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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. 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 ...

4. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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   OCD. 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 ...

5. Onychotillomania - Wikipedia

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   Onychotillomania is a compulsive behavior in which a person picks constantly at the nails or tries to tear them off. [1] It is not the same as onychophagia, where the nails are bitten or chewed, or dermatillomania, where skin is bitten or scratched. Onychotillomania can be categorized as a body-focused repetitive behavior in the DSM-5 and is a ...

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

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   Just remember that it’s never good for your skin, since, according to Dr. Halim, it can lead to infections and scars. “It is completely normal to pop your pimples once in a while,” explains ...

7. 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% ...

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

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   The compulsive behaviors are commonly dismissed as not real indicators of deeper mental health problems. In The Know spoke to Dr. Anna Chacon, a board-certified dermatologist and an advisor for ...