Is it normal i bite the skin off the inside of my cheeks?

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I have a habit of biting the skin off the inside of my cheeks. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it. I'll bite a small piece off, chew it for a bit, then swallow. Usually I stop before it starts to bleed. I can't help it when I feel newer skin growing over where I've bitten before. I usually get weird looks at the faces I make. It doesn't hurt. I either don't go deep enough into the layers or I'm just used to it.

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  • UhhhOK
    11 years ago

    I do that all of the time without realizing it until after.
    Completely normal.

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  • L@L@
    11 years ago

    I do it also! For about 15 years now nd I have gave me a break maybe twice nd it only lasted bout half a year at the most but I still can't stop nd to say the truth, it's very much a part of my life...sadly. Sometimes I go a whole day w/o eating bcuz i'm bitting my inner cheeks nd it's soOo bad I get in a real bad mood nd can't focus on my kids nd house chores:/ Sometimes wn I can't get a piece of skin I reach for my eyebrow plucker nd use it to pull out the skin nd still eat it:/ I really do wish to stop completely one day soon but wn I decide today will be the day that Ima stop, without my knowledge i'm already bitting again! Ughh! Soo unhealthy! I heard we can get cancer from it nd not even that has stuck in my head enuf to stop me! Soo fugkd up, I know!

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  • 800imawesome
    11 years ago

    I do that too... only I don't stop UNTIL it bleeds.

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  • Someone2
    11 years ago

    I do that, I thought I was the only one, I make awful faces when I do. Do it normally when I bored.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Yep; I do that too. I think it's genitic because my mother does that and so does my grandmother but no one on my father's side.

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  • emilydoll
    11 years ago

    Yes

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  • Silentnight
    11 years ago

    I found myself doing that while reading this lol. I do it a lot too, but once I looked in the mirror inside my cheeks after I'd been biting on them and it looked horrible, so it kinda put me off for a while.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    I never bite the actual skin off but I do chew/bite on the inside of my cheek when I'm high to try to focus my eyes or concentrate

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    • RaNdOmPoPcOrN
      11 years ago

      Me also

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  • fullhouse
    11 years ago

    Sometimes I do it too..Although I spit it out..

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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago

    Isn't that... painful? I once bit it by mistake while chewing on hard candy and it hurt like hell and even bled.

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    • 800imawesome
      11 years ago

      After a while, you get used to it. Eventually it only feels like a slight pinch.

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