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2. Excoriation disorder - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Dermatology. Psychiatry. Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [4][5]

3. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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   Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma) 'skin' and φαγεία (phageia) 'eating') or dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is ...

4. When You Can't Stop Picking Your Face - AOL

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   Skin Picking Stats: Grant J, Odlaug B, Chamberlain S, et al. Skin Picking Disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry. November 2012. Excoriation Disorder Added to DSM-5-TR: Excoriation Disorder ...

5. Onychotillomania - Wikipedia

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   Onychotillomania can be categorized as a body-focused repetitive behavior in the DSM-5 and is a form of skin picking, also known as excoriation disorder. It can be associated with psychiatric disorders such as depressive neurosis, delusions of infestation [2] and hypochondriasis. [3] It was named by Jan Alkiewicz, a Polish dermatologist. [4]

6. If You Can't Stop Picking At Your Pimples, You May Have Acne ...

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   A 2020 Journal of Psychiatric Research study of a population representative of the US revealed that 3.1 percent of females identified as having a lifetime skin-picking disorder. Savanna Boda ...

7. Skin picking and hair pulling need to be part of the mental ...

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   Trichotillomania and dermatillomania, hair pulling and skin picking disorders, respectively, are often formed as coping mechanisms. these acts trick the brain into releasing dopamine and offer a ...

8. Body-focused repetitive behavior - Wikipedia

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   Dermatillomania (picking of the skin) of the knuckles (via mouth), illustrating disfiguration of the distal and proximal joints of the middle and little fingers Body-focused repetitive behavior ( BFRB ) is an umbrella name for impulse control [ 1 ] behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.

9. To stop nail-biting, skin picking and hair pulling, new ... - AOL

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   Body-focused repetitive behaviors — compulsively pulling or picking at your hair or skin, unable to stop yourself even if the behavior leads to scabs, scars and bald spots — affects about 5% ...