askchapo

damn, i should prob go on antidepressants just for this.

anyway, there was a time when i didn't chew on my fingers like a wild animal and i also was digging in the ground all day with my hands for root vegetables, so under my nails were a nice length but always getting jacked up with dark dirt crammed up underneath so i looked heinous. the trick i learned was, when you're in the shower, act like you're scrubbing your scalp through your hair with your fingertips and maybe a little drop of soap or shampoo or whatever if you hair allows. that does like >95% of the work in a few seconds. i'm shaved bald up top, so i use my beard for it when my fingernails get cruddy. anyway, after that i had one of those nail brushes (linked elsewhere) to finish them off, which i did in the shower with some more soap. all in all, doing it once a day in the shower, it took like 5-10 seconds to keep both sets nice.

the skull is nature's brillo pad.

When my nails get long enough that there's something to clean, I cut my nails.

lime juice will seriously nuke the nailbiting. someone explained it to me as the flavor keeping you away from it but they're totally wrong. there's something enzymatic that just nukes all the bacteria irritating those nerves. slather some lime on there, let it turn that nasty ass cuticle into ceviche, and enjoy your cleanly healing nails. DO NOT PICK. DO NOT PICK. haven't bitten em in years. good luck

I have a two in one nail clipper that has a file/nail thingy to has a dull blade to scrape out from under your nails. See if your local pharmacy carries one?

I have some kind of "waterpik" device for oral hygiene. I use one of the tips that has a brush-like tip.

I think you could use some kind of soft brush. I've accumulated several for weed stuff that seem to work... I guess an extra toothbrush?

With my nails when washing them, sometimes more abrasive stuff, or whatever sharp object I have lying around. 2 of the 3 methods I also use for eye boogers.

I use a pocketknife

Basic nail file on most clippers can scrape underneath, but don't get too close to the nail bed. Nail brushes for when you wash your hands so you can get further in towards the nail bed.

If my nails aren't too long, I can usually clean them in the shower while washing my hair. I'll angle my fingers so my nails are lightly scratching while shampooing. If my nails are too long, I'll clip them first and then try the shampoo technique.

EDIT: Just saw @came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net's comment, and that is exactly it.

actual answer currently is I either use the nail file or my teeth.

but growing up we had a bristled brush by the bathroom sink and it had an extra row of bristles laying flat on to of the brush body just for fingernails and I really miss that

edit: this style, I don't like the plastic ones

Like with soap and water

I bend out the end of a paper clip and use that personally

I just keep them short and pick out any gunk that doesn’t go with a regular handwash with my other nails.

With my other nails. If they're long enough to get dirt under them, they're long enough to scrape the underside of each other.

Nail brush, soap, water.