What Are Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors?

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GLP-1 meds may reduce urges behind body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs).

Case reports suggest GLP-1s "quiet" urges like hair pulling, akin to reducing "food noise."

Treating the whole person with a broad view and integrative approach is essential to improving BFRBs.

Ask almost anyone about GLP-1 medications right now, and you'll get a lively conversation—not just about weight, but about everything else these drugs seem to potentially impact. One of the more surprising conversations in therapist circles involves a set of behaviors most of us don't connect to metabolism at all: body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs.

BFRBs include hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, and related behaviors like cheek biting, lip biting, and cuticle picking. What these behaviors tend to share is a certain tenacity. They........

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