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   What is skin picking disorder?

   • Skin picking disorder is when you repeatedly and uncontrollably pick at your skin, sometimes resulting in injury and scarring. It's also called pathological skin picking, neurotic excoriation, dermatillomania, or psychogenic excoriation. Skin picking disorder or dermatillomania can cause scars and infections.

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   Which mental health disorders are associated with skin picking?

   • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are also more common in people with dermatillomania than in the general population. In fact, research suggests that 28% of those with BDD have dermatillomania. Overall, several mental health disorders and syndromes have been linked to skin picking:

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   What is skin-picking disorder?

   • Skin-picking disorder is a repetitive “self-grooming” behavior. It’s also called a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB). Other BFRBs include pulling hair or picking nails. Skin-picking disorder is classified as a type of OCD. The compulsive urge to pick is often too powerful for many people to stop on their own.

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2. www.webmd.com › mental-health › skin-picking-disorderHow to Treat Skin Picking Disorder (Excoriation) - WebMD

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   Feb 8, 2024 · Skin picking disorder is when you repeatedly and uncontrollably pick at your skin, sometimes resulting in injury and scarring. It's also called pathological skin picking,...

3. www.psychologytoday.com › us › conditionsDermatillomania (Skin Picking) | Psychology Today

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   Aug 5, 2021 · Dermatillomania, also known as excoriation disorder (per the DSM-5) or skin-picking disorder, is a psychological condition that manifests as repetitive, compulsive skin picking.

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   • How Is Dermatillomania Treated, and Is There A Cure?
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   Treating dermatillomania usually involves a combination of medication and therapy. Research shows that combining the two tends to help more than just one type of treatment alone.

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   Dermatillomania isn’t something you should self-diagnose. A trained, experienced mental health provider should be the one to determine if you have dermatillomania or if it’s actually another condition. It also isn’t something you should treat on your own, partly because medication, therapy methods and other types of care need a prescription or othe...

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   Your healthcare provider can tell you more about what you can expect as you undergo treatment and what you can do to help yourself through that process. This is because the recovery time and how long it will take you to feel better depend on many different factors, and your healthcare provider can take all those factors into account when they tell ...

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5. www.mhanational.org › conditions › excoriationExcoriation Disorder (Skin Picking or Dermatillomania)

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   Excoriation disorder (also referred to as chronic skin-picking or dermatillomania) is a mental illness related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is characterized by repeated picking at one’s own skin which results in areas of swollen or broken skin and causes significant disruption in one's life.

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   Aug 22, 2017 · What Is Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder? Signs and symptoms. Causes. Co-occurring illnesses. Diagnosis. Management. Outlook. Coping and support. What is excoriation? Picking at scabs...

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   Oct 19, 2021 · What is dermatillomania? Dermatillomania is characterized by repetitive skin picking that results in soft tissue damage. Skin picking is considered a body-focused repetitive behavior...

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   In skin-picking disorder, people repeatedly pick at their skin, damaging it. People with skin-picking disorder may feel tense or anxious just before they do it, and skin picking may relieve that feeling.