How do I know if I have Dermatillomania?

(Read in Jeff Foxworthy's voice) If you pick at scabs and it takes weeks or months for wounds to heal, you might have Dermatillomania. If you pick at every bump and have to peel every flake of skin off, you might have Dermatillomania. If you can't stop picking no matter how hard you try, you might have Dermatillomania. And, if you are covered in scars from picking, you might have Dermatillomania. But seriously, the more of these that apply to you, the more likely you have derma.

Picking at the skin is quite common. Not all skin picking is disordered skin picking. You should see a doctor about your picking if it starts to cause problems in your day-to-day functions. Such problems might be: not wanting to go outside or meet people because of sores or lesions that are visible, spending hours or days picking at your skin or scanning your skin for imperfections at the cost of doing other things, depression, anxiety, feelings of worthlessness, suicidal thoughts or ideologies, pain, bleeding, and infection. There is more to this list, and it's generally always a good idea to see a doctor about a condition you think you may have, even if you don't fit any or all the symptoms in this list.

If you pick at your skin when you are feeling anxious or even when you are just bored, and can’t stop thinking about picking it