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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. Decoupling for body-focused repetitive behaviors - Wikipedia

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   Decoupling[ 1] is a behavioral self-help intervention for body-focused and related behaviors ( DSM-5) such as trichotillomania, onychophagia ( nail biting ), skin picking and lip-cheek biting. The user is instructed to modify the original dysfunctional behavioral path by performing a counter-movement shortly before completing the self-injurious ...

5. 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% ...

6. 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 ...

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. 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 ...