Urges

Can’t stop thinking about your hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, skin, nails, etc?

Don’t always realize you’re doing it

Your hands have a mind of their own?

No amount of “just sit on your hands” works?

It’s supposed to hurt, but it doesn’t

Does your BFRB somehow feel good?

BFRB even help you to focus or relax?

Interferes with daily activities

Find you’ve changed your daily activities because of your BFRB? '

Causing isolation & distress?

Nail Biting

Causes people to:

• Bite their nails past the nail bed

• Chew on cuticles

Causing bleeding, soreness & infection

Also known as Onychophagia

• 20-30% of the population bite their nails at some point in their lives

Skin Picking

Causes people to repetitively touch their skin to:

• Rub

• Scratch

• Pick at

• Dig into

Causing skin discoloration, scarring, and sometimes tissue damage & disfigurement

Also known as Excoriation

-2-5% of the population

Hair Pulling

Causes people to pull out from their:

• Scalp

• Eyelashes

• Eyebrows

• Other body parts

Causing noticeable bald patches & soreness

Also known as Trichotillomania

• 2-4% of the population

• 5-20% who pull their hair also swallow the hair

Other BFRBs

• Cheek & Lip Biting

• Nail & cuticle picking

• Scab eating

• Other self-grooming related behaviors

We all do something to help us feel better

We all just want to feel better in this crazy world. It could be:

• nail biting

• too much social media time

• too much alcohol, weed, cigarettes….

• too many cookies

We ALL have a vice.

It’s no longer helpful

Your BFRB has been so very helpful in the past, but it’s become harmful.

Are you tired of the bald spots, the scabs, the cover up, & the constant worry?

It’s time for a life upgrade

You want to make a change.

But you’ve struggled to make

lasting change.

You’re ready to try something new.

To make effective change, it helps to have some help.