Okay, so forgive my spelling, but is obsessive compulsive skin picking considered self harm?

My body actually hurts right now from the open wounds I have from skin picking. I never realized the compulsion could cause sores these bad.

I have been almost 2 years free of self-harm (cutting and burning). I have always been a little compulsive about picking at acne. But the month I have picked my face and my scars so bad that they have reopened, and my whole nose is a very bad, possibly infected, scab. I can't even cover it with make-up for work, so all my coworkers see it.

I will try and post a picture so you can see. It's really bad. And it's not even acne related anymore. If I feel any kind of piece of loose skin or sand or dust on my face or anywhere else, I start to scratch at my skin until there's a break, and then I start to pick until, well, I don't know at what point I stop, I just do...often after causing a big sore.

Is this self harm or is it compulsion? It feels different than when I self harmed, but it also feels familiar.

Thanks,
Seesaw