'Take it seriously because it can get a lot worse very quickly,' says Lauren Nichols, 18
For Lauren Nichols, nail-biting was a lifelong habit that her parents implored her to kick.
Now, after experiencing a health scare brought on by the common tic, the 18-year-old says she’s done chewing her fingernails for good — and she hopes others stop too. “At first I didn’t think it was anything serious, but it kept getting worse,” Nichols tells PEOPLE of her bout withThe Texas college student shared her story in a, tracking her left middle finger’s progression from slightly infected to alarmingly inflamed last month. “I almost had to get the tip of my finger amputated because I bite my nails,” she said in the video.
“plz watch… it could save your finger’s life 🥺,” she captioned the post, which has been viewed more than 2 million times and garnered some 20,000 comments. When the problem area around her finger nail grew and became painful, Nichols booked a doctor’s appointment, where she was prescribed antibiotics to treat the infection. Days later, the medication didn’t make much of a difference, and surgery became necessary.
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