Stop nail biting and other bfrbs with AI
Hands Off is a desktop app that intercepts nail biting, skin picking, and other BFRBs in real time. It runs locally on your device, pops up when your hands get near your face, and gradually retrains your brain. All without sending data to the cloud.
Hands Off uses AI-powered webcam monitoring to detect hand-to-face movements in real-time and interrupts nail biting with full-screen alerts before the behavior completes. This catches the habit at the unconscious level where it typically occurs, retraining the brain through consistent immediate feedback rather than relying on willpower alone.
Hands Off allows users to customize settings for all five BFRBs, adjust sensitivity levels, choose overlay notification styles (full-screen, corner notification, or camera view), and configure discrete mode for social situations. Users can fine-tune the system based on their specific triggers and environmental contexts.
Hands Off detects five common BFRBs (nail biting, skin picking, hair pulling, nose picking, eyebrow/eyelash pulling) through local on-device AI processing. All video analysis stays on the user's computer with no uploads or cloud storage, enabling private habit tracking and intervention without privacy concerns.
Hands Off includes built-in statistics tracking showing daily detection counts, current streak length, weekly trends, and longest streak. Users can visualize their progress and identify high-risk periods, with most users achieving 70-90% reduction in episodes within the first week and visible behavioral change within 30 days.
Hands Off provides instant intervention within milliseconds of detecting hand movement toward sensitive face areas, interrupting the automatic behavior before it reinforces the neural pattern. This real-time interruption is significantly more effective than after-the-fact tracking or traditional methods like bitter nail polish.