People who become obsessed with skin-picking and hair-pulling are attempting to reclaim their lives using jewellery called “fiddle bracelets”. Extreme skin picking and hair pulling are impulse control issues known medically as dermatillomania and trichotillomania respectively.
Hiding it is common, but you can stop it
Source: health.clevelandclinic.org/2016/12/cant-stop-picking-skin-break-cycle/
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“There’s something destructive that I do to myself every day. It’s so ingrained in me that, most of the time, I don’t even realize I’m doing it. It doesn’t matter where I am or what’s going on. I suddenly feel my fingers picking at the skin on my face.”
Source: www.bustle.com/articles/201261-why-i-cant-stop-picking-my-skin
Psychodermatology is “therapy for your skin” and looks into the “different ways of dealing with the connection between the mind and the skin,” according to The Cut.
Source: preen.inquirer.net/55308/are-your-emotions-the-key-to-your-skin-problems
The Daily Mail is a news provider that always seems to go for the sensational headlines and shocking stories. I provide this here not as an example of a good article, but as an example of what you should NOT do when writing about BFRBs.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4840316/Mom-skin-picking-condition-wants-COMA.html
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Repetitive behaviors that can’t be controlled can cause significant damage.
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The new version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders adds nail biters and other pathological groomers with people who have obsessive compulsive disorder. But some psychiatrists see nail biting as a much more benign habit.
Pulling hair, biting nails, picking skin – these behaviours are common, if frustrating, behaviours. But what do they mean for the people who suffer from them?
Source: www.rtnnewspaper.com/2017/10/people-who-bite-their-nails-could-be-perfectionists/
While the article uses the word “habit” often, it’s obvious that people may have a disorder rather than a “bad habit”.
Source: www.ibtimes.com/why-nail-biting-common-onychophagia-caused-extreme-excitement-or-boredom-2595517
A psychologist explains the popularity of zit-popping, cyst-bursting, ingrown hair extraction videos.
