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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [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 considered to be a type of pica. Those affected with dermatophagia typically bite the skin around ...
Jason Farago of The New York Times compared the photographs to Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People and John Singleton Copley's The Death of Major Peirson. He wrote that they conveyed a different message from video: "[T]he fist had a more warlike aspect, suggesting fearlessness and indomitability".
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.
Jamie Foxx has shed new light on his health scare that left him hospitalized in April 2023, revealing it all started with a headache that escalated to a medical emergency.
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Kevin Jonas has revealed he has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous mole from his forehead. Jonas, 36, shared his experience online on Tuesday, June 11, in an effort to heighten vigilance ...
Autophagia is the practice of biting/consuming one's body. It is a sub category of self-injurious behavior (SIB). [1] Commonly, it manifests in humans as nail biting and hair pulling. In rarer circumstances, it manifests as serious self mutilative behavior such as biting off one's fingers. [2] Autophagia affects both humans and non humans. [3] Human autophagia typically occurs in parts of the ...
Different variables can affect a man’s sexual health, and many are under your control. A urologist has advice on sexual health during National Men’s Health Month.