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From nail biting to hair pulling, this smart br...

A Minnesota tech startup developed a smart bracelet that builds awareness of unwanted repetitive behavior like hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting. Read more here!

From nail biting to hair pulling, this smart br...

A Minnesota tech startup developed a smart bracelet that builds awareness of unwanted repetitive behavior like hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting. Read more here!

Hard Habits to Break

  Ellen Crupi can easily recall when she first pulled out a strand of her long dark hair in the same way some people might remember their first kiss or losing...

Hard Habits to Break

  Ellen Crupi can easily recall when she first pulled out a strand of her long dark hair in the same way some people might remember their first kiss or losing...

Inventors Helping Inventors #21 - Aneela Idnani

Alan interviews Aneela Idnani - inventor of the Keen bracelet. Tune in to learn how, after suffering for years with a psychological disorder that caused her to pull out all...

Inventors Helping Inventors #21 - Aneela Idnani

Alan interviews Aneela Idnani - inventor of the Keen bracelet. Tune in to learn how, after suffering for years with a psychological disorder that caused her to pull out all...

HabitAware Receives $300,000 Grant to Advance W...

Through a study funded by the grant award, HabitAware will evaluate the feasibility of Keen as an official treatment for trichotillomania. Simultaneously, Keen will be further developed into a tool...

HabitAware Receives $300,000 Grant to Advance W...

Through a study funded by the grant award, HabitAware will evaluate the feasibility of Keen as an official treatment for trichotillomania. Simultaneously, Keen will be further developed into a tool...

A New Tool to Overcome Skin and Hair Picking Di...

You, she reminds, are who’s really in control. And that’s where Keen comes in. When the bracelet vibrates, it’s bringing the picking compulsion from the subconscious into the conscious —...

A New Tool to Overcome Skin and Hair Picking Di...

You, she reminds, are who’s really in control. And that’s where Keen comes in. When the bracelet vibrates, it’s bringing the picking compulsion from the subconscious into the conscious —...

How a Hair Pulling Disorder Inspired a Smart Br...

For more than 20 years, Aneela Idnani Kumar hid her hair pulling disorder. Disguising her absent eyebrows with makeup and concealing her isolation with smiles, Idnani Kumar kept her trichotillomania...

How a Hair Pulling Disorder Inspired a Smart Br...

For more than 20 years, Aneela Idnani Kumar hid her hair pulling disorder. Disguising her absent eyebrows with makeup and concealing her isolation with smiles, Idnani Kumar kept her trichotillomania...

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  • "Thank you for your faithful emails, they are a source of great motivation for many of us. I actually think of my Keen as a "helper", a unique tool to remind me when I am slipping into my danger zone."
    - L.M.

  • "This newsletter is excellent...I credit the mere existence of this product and the feeling of community fostered by this newsletter, as two of the catalysts that helped free me from my shame and self-loathing in regards to my trichotillomania."
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