Body-focused repetitive behaviours such as #skinpicking, #hairpulling and #nailbiting are common, yet little talked about! Check out this comic on the issue of scars and the summer 😍 You are not alone and have right to be happy in your body! #BFRB #dermatillomania #scars

Under the guise of my new alter-ego The Trich Prof I like invite you all to the first ever Oxford BFRB Conference, co-organised with BFRB UK & Ireland psych.ox.ac.uk/BFRBConf. Here's why scientists and researchers should come...

Fantastic to see The Mental Elf helping to spread awareness of body-focused repetitive behaviours and covering the upcoming Oxford conference! 🙏😍👏 Join us there and let's talk all things #skinpicking #hairpulling #nailbiting #dermatillomania #mentalelf #OxBFRBconf #BFRB #BFRBs

Join us online or in person and help to raise awareness of body-focused repetitive behaviours such as #skinpicking #hairpulling #nailbiting which affect many but remain secretive and misunderstood! Let's break the shame and talk all things #BFRBs💚 Would love to see you there!

Check out a longer segment with The Trich Prof and I on BBC Radio Oxford... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… it's a great news day for #BFRBs today - please share and consider joining us at the Oxford BFRB Conference on 13-14 September! psych.ox.ac.uk/research/trans…

Are you in the Oxford, UK area? In partnership with BFRB UK & Ireland, the University of Oxford will be hosting the first Oxford BFRB conference in September 2024. Read More & Register Here 👉 psych.ox.ac.uk/research/trans…

The full schedule for the Oxford BFRB Conference is available now: bfrbukireland.com/schedule/oxfor… #OxBFRBConf @uniofoxford Oxford Psychiatry Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Last chance to buy your in-person tickets for our Oxford Conference on 13-14 September! Registration closes today 🎟️ psych.ox.ac.uk/BFRBConf

This day next week our team will be arriving into Oxford for our first BFRB Conference! We are so excited about our line-up, and we hope you are too 🥳 #OxBFRBConf

I was on Drivetime RTE on Friday talking about Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours. It's always scary being on national radio, especially about such a sensitive topic, but knowing it might make a difference in even one person's life makes it worth it: rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

I'm in Oxford today with Louise Lyons recording video conversations at the #OxBFRBconf meeting. It's the start of something amazing, which will help people affected by Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours, and raise awareness of BFRBs, which are largely ignored & stigmatised

Great moment for our community! First Oxford BFRB conference is today! So many amazing people, experiences and knowledge coming together to talk all things body-focused repetitive behaviours! BFRB UK & Ireland 💚 #OxBFRBConf #BFRBs #trichotillomania #dermatillomania #skinpicking

It has been a hugely busy and successful day at the Research Symposium part of the #OxBFRBconf today. Thank you to all who attended and to our brilliant speakers who gave such interesting insights into BRFBs. Much excitement now for the lived experience community day tomorrow

Absolute joy and honour to be part of this monumental for #BFRBs moment! Thank you to our #BFRB heroes for making this happen! Looking forward to Day 2 - Community! Because research matters, but people matter the most 💚 #OxBFRBConf #MentalHealthAwareness #stigma #CommunityFirst

Katie was absolutely amazing! Such valuable stuff! Thank you for the work you do!👏❤️❤️❤️

Day 1 included experts from scientific backgrounds present on BFRBs, Day 2 was designed for & by people with BFRBs. Making significant strides to smash stigma & raise awareness 🙏🏼 The Trich Prof @bridgetbradley89 HabitAware for #trichotillomania #dermatillomania Jude Stevenson (she/her) Caroline Harbison Marta Isibor #oxbfrbcon

A highlight (from 2 days full of highlights!) was the 'scientists with lived experience' panel, where there was time to reflect and respond to audience questions. Our chair, Prof John Geddes, commented on the 'uniquely powerful' combination of expertise and lived experience.

On Day 2 we staged a take-over of the Department of Psychiatry for our community event. The pace was gentler, and Dr Bridget Bradley and the team did a truly incredible job of designing and leading a day which informed, empowered, connected, supported and inspired our community.

BFRB UK & Ireland, thank you so much for warmly welcoming me into your family this weekend. I am still processing all of the amazing moments and connections. You undoubtedly changed lives and the ripples of that will go on and on. #LivedExperienceLeadership at it's very finest 🙌

Can you help us get this research right? We don't have good information about how many children are struggling with BFRBs like hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail-biting etc. This is a chance to get information from a very large no of people across England.