Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Furkanfdemir/Pexels Why do you pick your face, poke your skin, and prod yourself? It’s complicated. How do you stop? Ditto.

“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 ...

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?

Compulsive nail-biting, skin-picking, hairpulling, and lip- and cheek-biting are among a range of body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs, that can become a source of distress, but new research ...

We’ve all been there: You notice a small bump on your skin and start to pick, attempting to extract something so that it will “heal faster.” But once you start, you can’t stop, and suddenly you’re ...

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 ...

DENVER — Skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders are “underrecognized, understudied, and undertreated,” a dermatologist told colleagues, but medications — especially glutamatergic agents — are showing ...

BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU STOP. IT HAS THIS SORT OF SOOTHING SENSATION IN DR. MICHELLE DE BLASI UNDERSTANDS THAT MAY SOUND ODD TO ANYONE WHO DOESN’T DO THIS OR THIS OR THIS. IT’S A WAY THAT ...

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, ...