Not touching your face isn’t just hard...it’s practically impossible. Most people touch their face an average of 24 times per hour…and just thinking about it is making our nose itch. But it’s ...

With cases of novel coronavirus rising in the U.S., officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have listed many steps people can take to protect themselves from contracting the virus.

How often have you heard your dermatologist reiterate that you should not be touching your face? The first few times, you dismiss the notion. Then you start thinking about how you could not touch your ...

Looking for an easy way to reduce your risk of catching the flu or other viral illnesses? Try not touching your face. That’s a step doctors are urging people to take as California faces a “tripledemic ...

Spontaneous facial self-touching may be an evolutionary, self-soothing behavior that helps regulate stress, according to researchers from the University of Houston and Virginia Tech. Researchers at UH ...

In this era of COVID-19, you have a hard time avoiding advice about washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching your face. As a public health matter, it is clearly good advice. I’m all for ...

I am a great habit breaker. For years as a child psychiatrist, I have treated trichotillomania, a condition where people pull out their hair, often on their eyebrows or scalp. I also commonly treat ...

The pandemic has left many people isolated and craving physical intimacy. Touch-based ASMR videos are helping some touch-deprived people better deal with being alone. Fans of the genre say they find ...