For Phaedra Longhurst, 27, the effects of skin-picking disorder dermatillomania, eczema and acne are more than just skin deep. And she's not alone. Each year, about 13 million people in the UK ...

When I get super anxious, like right before a date (or…during a date), it’s hard to resist picking at my cuticles or fiddling ...

“I don’t want people to pick at their skin and create scars or infection and a lot of the time, picking pimples just makes it worse. Of course, I know we’re all human and some people are ...

At some point, we’ve all picked at a pimple or scratched off a scab. But picking, pulling or tearing at our skin can become a habit – we may do it out of boredom or when we are feeling ...

which can make your acne look flatter and less inflamed. Plus, they help protect your pimple from getting even more irritated, especially from picking/touching, which can minimize healing time and ...

Skin picking disorder can affect your overall health. Here, we spoke to experts about the steps you can take to overcome it. We know we shouldn’t be touching our faces. Aside from transferring ...

"The pimple you do not ever want to pick is the deep, painful 'undergrounder,'" Zeichner told Insider. "These are cysts without a clear connection to the surface of the skin, so picking inevitably ...

skin that didn’t make my fingers itch to pick until I bled. Enter SkinTok. The endless stream of videos the algorithm served me felt like permission to pick. As though rather than persuading me ...