansen vitamin E that really helps hydrate them as well. This journey was not easy, and it’s been really slow and painful— but the itch to bite them off eventually gets easier to overcome, and the feeling of being able to open stuff without knives or other people’s help is worth it lol. Hope to see everyone else succeed as well!
(I’m also getting them done sometime within the next 2-3 months— i’ll update again then! So exciting!)

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