General Information
As of February 8, 2024
r/Dermatophagia
Skin Biting
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It means eating/biting your skin. This symptom is not very rare, as 2 out of 7 people bite their skin. Sufferers chew their skin out of compulsion, and can do so on a variety of places on their body. Sufferers typically chew the skin surrounding their fingernails and joints. They also chew on the inside of their mouth, cheeks, and/or lips, causing blisters in and outside of the mouth. If the behavior is left unchecked, calluses may start to develop where most of the biting is done.
A Subreddit about Dermatophagia and those who suffer from it. Please share your photos and/or stories or just talk to people who suffer from it.
5,233
January 20, 2014
public
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Total Submissions
2,479
Total Comments
8,816
Earliest Submission
March 24, 2015
Earliest Comment
June 27, 2016
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 56 | 34,267 | 452.9 | 0.3 | 1585.09 | |
| #2 | 65 | 55,388 | 525.7 | 0.5 | 1138.26 | |
| #3 | 59 | 56,051 | 477.2 | 0.5 | 1020.97 | |
| #4 | 489 | 764,217 | 3955.0 | 6.4 | 620.63 | |
| #5 | 120 | 424,049 | 970.5 | 3.5 | 274.48 | |
| #6 | 32 | 124,927 | 258.8 | 1.0 | 248.45 | |
| #7 | 32 | 139,969 | 258.8 | 1.2 | 221.75 | |
| #8 | 31 | 153,503 | 250.7 | 1.3 | 195.88 | |
| #9 | 374 | 1,910,466 | 3024.9 | 15.9 | 189.88 | |
| #10 | 44 | 267,182 | 355.9 | 2.2 | 159.73 | |
| #11 | 108 | 684,931 | 873.5 | 5.7 | 152.94 | |
| #12 | 47 | 308,561 | 380.1 | 2.6 | 147.74 | |
| #13 | 561 | 3,981,445 | 4537.3 | 33.2 | 136.67 | |
| #14 | 240 | 1,887,246 | 1941.1 | 15.7 | 123.35 | |
| #15 | 345 | 3,036,370 | 2790.3 | 25.3 | 110.21 | |
| #16 | 62 | 549,734 | 501.4 | 4.6 | 109.39 | |
| #17 | 174 | 1,742,914 | 1407.3 | 14.5 | 96.83 | |
| #18 | 43 | 544,687 | 347.8 | 4.5 | 76.57 | |
| #19 | 50 | 691,846 | 404.4 | 5.8 | 70.10 | |
| #20 | 255 | 3,554,095 | 2062.4 | 29.6 | 69.59 | |
| #21 | 117 | 1,774,749 | 946.3 | 14.8 | 63.94 | |
| #22 | 99 | 1,536,883 | 800.7 | 12.8 | 62.48 | |
| #23 | 87 | 1,371,178 | 703.6 | 11.4 | 61.54 | |
| #24 | 36 | 578,353 | 291.2 | 4.8 | 60.37 | |
| #25 | 86 | 1,389,374 | 695.6 | 11.6 | 60.04 | |
| #26 | 812 | 13,129,794 | 6567.3 | 109.5 | 59.98 | |
| #27 | 34 | 594,139 | 275.0 | 5.0 | 55.51 | |
| #28 | 33 | 579,233 | 266.9 | 4.8 | 55.26 | |
| #29 | 187 | 3,513,707 | 1512.4 | 29.3 | 51.62 | |
| #30 | 43 | 907,120 | 347.8 | 7.6 | 45.98 | |
| #31 | 39 | 850,739 | 315.4 | 7.1 | 44.46 | |
| #32 | 123 | 3,280,762 | 994.8 | 27.4 | 36.36 | |
| #33 | 30 | 827,330 | 242.6 | 6.9 | 35.17 | |
| #34 | 45 | 1,300,724 | 364.0 | 10.8 | 33.56 | |
| #35 | 49 | 1,433,369 | 396.3 | 12.0 | 33.16 | |
| #36 | 378 | 12,818,311 | 3057.2 | 106.9 | 28.60 | |
| #37 | 42 | 1,572,616 | 339.7 | 13.1 | 25.90 | |
| #38 | 101 | 3,812,007 | 816.9 | 31.8 | 25.70 | |
| #39 | 39 | 1,639,534 | 315.4 | 13.7 | 23.07 | |
| #40 | 60 | 2,835,425 | 485.3 | 23.6 | 20.52 | |
| #41 | 31 | 1,545,895 | 250.7 | 12.9 | 19.45 | |
| #42 | 35 | 1,770,175 | 283.1 | 14.8 | 19.18 | |
| #43 | 146 | 7,606,538 | 1180.8 | 63.4 | 18.62 | |
| #44 | 40 | 2,111,521 | 323.5 | 17.6 | 18.37 | |
| #45 | 63 | 3,501,733 | 509.5 | 29.2 | 17.45 | |
| #46 | 65 | 3,759,485 | 525.7 | 31.3 | 16.77 | |
| #47 | 43 | 2,707,388 | 347.8 | 22.6 | 15.40 | |
| #48 | 34 | 2,188,233 | 275.0 | 18.2 | 15.07 | |
| #49 | 545 | 36,985,555 | 4407.9 | 308.4 | 14.29 | |
| #50 | 35 | 2,435,267 | 283.1 | 20.3 | 13.94 |