Are hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders linked to deeper beliefs formed in childhood? This study found that early ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients with chronic skin picking, a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, that is severe enough to cause physical damage, results of a small study suggest that the ...

Skin Picking Disorder, also known as Excoriation Disorder, involves recurrent and compulsive picking at one's own skin, resulting in tissue damage and potential distress. Recognizing the triggers and ...

Skin picking is often brushed off as a bad habit or a lack of willpower, but for many people it is neither simple nor ...

I have always been a picker. I remember it from my earliest playground knee grazes—the irresistible urge to peel off the scab as soon as it formed; to see the bright white flesh beneath. I knew I wasn ...

While typing away on your desktop or making a hole in the floor while walking during stressful situations, one quirk is common in a whole lot of people. No, it's not the thought of quitting and ...

A fear of being alone triggered my new habit. It was almost the holidays, and another good friend — one of the few left unmarried — became engaged. Immediately, the fear I'd had since childhood of ...

Against the advice of dermatologists (and skincare articles) everywhere, pimple popping is practically a national pastime. Who hasn’t awoken to a pesky, juicy whitehead just begging to be squeezed?