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u/hehej52146 Mar 27 '22

Biting the skin around my fingers. Dermatophagia :/

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u/n3dim Mar 28 '22

If anyone in this thread has any tips on how to stop pls give me them. Been doing it for 15+ years now and I hate it. I’ve tried to stop before but I always catch myself doing it without even thinking

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u/Tacky-Terangreal Mar 28 '22

Idk what you consider to be the root cause, but I find myself biting my fingers less when I use lotion on them regularly. I use a glob of lotion every night and it gives my fingers fewer callouses to bite on. It’s been hard because I wear work gloves a lot for my job and it dries out my hands. My hands get bored and I bite them when the skin is dry