Scabs get a bad reputation because they’re dry, crusty, and inconvenient, but they are one of the body’s most effective protection systems. From a biological standpoint, a scab is your skin’s ...

When we stop framing these behaviors as failures and start seeing them as signals, the conversation changes. Compassion ...

Oz Health Do you pick at your skin in secret and feel unable to stop? In this video, Dr. Oz speaks with two women living with ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions. Lately, the topic has been healing, and this week's question comes from Lucy Perkins via Instagram, who wants to know: ...

Scalp flaking seems harmless and picking the scabs can even be satisfying for many. However, it may signal more serious ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...