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Notes on habits, awareness, and not touching your face.

• 2026-05-06 Does touching your face cause acne? What the science actually says.

  A clear-eyed look at whether face-touching causes breakouts, and what to do about a habit you don't notice you have.

• 2026-05-04 Why your jawline acne won't quit (and the desk habit nobody mentions)

  If your acne is concentrated along the jaw and chin, hormones get most of the blame — but a quiet desk habit is probably making it worse.

• 2026-05-02 How to quit nail biting in 30 days (without bitter polish)

  A practical, evidence-based 30-day plan for quitting nail biting based on habit reversal training. No willpower, no shame.

• 2026-04-29 Why bitter polish fails (and what works instead)

  Bitter polish is the most common nail-biting "solution" and it has a structural reason it fails. Here's what to do instead.

• 2026-04-26 Awareness tools for BFRBs: how a webcam app fits alongside therapy

  A practical, non-clinical guide to where webcam-based awareness tools fit into a BFRB treatment plan, written with clinician input.

• 2026-04-22 Why willpower fails for BFRBs (and what to do instead)

  Body-focused repetitive behaviors aren't a willpower problem. Here's the model that actually explains them, and the family of treatments built around it.