Help With Touch ID on 5s

So I recently got an iPhone 5s in space grey. I set up my fingerprint the first day and it worked perfectly fine. However, after 2 days, i would use my finger to unlock my phone and it would told me it was an unrecognized print. I unlocked my phone, set up my finger again, told me it successfully set my finger to unlock it, and when I tried to unlock my phone again, it still told me it was an unrecognized finger. I tried restoring my phone, turning off passcode and turning it back off, i even cleaned the home button and cleaned my finger to see if it worked. My other friends tried it and when they set their finger, and tried to unlock the phone, it did so perfectly. I'm really worried that there may be something wrong that I cannot fix.
Also, btw, I have this weird anxiety problem where I bite my skin on my thumb and sometimes cause it to peel off (please don't judge). Can that also contribute to the problem? I don't think it does since the touch ID worked fine when I started using the phone. Also, whenever I try to set my finger now, most of the time it displays a "Failed" message, telling me it was not successful. Please Help :/

Hi jaz1204,
If you are having issues with Touch ID, you may find the following article helpful:
iPhone 5s: Using Touch ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5883
Regards,
- Brenden

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