Acne excoriée is an excoriation disorder defined by the uncontrollable desire to pick, scratch, or rub acne lesions. It's a mental health condition that falls into the group of obsessive-compulsive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s no surprise that mental health and physical appearance are intrinsically related. The recent self-care movement has taken ...

Against the advice of dermatologists (and skincare articles) everywhere, pimple popping is practically a national pastime. Who hasn’t awoken to a pesky, juicy whitehead just begging to be squeezed?

I have always been a picker. I remember it from my earliest playground knee grazes—the irresistible urge to peel off the scab as soon as it formed; to see the bright white flesh beneath. I knew I wasn ...

A woman living with dermatillomania has revealed how the compulsive disorder causes her to pick at her skin for hours on end, until her face is bleeding and hurts to touch. Many people might find ...

"Hello again—here we are scabby and red," wrote Tallulah Willis in the caption of a recent bare-faced selfie on Instagram. She continued, "Feeling out of control so zeroing in on something I CAN ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, Jaylin Scott had picked at her armpits. She would dig at her skin any time of the day — even in her sleep — until it ...

Okay, look. I know there are many people who will have read that first paragraph and gagged. And maybe they’re in the right and I’m in the wrong. But I also know there are many others like me who find ...

Just ask Camila Mendes, who recently shared insight into her skincare routine and why every so often she goes to extreme measures to get rid of acne breakouts. "Whenever I have a blemish, I'll destroy ...

Picking your pimples will almost always make them worse, but it can be hard to resist the urge. Knowing your triggers and creating physical barriers to touching your face may help you kick the habit.

Skin picking is often brushed off as a bad habit or a lack of willpower, but for many people it is neither simple nor voluntary. Dermatillomania, also known as excoriation disorder, is a clinically ...