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    Glossary Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

    repetitive self-grooming actions causing physical harm, like hair pulling

    Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) are a group of related disorders characterized by repetitive self-grooming behaviors that can cause physical damage. These behaviors include hair pulling (trichotillomania), skin picking (dermatillomania), and nail biting (onychophagia). They are often performed in response to stress or anxiety and can lead to significant distress and impairment in daily functioning.

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    1. Hair Care and Hair‐Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Descriptive Cross‐Sectional Study Health Science Reports · 2026
    2. Body-focused repetitive behaviors and the dermatology patient Clinics in Dermatology · 2018 · 17 citations
    3. An Unusual Compulsive Behavior Related to Scalp Psoriasis and Hair Follicle Anxiety in Young Men Skin Appendage Disorders · 2025
    4. Body Focused Repetitive Behavior at an Unusual Site and in an Unusual Pattern - Symmetrical Trichotillomania International Journal of Trichology · 2025
    5. Cross-sectional survey examining skin picking and hair pulling disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2020 · 12 citations
    6. Children with trichotillomania in COVID‐19 outbreak Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology · 2021 · 5 citations
    7. Obsessive-compulsive skin disorders: a novel classification based on degree of insight Journal of Dermatological Treatment · 2016 · 21 citations
    8. Pathologic Hairpulling, Skin Picking, and Nail Biting Annals of Clinical Psychiatry · 2005 · 84 citations
    9. Trichotillomania and Traction Alopecia InTech eBooks · 2017
    10. Cultural Trichotillomania: A Look at Eyebrow Loss in India Indian Dermatology Online Journal · 2025
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    1. Hair loss research focused on chemistry for decades because we misunderstood the mechanics of growth. Reddit · 5 Feb 2026
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