Onychotillomania
| Onychotillomania | |
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| Specialty | Psychiatry  |
Onychotillomania is a compulsive behavior in which a person picks constantly at the nails or tries to tear them off.
It can be associated with psychiatric disorders such as depressive neurosis, delusions of infestation[2] and hypochondriasis.[3]
It was named by Jan Alkiewicz, a Polish dermatologist.[4]
The constant destruction of the nail bed leads to
Some cases have been treated successfully with
One cheap solution suggested by researchers is to cover the proximal nail fold with a Cyanoacrylate glue. "The mechanism of action for improvement is probably related to the presence of an obstacle to picking."[8]
See also
- Onychophagia
References
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