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 ...

I sat nervously in the exam room, staring at the floor as my mom sat nearby. At age ten, I’d never been to a dermatologist before, and I didn’t know what to expect. My pessimistic mind pictured a ...

Although my skin-picking past is written all over my face, it doesn't make me any less beautiful. If you saw my face in person, you would notice that it is covered from chin to forehead in pockmarks.

Acne excoriée is an excoriation disorder defined by the uncontrollable desire to pick, scratch, or rub acne lesions. It's a mental health condition that falls into the group of obsessive-compulsive ...

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 ...

Tallulah Willis, the 30-year-old actress and daughter of Hollywood stars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, shared her powerful journey of healing from a skin-picking disorder known as dermatillomania or ...

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 ...