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

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    (One common repetitive behavior is nail-biting.) The research, published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology , found that an approach called habit replacement may help reduce these behaviors.

  3. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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    Dermatophagia. 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.

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

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    The problem doesn't stop at nails, either. Habitual nail-biters often chomp on the skin around their fingers, too, leaving open cuts and abrasions that could easily pick up even more bacteria or ...

  5. Here’s Why You Keep Getting Hangnails—and What to ... - AOL

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    Consistent nail care is the best way to ensure you rarely have to deal with hangnails. This means keeping them clean and moisturized. “Make sure to put lotion on after you wash your hands, as ...

  6. Nail biting - Wikipedia

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    Damaged cuticles, damaged nails, hangnails, etc. 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. Nail biting is very common, especially ...

  7. Excoriation disorder - Wikipedia

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    Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [4] [5]