Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover. By Chloe W. Shakin Chloe Shakin interviewed nearly a dozen individuals with ...

Skin-picking disorder (dermatillomania or excoriation disorder) and autoimmune disorders often go together. With skin picking ...

Something sinister inside me lit up. It was like the intrusive thought "I'll always be alone" had fused with picking my skin, and from there, I just couldn't stop. I began regularly scanning my ...

At some point, we’ve all picked at a pimple or scratched off a scab. But picking, pulling or tearing at our skin can become a habit – we may do it out of boredom or when we are feeling ...

Tallulah Willis is taking her skin-picking disorder one day at a time. Willis, the youngest daughter of actor Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, detailed her journey with the disorder, also known as ...

But sometimes, the nervous ritual can belie a condition called dermatillomania, which is an unhealthy obsession with picking your skin. Sometimes, dermatillomania (also known as skin-picking disorder) ...

Face sores are a visible side effect of using the drug meth. They typically happen because meth makes a person scratch and pick at their skin. Treatment may involve proper wound care and seeking ...

Even though I lotion her skin regularly, she’ll zero in on a random spot on her arm and pick it open. I’ve contacted the doctor and was told this is not unusual behavior in dementia.