Dear Carol: My mom is in mid-stage Alzheimer’s, so she has fidgety hands. Even though I lotion her skin regularly, she’ll zero in on a random spot on her arm and pick it open. I’ve contacted the ...

Some habits are harder to quit than others. That's particularly true for body-focused repetitive behaviors, also called BFRBs. But most of us know them as nail biting, skin picking and even hair ...

When I get super anxious, like right before a date (or…during a date), it’s hard to resist picking at my cuticles or fiddling with bumpy patches of skin on my arms. I have obsessive-compulsive ...

BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU STOP. IT HAS THIS SORT OF SOOTHING SENSATION IN DR. MICHELLE DE BLASI UNDERSTANDS THAT MAY SOUND ODD TO ANYONE WHO DOESN’T DO THIS OR THIS OR THIS. IT’S A WAY THAT ...