It’s gross, but I’ll admit that I regularly pick at hangnails and overgrown cuticles when I’m feeling stressed or anxious.

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 ...

When we stop framing these behaviors as failures and start seeing them as signals, the conversation changes. Compassion ...

Oceanic Counseling Group encourages individuals experiencing Skin Picking Disorder to take proactive steps toward prevention. With the right strategies and support, individuals can learn effective ...

It falls under the category of obsessive-compulsive disorders and is also known as skin picking disorder or excoriation disorder. “For many, skin picking can be a response to feelings such as anxiety, ...

“If you have this gross gunk in your face, you need to be double-cleansing,” a TikTok skinfluencer told me a few days ago. As she described the product she was about to slather over her face, she ...

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 BFRBs, ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as hair-pulling (trichotillomania) and skin-picking (excoriation disorder), are often misunderstood. One of the most pervasive and harmful myths about ...