My therapist tried to help. I tried reading up on body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) and dermatillomania (skin-picking disorder), and learning new skills like urge surfing and replacement ...

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 ...

When I get super anxious, like right before a date (or…during a date), it’s hard to resist picking at my cuticles or fiddling with bumpy patches of skin on my arms. I have obsessive-compulsive ...

Can’t stop picking? Give these expert interventions a go for managing dermatillomania. At the weekend, I spent a night in a hotel. The room was non-descript: a bed, a lamp, a corner to chuck my ...

Skin picking disorder can affect your overall health. Here, we spoke to experts about the steps you can take to overcome it. We know we shouldn’t be touching our faces. Aside from transferring ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs, are a set of disorders categorized by self-grooming routines that essentially go awry. These include pulling, picking, biting, or scraping one's hair ...