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  1. Tactile Hallucinations (Formication): Causes & Treatment

    Aug 9, 2022 · Formication is a sense of touch hallucination that feels like bugs in, on or under your skin. It happens with many conditions, many of which are treatable.

  2. Formication: What You Need to Know About This Crawling Sensation

    Jun 16, 2025 · Formication is the feeling of something crawling across or underneath your skin. The name comes from the Latin word “formica,” which means ant. Formication is known as a type of …

  3. Formication - Wikipedia

    Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin, in the absence of actual insects. It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which …

  4. Formication: Definition, causes, and treatment - Medical News Today

    Jan 20, 2025 · Formication is the feeling of having insects crawling on or under the skin. In this article, we look at the causes of formication and how to treat it.

  5. What Is Formication? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - GoodRx

    Aug 22, 2025 · Formication is the sensation that bugs are crawling on or under your skin when they don’t really exist. Causes of formication include mental health conditions such as depression, …

  6. Formication: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Psych Central

    Sep 19, 2023 · Formication is the experience of tactile sensations that don’t have a physical cause; most often, people have the sense of crawling, stinging, or burning on their skin.

  7. Symptoms of Skin Crawling and How It's Treated - Verywell Health

    Nov 29, 2025 · Formication is a hallucination that makes you feel like bugs are crawling on your skin, but there is no real cause. Formication can happen with psychiatric illnesses, neurological diseases, …

  8. Formication - Psychology Today

    Nov 3, 2009 · Formication is a specific form of the general set of abnormal skin sensations known as paresthesias and tactile hallucinations.

  9. Formication: What it is, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

    Formication is a sensory phenomenon where individuals experience the sensation of insects crawling on or under the skin. Often associated with drug use or neurological conditions, it's characterised by …

  10. Feeling of Something Crawling on Head | 3 Formication Causes | Buoy

    Jun 24, 2024 · Formication is the medical term for a sensation of something (usually small insects) crawling on or under the skin. Often formication is associated with no obvious physical cause or …