Picking disorder

DERMATILLOMANIA (SKIN PICKING DISORDER) • Repeated picking at your skin • Often occurs on the face, but can be anywhere

Want to know how to stop picking at your face? Here are 3 simple habits I swear by!

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It is important that we eliminate all misconceptions about excoriation disorder (aka, dermatillomania) and spread the word before these common myths become attached to this condition. Many of us have already heard many of the falsehoods listed below, so we need to make sure that these reflections don't become accepted views on what dermatillomania is and how it affects us.

Skin picking disorder (excoriation), is the repetitive picking of one’s skin, often resulting in tissue damage, discoloration, or scarring.

Everyone picks at their skin. You may spend more time than you’d like to admit in front of the mirror squeezing blackheads. When you’re bored, you might pick at the skin around your fingernails or scratch your scalp. You may even go overboard sometimes — popping or picking at a pesky pimple, scratching off a…

Find helpful products to reduce skin picking and the damage dermatillomania, or skin-picking disorder (SPD), can cause. Also called excoriation disorder, SPD can cause problems with self-esteem and confidence in social settings. Learn more about managing skin picking disorder/dermatillomania with helpful tips and tricks from a therapist diagnosed with SPD.

Skin picking involves consistently picking, pulling, or tearing healthy skin. It is a psychological symptom in many cases. Treatment includes therapy and medication. Learn more here.