Many people unconsciously engage in repetitive body behaviors like nail-biting or skin-picking, often triggered by stress or ...

In her appearance on The Mel Robbins podcast, Dr Tracey Marks explained the real reason behind nail biting and skin picking.

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?

United States Excoriation disorder is an obsessive-compulsive disorder-like mental disease. It is defined as picking at one’s own skin over and over again, resulting in skin sores and causing severe ...

Some of you may remember my thread detailing a rather stupid crash on my bike. As can be assumed, by now, these things have scabbed up. The abrasion on my knee produced the gnarliest scab of them all.

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions. Lately, the topic has been healing, and this week's question comes from Lucy Perkins via Instagram, who wants to know: ...

Skin picking disorder, also called dermatillosia or excoriation disorder, is when you repeatedly pick at your skin to the ...

Don't even thinking about picking it. You've probably been told that the number one rule for getting rid of a zit is not to pick it, and yet, here you are, post-pimple pop and with an acne scab to ...

It took nearly a decade for Julia's condition to be diagnosed and taken seriously by doctors WE all sit there and have a little pick from time to time but what started as an innocent skincare routine ...