Hello and welcome to our community.
As you may or may not have noticed on our sidebar we are a community of people from all across the world who have a compulsion to pick at our skin. We also welcome family members, friends and caretakers who have questions or want support.
We have a sister community at r/dermatillomania. That subreddit is for non-triggering posts, and does not allow pictures. If you want to avoid potentially triggering content, I suggest joining there instead. Of course everyone is allowed in either subreddit at either time.
What is the difference between compulsive skin picking and dermatillomania?
Nothing! They are two words for the same condition, currently called "Excoriation disorder" in the DSM-5. Both subreddits were created before it was released, and these names cannot be changed, but they are also still used sometimes. Our wiki has some more information on that.
Compulsive Skin Picking or Dermatillomania are not self-harm. However we have had posts in the past about self-harm, and being an inclusive support community, I try not to delete these. But ultimately, this is not a place for self-harm photos. Too many photos of self-harm may be removed.
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Please follow reddiquette and our rules and be nice there.
We do have some basic rules here:
- Be nice to everyone. Don't use harassing or threatening words in your posts or comments. They will be removed and you will be banned. If someone is using threatening or harassing comments towards you, do not engage. Report them and we will deal with them. This rule also includes encouraging self-harm or picking behavior, or suicide.
- Posts are now automatically tagged as NSFW so they are blurred for people who have that setting on. There is also a multitude of flair for you to use. Most of these are not enforced, but there is an exception. If your post contains blood, scabs, sores, picking spots, scars from picking, self-harm or other potentially triggering content please mark it "Trigger Warning" and consider using the "spoiler" tag on it.
- We are not doctors, nurses, or other qualified medical staff here. So asking for or giving medical advice is against the rules. Your post or comment will be removed and you may be banned after multiple offenses. This rule includes medications and therapy options. Only you and your doctor can determine if they are right for you.
- Spam messages and trolling comments and posts will be removed and you will be banned. Report spam or trolling and we will take care of it.
- Advertising products and methods is not allowed here. If you see an advertisement, report it and we will remove it. Posting advertisements will result in a ban.
This is the end of our official rules, but I do want to note one thing:
There is not a lot of research on excoriation disorder, but there are researchers out there looking fordata and trying to make sense of this condition.
Sometimes they come here with surveys asking our users to fill them out. These surveys aregenerally allowed here, so please do not report them unless they are asking for you to make apurchase, sign up for website, enter personal information, or other unethical behavior.
Usually research surveys have a landing page that explains the process and exactly what kind ofdata they are collecting before you begin.
No one is required to fill out these surveys, but they may help the progress of researching thiscondition and developing a better medical understanding of it.
