These help a LOT
Recently I’ve struggled hard with this BFRB. I was working night shift and taking classes during the day and not really sleeping. I attended weekly therapy sessions specifically for hair pulling. I take at least 1500 mg of NAC daily, sometimes 3000 mg.
I recently left my full-time EMT job (where I had to use my hands extensively and would definitely break nails) to pursue a master’s degree full-time, allowing me to get these super long nails and…
Nothing else I have tried (besides actually sleeping at night) has helped as much as having these long nails 💅🏼 they were expensive and I could only get them because I left my job. So I understand why you might think you can’t have long nails but…
Buy cheap press-on nails and glue them to your nails at home. Buy nail rings that you can attach fake nails to and wear them at home and take them off only when you leave the house. Please try this method. Even if you are masculine look up metal nail rings (that are shaped like a long nail). I’ve owned those before as well.
They make you very aware that you’re touching hair/trying to pull and they make it much much more difficult to pull. Please note that I primarily struggle with lashes and brows.
Please try this. This BFRB feels like a powerful addiction to me and we need to try to do anything to block access to the behavior