MAVALAStop Deterrent Nail Polish Treatment | Nail Care to Help Stop Putting Fingers In Your Mouth | Bitter Taste | Easy Application | For Ages 3+ | 0.3 Fl Oz

Before Mavala Stop, I couldn’t stop biting my nails, and it was ruining my relationship with my son. He’d watch me and cringe, probably thinking, "Is this what I’m supposed to do?" Then I tried Mavala Stop, and everything changed.That bitter taste kept me from biting, and more importantly, it made me realize I was setting a bad example. Slowly, my nails grew, but more importantly, my bond with my son grew too. Instead of awkward silences, we started connecting again.Now, I’ve got healthier nails and a healthier relationship. All thanks to a little bottle of bitter truth.

This nail polish was recommended by my daughter's dentist when she was 18 months old to help stop her from sucking her thumb. The doctor explained that while I was free to try it, it usually works better for children over 3 due to their brain maturity. He also emphasized that, in his opinion, this was the only method that truly worked, as he had successfully used it with his own daughters after trying everything else.I first tried it at that time, she felt nauseous, got irritated, but eventually got used to it and continued the habit. Since it wasn’t working at that stage, I stopped using it. However, when she turned 2 years and 3 months, I decided to give it another try before exploring other methods—and it was a success! She immediately stopped sucking her thumb with the help of positive reinforcement and an occasional reward system.Now, four weeks later, there’s no sign that the habit ever existed. In fact, her teeth showed significant improvement within the first week! The doctor recommended applying it every four days for a month, we are just 5 days away from the goal. I’m beyond happy with the outcome and highly recommend this product—100% effective!

Great product. It really has a bed taste so it is impossible to put fingers in mouth again. My nails started growing after 4 years struggle.

The Product works, it's also a good amount and dries SUPER fast, within a minute or less. The only problem I have with this bottle is that THE TOP OF IT SUCKS. It has the worst nail polish lid I have ever seen XD Legit making my BF bring in some vice grips so I can get the top off without bruising my hand. Other than that it is 10/10. Put it on your fingers every 2 days, and make sure that you take it off your fingers before doing anything that requires you to put your fingers in your mouth. Do not forget to also get a nail kit or something to take care of your nails while you are trying to stop biting them, It helps a lot

Works great to stop kids nail biting

We have a 2.5 year old daughter who was one of the most compulsive thumb-suckers that I have seen of her age. We understood that it was a way of quelling her anxiety (in addition to the fact that it was just habit), so we hesitated to take her thumb away from her. It was especially bad at night. Her dentist expressed concern about the effect on her teeth (bucked teeth, high arched palate, lower front teeth curved inwards), which is readily apparent. I was skeptical of this, but wanted to make sure we got her done with sucking her thumb all in one shot (rather than dragging it out over time). So this is what I did:1. We prepared her for weeks in advance that she is a big girl and almost ready to stop sucking her thumb. Never once did we say, "Stop sucking your thumb" or pull her thumb out of her mouth. We knew the motivation had to be internal, not external. We told her "bye-bye thumb week" was coming up. We made it sound exciting and fun :)2. We picked a week where I knew I could afford to lose sleep.3. This may sound counter-intuitive, but we attached a pacifier to her lovey. She carries it everywhere, so we wanted the pacifier to be available at all times. We didn't want to completely take away the "safety blanket" of her thumb, and wanted to give her an alternative. We used the "soothie" brand since it is more like a thumb.4. We made a special afternoon of it, painting her fingernails pretty colors, and putting Mavala on it. We told her it was time to say "bye-bye thumb."5. We put a band-aid on her thumb to help her remember not to suck it.6. We bought a bag of chocolate Easter eggs and told her she could have one every evening if she didn't suck her thumb during the day.She tried sucking her thumb not long after I put this Malava on it. It was bitter, but she was determined, and within seconds threw up all her lunch. This made me sick to my stomach and I almost regretted it putting it on her, but decided to stick with it. She cried, and we offered her the pacifier instead. Never really having used a pacifier, she didn't know what to think of it, but it soothed her a little bit anyways. That night, she could not fall asleep. She was used to using her thumb and didn't have it anymore. I sat by her bed for several hours, and she finally fell asleep. This happened three nights in a row. (After the first day when I put the Malava on her thumb while painting her fingernails, I doubted she would let me do it again because she kept saying that she didn't like the fingernail polish because it tasted bad. So I put it on while she was sleeping. As all the other comments have said regarding this product, a little goes a long way.)Miraculously, she never really put her thumb back in her mouth after throwing up. She would look at her thumb sadly and cried a couple times, but soon became proud of the fact that she was a big girl. She used her pacifier every night, but usually spit it out within minutes after falling asleep. The chocolate Easter eggs were a big motivator for her too.Within 4-5 days, I didn't really feel the need to put Malava on her anymore, because she had almost forgotten what it was like to suck her thumb. I thought she would revert at night, but she didn't. She started falling asleep on her own and staying asleep, sometimes using the pacifier but rarely. The only thing I wish I had done was to keep putting Malava on for about three weeks to a month. The reason is that about a week into it, she couldn't find her pacifier one day and started sucking her thumb, realizing that it didn't taste bad. I put some on that night again, but the "no-thumb spell" had been broken. She tried it a few days later again, so I regretted not just sticking with the program for a bit longer. She almost never sucks her thumb or pacifier anymore.I'm grateful that this product helped me get my daughter past her thumb-sucking habit. I was afraid it would be traumatizing to have this stuff on her fingernails, but I think it helped make the process over quickly rather than dragging it out. This was SO much better than having to put braces or a palatal expander on (yikes!) when she gets older. Overall, it was a relatively gentle and painless process.

While I Think it tastes terrible, it is not terrible enough to stop my 9yo son from chewing his fingernails down to the quick. We have to re-apply every day, which doesn't bother me, which wouldn't bother me if it actually worked.