(CNN) — Compulsive nail-biting, skin-picking, hairpulling, and lip- and cheek-biting are among a range of body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs, that can become a source of distress, but new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For people who can’t stop biting their nails or picking at their skin, a new study suggests that a simple technique could help.

THERE IS A NEW TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE NAIL BITING AND OTHER BAD HABITS IN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS DR. MICHELLE DE BLASIO, A PSYCHIATRIST AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, ...

For people who can’t stop biting their nails or picking at their skin, a new study suggests that a simple technique could help. Body-focused repetitive behaviors — compulsively pulling or picking at ...