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Dermatillomania: Natural Remedies for Skin Picking We all touch, from time to time, a small scab, a dry pimple, a peel that starts coming off. Normal. In people with dermatillomania, this ordinary gesture turns into compulsive behavior that lasts hours, leaves behind wounds, scars, infections and a deep shame hidden under long sleeves, thick makeup and pants even in summer. The condition, also called skin picking disorder or excoriation disorder, affects 2-5% of the population and belongs to the same family as trichotillomania: body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRB. ...

Trichotillomania: Natural Remedies and Therapy Support For someone who has never lived it, trichotillomania can seem incomprehensible. Why would someone pluck, for hours, hair by hair, their own hair, until bald patches appear on the scalp, thinned eyebrows or missing lashes? For those who suffer from this condition, the answer is not simple. There is rising tension, an almost automatic hand gesture, a brief sense of release, then shame, concealment, hats, wigs, scarves. It is a silent condition, often kept hidden for years, affecting about 1-3% of the population, predominantly young women. ...