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Onychophagia: A synopsis of nail biting and its management
Javed Ather Siddiqui1, Shazia Farheen Qureshi2
1 Department of Psychiatry, Mental Health Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, Mental Health Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
| Date of Submission | 08-Mar-2020 |
| Date of Decision | 03-Jun-2020 |
| Date of Acceptance | 18-Nov-2020 |
| Date of Web Publication | 08-Oct-2021 |
Correspondence Address:
Javed Ather Siddiqui,
H.NO.2-10-93, B/6, Opposite Super Motar Driving School, Harsh Nagar, Aurngabad - 431 001, Maharashtra
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_35_20
Onychophagia, also called nail biting (NB), is a body focused repetitive behaviors or self-grooming behavior. It is a group of related disorders in which an individual damages his or her appearance or causes physical injury that include pulling, picking, biting, or scraping one's hair, skin, or nails. NB is a very common, and unresolved, problem in the field of psychiatry, psychology, medicine, and dentistry. NB is a simple behavior associated with obsessive–compulsive-related disorders. The present paper focuses on the management of NB.
Keywords: Body focused, repetitive behaviors, nail biting, onychophagia, self-grooming behaviors
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