Onychophagia

in hive-109286 •  3 years ago 

Onychophagia
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is the habit of biting the fingernails of the hands. It is, if it cannot be controlled, a compulsion. It is an emotional disorder, which may require professional help. The person suffering from onychophagia can go to the extreme of exposing the skin and causing permanent structural deteriora.

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Thanks for sharing

with pleasure.

I used to eat my fingernails for 6 years, and it took me 4 years to stop without any help. @elmor1000

I'd like to say the same about myself, but I've been doing it for most of my life and I don't know how to stop doing it.