Study, Pastel Conclude Picking At It Makes It Better, Not Worse
Silicon Valley, CA (GSP). Mothers everywhere may have to hold their tongue - and get their kids to start scratching - thanks to Dr. Rama Pastel and head researchers from an independent research organization.
In a landmark study, sponsored by GSL Research Division, examining the benefits or harms associated with picking at it, researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular beliefs, there are no harms and picking at it actually makes it better.
While the study focused nearly exclusively on scabs and sores, there is reason to suggest the findings apply equally well to noses and ears, but not the anus, said Dr. Rama Pastel, Chief Dermatologist for the University of Minnesota Music School.
While the precise mechanism of why picking at it is beneficial has not been mapped, Pastel offered clues as to what scientists think what may be going on.
"The general consensus is that the scratching and digging effect of fingernails on scabs, sores and boils may provide a means to bring blood to the surface and deliver nutrients to the affected area. It is also possible that the psychological satisfaction of picking at it despite your mother's insistence to stop can increase the immune system and speed healing. But there are limits. There is no need to scratch so hard as to get black stuff under your fingernails. That is certainly not beneficial and should be avoided at all costs."
At first rejected from several top journals because of the conflicting financial interest by Pastel and GSL in Chamomile-based skin care, the study will finally be published in September 2006. Pastel and GSL eventually disclosed the nature of their chamomile business venture and research after several months of denying any association or conflict.
This article will be published in The International Journal of Dermatology. Pastel and GSL have announced plans on conducting further studies, specifically looking at the hedonic response to biting fingernails and profiling the peculiar, but popular habit of wiping so hard on the toilet that it hurts.
In a landmark study, sponsored by GSL Research Division, examining the benefits or harms associated with picking at it, researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular beliefs, there are no harms and picking at it actually makes it better.
While the study focused nearly exclusively on scabs and sores, there is reason to suggest the findings apply equally well to noses and ears, but not the anus, said Dr. Rama Pastel, Chief Dermatologist for the University of Minnesota Music School.
While the precise mechanism of why picking at it is beneficial has not been mapped, Pastel offered clues as to what scientists think what may be going on.
"The general consensus is that the scratching and digging effect of fingernails on scabs, sores and boils may provide a means to bring blood to the surface and deliver nutrients to the affected area. It is also possible that the psychological satisfaction of picking at it despite your mother's insistence to stop can increase the immune system and speed healing. But there are limits. There is no need to scratch so hard as to get black stuff under your fingernails. That is certainly not beneficial and should be avoided at all costs."
At first rejected from several top journals because of the conflicting financial interest by Pastel and GSL in Chamomile-based skin care, the study will finally be published in September 2006. Pastel and GSL eventually disclosed the nature of their chamomile business venture and research after several months of denying any association or conflict.
This article will be published in The International Journal of Dermatology. Pastel and GSL have announced plans on conducting further studies, specifically looking at the hedonic response to biting fingernails and profiling the peculiar, but popular habit of wiping so hard on the toilet that it hurts.
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