Skin Disorders

If you have body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair pulling or skin picking, you may feel embarrassed about seeking help. But there are proven-effective strategies you can use to overcome these behaviors and improve your overall quality of life—this book will show you how. In this evidence-based resource, three renowned experts and clinicians offer powerful CBT skills to help you move past BFRB. You'll learn why you engage in these behaviors, and how to identify your own sensory "triggers"—places, things, or experiences that cause your behavior to become worse.

Free yourself from the destructive cycle of compulsive skin picking Annette Pasternak, Ph.D., the Stop Skin Picking Coach, teaches you everything you need to know about why you pick your skin and how to break free of this frequently devastating behavior. Step-by-step she leads you through: Exercises to help you to break the habit of the behavior. Techniques to reduce stress and anxiety naturally, thus reducing the body’s need to pick. How to release negative thoughts and emotions holding you back. Lifestyle and diet changes to restore physiological balance, including which foods to avoid,...

A short, snappy guide written from one picker to another. Free from technical mumbo jumbo and gloomy psychobabble. For those who want to get straight to it. With light hearted humor and silly illustrations to make you smile in spite of your demons! Skin picking disorder is also know as dermatillomania, excoriation disorder, or compulsive skin picking. It usually manifests in the form of repetitive touching, scratching, picking or digging at one’s own skin. Basically- if it dominates your mind, stops you from doing certain things and makes you miserable in any way- then that is all the ...

Do you suffer from unexplained bumps, cysts, abscesses and knots on your skin? Then you probably suffer from Hidradenitis Suppurativa! What is Hidradenitis Suppurativa? Why did the medicine not yet manage to find the cause for it, even though the first diagnosis was already made in 1893? And even more important: How can it be that many of the people suffering from Hidradenitis Suppurative have been successfully treated while you have probably never heard of the information given in this book? How can it be that I wrote an article in 2012 to help many sick people, and yet I am one of the few...

Hit the D The facts are astounding. Nearly 1 billion people across the world suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Their energy levels are depleted, their moods are diminished, their general daily living, compromised. And for the most part, they haven't a clue... The healing powers of sunlight are incredible. Science now shows that virtually every common health problem afflicting our globe is significantly reduced by getting optimal levels of the sunshine vitamin D3. High blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, allergies, depression, and even cancer can all be treated through Vitamin D. ...

Everton Marshall lost his wife before he turned twenty. No stranger to hardships, the young widower raised his deaf child while first attending college and then working as a paramedic. Now an empty-nester, Everton is lonely, in need of a career change, and shocked by his daughter's recent revelation regarding her sexual orientation. He surprises himself by confiding in his neighbor, Citrine, who subsequently confesses that she's been attracted to him since they were introduced the previous year. Citrine Gaiman, who runs a hair salon out of her home, isn't used to sharing details about her ...

Discover how to overcome your skin picking disorder for life! You're about to discover a proven strategy on how to understand and overcome your skin picking disorder for the rest of your life. Millions of people suffer from a skin picking disorder and throw away their personal and professional success because of their own skin issues and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

You’ve spent years trying to fix your body. What if the real healing begins when you stop fighting it? If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and felt like a project to manage—shrunk, sculpted, hidden, or improved—you’re not alone. And you’re not broken. You’ve simply been living in a world that profits from your shame. The Body Peace Project is a mindful, zero-pressure guide to unlearning that shame, rebuilding body trust, and finally feeling at home in your skin—without needing to earn it. This book offers something deeper than body love: a softer, more sustainable ...

Dermatillomania - The skin picking disorder explained is a very useful guide for anyone suffering from this condition, or indeed parents or partners of skin pickers. The book defines dermatillomania and discusses the signs and causes of it, before going into types of treatment and support available.

Gary Hennerberg shares the three ways he has learned to co-exist with hair pulling: 1) believing in his purpose, 2) self-acceptance of trichotillomania, and 3) discovery of his gifts and talents. He starting pulling his hair at the age of 6 and thought he was the only person in the world with this mysterious urge. His personal story takes you deeply into his thoughts as he searches for ways to cope with the baffling urge to pull his hair. This is a book of hope, inspiration and encouragement for people who feel isolated and powerless over trichotillomania and other mysterious compulsive ...

Are you struggling with chronic compulsive skin picking, also known as dermatillomania? Imagine what it would be like to have a whole group of friends who have found freedom from skin picking, and who can’t wait to share everything that helped them get better. In Skin Picking: The Freedom We Found, Annette Pasternak (author of the best-selling Skin Picking: The Freedom to Finally Stop), brings you stories of hope and advice from dozens of her clients and other people with Skin Picking Disorder. The book will comfort and inspire you, and give you the tools you need to stop this devastating...

The SPOM Workbook provides step-by-step action plans and exercises based on the revolutionary SPOM! recovery system for excoriation (skin picking) disorder (SPD). This highly interactive accelerated learning workbook takes the guesswork out of trying to figure what your triggers are and encourages you to be proactive in making huge strides in your personal recovery.

Take Control of Psoriasis — Understand Your Skin, Calm the Symptoms, and Live with Confidence. In Psoriasis Treatment: Heal and Cure Today, William Gray delivers a comprehensive and easy-to-follow roadmap for anyone affected by psoriasis — from mild cases to severe flare-ups. With expert guidance, natural remedies, and medical insights, this book empowers you to reduce inflammation, eliminate triggers, and explore the treatments that work best for you. Inside you’ll discover: ✅ What psoriasis really is and why it happens ✅ The five major types of psoriasis (and how to tell which ...

Did you know that skin picking, along with other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) like hair pulling and nail biting, affects up to 5% of the population? These habits, often unnoticed, can escalate from minor annoyances to significant sources of stress and self-consciousness. They can affect both emotional well-being and physical health, remaining largely misunderstood by those who don't experience them. In this guide, we will talk about the following; Understanding Skin Picking and BFRBs Identifying Symptoms of a Skin Picking Disorder Exploring the Causes of Skin Picking ...

We have conducted a detailed literature search for you in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases using the following keywords, including synonyms, and all the possible combinations of them: cannabinoids, skin disorder, cannabigerol, cutaneous disorder. Relevant studies that reported a mechanism of action or a dermatological therapeutic effect of CBG, were included in this review. The 35 medical studies we reviewed are contained at the end of this audiobook so you can go off and study them in more detail if required.

For thousands of years, the sun was revered for giving life and maintaining health. It was widely used for its therapeutic value for a variety of diseases. Today, the sun is considered enemy number one. We hide from the sun for fear of skin cancer and premature aging. We cover our bodies with sun-screen to protect us from the sun’s rays. Can the sun really be this bad for us? Healthy Sun takes us through the real facts about the sun, using peer-reviewed research and the latest science. In Healthy Sun, we find the history of ancient sun therapies combined with the science of solar ...

According to research, about 3% of the population in the United States have BFRBs or Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors. That is over 10 million Americans suffering from a group of disorders that are usually related to self-grooming habits. These habits or behaviors may seem harmless at first, but because of how frequently they are done, they start to cause harm to the individuals who suffer from them. These behaviors are overly done habits that are categorized as multifaceted disorders that cause individuals to recurrently touch or pick on their specific body parts that often result in ...