face touching
Hand meets visage
Face touching is the act of bringing one's hand into contact with one's own face—rubbing the eyes, scratching the nose, resting the chin in a palm.
The habit is largely unconscious and remarkably frequent; most people touch their faces dozens of times per hour.
Face touching gained sudden prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic as a vector for transmitting respiratory viruses: Stop touching your face became standard public health advice, though the behavior proved difficult to suppress.
- cheekAudacity or facial side
- caressGentle loving touch
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- fingertipsTerminal phalanx pads
- cupped handsHands curved to contain
skin · skin to skin · palm · chin · forehead · brush · gentle · tenderness · acne · nervous · nervous tic · habit · fidget · germs · jawline · temple · massage · cupping
- nervous habitsnail biting, lip biting, hair pulling, skin picking, knuckle cracking
- awkward body languagelimp handshake, forced smile, tight smile, nervous laugh
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
- self-soothingdeep breathing, slow breathing, rocking, thumb sucking, hair stroking
- ASMRwhispering, tingles, triggers, tapping, personal attention
face touchinghands-free
Operable without holding
contactless · hands behind back · hands folded · arms crossed · hands clasped
face touchinghand sanitizing
Cleaning palms with alcohol
handwashing · infection control · hand hygiene · mask wearing · barrier protection
face, faces, faced, facing, facial, facially, deface, defaced, defacement