Dermatillomania: Compulsive Skin Picking

What Is Compulsive Skin Picking?

Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP) is a body-focused repetitive behavior that results in the destruction of one's own skin. The face is usually the main target of skin picking, but Compulsive Skin Picking may involve any part of the body. Skin picking is a form of self-mutilation that can be quite serious, as people who suffer from CSP may experience bleeding, bruises, scarring or even permanent damage to the skin.

It is classified by psychiatrists as an impulse control disorder. basically OCD.