If you've ever bitten your nails, squeezed a spot or tweezed out a rogue chin hair, you probably didn't think too much of it. We all have habits, and avoiding these behaviours altogether would make you the exception and not the rule.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/skin-picking-and-hair-pulling-managing-body-focused-repetitive-behaviours