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Although earlier studies have implicated grooming behavior as a phenomenological correspondent to OCD [ 25 29 ] inhibited by drugs like clomipramine or fluoxetine, the situation appears different for AVP-induced grooming in hamsters.
Is this an improvement in personal grooming (a thesis communitarian philosophers might advance) or yet another imposition on busy professionals by the beauty industry (as feminist pundits might argue)?
In canine acral lick dermatitis, the excessive licking of the paws and flanks was significantly reduced by fluoxetine and clomipramine two and three weeks into treatment, respectively [ 25 ] . However, the scale of the reduction was more pronounced over a five-week period of treatment [ 25 ] . Perhaps flank gland grooming would have been significantly altered in these studies if drug treatment had been extended for several more weeks.
Bouts of flank gland grooming may be so intense that the flanks are left matted and soaked in saliva.
But more intriguing was the Globe 's report on Patsy's grooming habits: With her marriage "wrecked" by the strain, she reportedly slipped away to a $2,300-a-week Georgia spa, where, because she "is always concerned about her upper lip getting hairy," she had a much-needed lip wax "to clear away the dark bristles."