Some habits are harder to quit than others. That's particularly true for body-focused repetitive behaviors, also called BFRBs. But most of us know them as nail biting, skin picking and even hair ...

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Dear Heloise: I was reading the letter from the lady who is very upset with the state of her nails due to her lifelong nail-biting. I was a nail-biter for a little over 50 years, until my wife ...

I’ve been biting my nails for as long as I can remember. It started when I was at the age when copying my parents (who also incessantly bite their nails) was my most important day-to-day task. It ...

Nail-biting–You’ll notice it in the car seat line, during story time, and at soccer. Tiny fingers drift to tiny teeth. Maybe they chew until the nails are ragged. Maybe they pick at the side-skin ...

When body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are discussed, the conditions that typically come to mind include trichotillomania (hair pulling) and excoriation disorder (skin picking). However, one ...

“It seems like not many people knew that nail biting could cause such a big issue, including myself,” Gabby Swierzewski tells ...

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