A Preliminary Survey of Rhinotillexomania in an Adolescent Sample: “Rhinotillexomania is a recent term coined to describe compulsive nose picking. There is little world literature on nose-picking behavior in the

general population…

Conclusion: Nose picking is common in adolescents. It is often associated with other habitual behaviors. Nose picking may merit closer epidemiologic and

nosologic (sic) scrutiny.” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry