When I get super anxious, like right before a date (or…during a date), it’s hard to resist picking at my cuticles or fiddling with bumpy patches of skin on my arms. I have obsessive-compulsive ...
I was a senior in college when I was first diagnosed with excoriation disorder, otherwise known as dermatillomania and characterized by chronic, pathological skin-picking. Of course, I’d already known ...
Skin picking disorder can affect your overall health. Here, we spoke to experts about the steps you can take to overcome it. We know we shouldn’t be touching our faces. Aside from transferring ...
Although the influencer wasn’t speaking directly to me that day—she didn’t know me or my skin concerns or my skincare ... My feverish, dopamine-fueled picking sessions would leave me raw ...
For Phaedra Longhurst, 27, the effects of skin-picking disorder dermatillomania, eczema and acne are more than just skin deep. And she's not alone. Each year, about 13 million people in the UK ...