Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One thing that has become abundantly clear to me is this is less of a ‘cosmetic’ surface-level skin issue and more of a mental ...

Skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders are “underrecognized, understudied, and undertreated,” a dermatologist told ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, Jaylin Scott had picked at her armpits. She would dig at her skin any time of the day — even in her sleep — until it ...

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 ...

A woman almost lost her leg after her skin picking habit became out of control. Lauren McKeaney, 35, from Chicago, has suffered from the psychological condition dermatillomania all her life.

Tallulah Willis is continuing to bring awareness to skin picking disorder. The daughter of actors Demi Moore, 61, and Bruce Willis, 69, posted a throwback photo via Instagram on Saturday, August 17, ...

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 ...

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.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had an unsightly rash on my legs for many years. I finally went to the dermatologist today, and he said I have skin-picking syndrome and that all of the findings on my leg are ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had an unsightly rash on my legs for many years. I finally went to the dermatologist today, and he said I have skin-picking syndrome and that all of the findings on my leg are ...