Although many people bite their nails occasionally, repeated and compulsive nail-biting can cause long-lasting harm.

Recently, our niece’s four-year-old asked me, rather innocently, what was wrong with my finger? Although I had no injury, she pointed to the index finger on my left hand, which was raw and red. I ...

Many people bite their nails at some point, especially as children. It’s a type of body-focused repetitive behavior that goes by the clinical name of onychophagia. There’s a spectrum of nail biting.

Health experts have warned that individuals who habitually bite their fingernails are at increased risk of having stomach or gut infections, dental damage, and permanent nail deformities.The ...

While nail biting is a habit more common in children than adults, there are people who retain the habit even beyond the age of 18. In this photo, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, ...

The American Psychiatric Association plans to include nail-biting as a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual revision for 2013. The disorder, known as ...

Scientists aren’t sure about it, but children whose parents bite their nails are more likely to develop this particular habit. Nail biting is almost automatic. Most of the time, people who have the ...

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 ...

Nail biting is a common behavior often viewed as nothing more than an annoying habit. The behavior is all too often ignored. However, nail biting can be serious and it is a misunderstood and ...

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