enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. To stop nail-biting, skin picking and hair pulling, new ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/stop-nail-biting-skin-picking...

   How do you stop biting your nails? An approach called habit replacement could help nail biters quit. It could also help with skin picking and trichotillomania.

3. Nail biting - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_biting

   Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity , the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.

4. The 9 Best No-bite Nail Polishes to Stop Nail Biting

   www.aol.com/9-best-no-bite-nail-160802435.html

   In addition to curbing your biting tendencies, the best polishes to stop nail biting also contain nourishing ingredients that help repair your damaged nails, hydrate your cuticles, soothe...

5. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatophagia

   Types. OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.

6. Onychotillomania - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychotillomania

   Onychotillomania is a compulsive behavior in which a person picks constantly at the nails or tries to tear them off. [1] It is not the same as onychophagia, where the nails are bitten or chewed, or dermatillomania, where skin is bitten or scratched.

7. Serious health risks from biting your nails will horrify you

   www.aol.com/article/2016/02/25/it-turns-out-nail...

   Biting your nails is no picnic for your teeth, either. "Constant biting can lead to poor dental occlusion," says Richard Scher, M.D., an expert in nail disorders, "so the biter's teeth shift out ...