Excoriation Disorder

In the general population, the lifetime prevalence for excoriation disorder in adults is 1.4% or somewhat higher.

Three-quarters or more of individuals with the disorder are female.

Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions.

Repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin picking.

The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

The skin picking is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., cocaine) or another medical condition (e.g., scabies).

The skin picking is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder (e.g., delusions or tactile hallucinations in a psychotic disorder, attempts to improve a perceived defect or flaw in appearance in body dysmorphic disorder, stereotypies in stereotypic movement disorder, or intention to harm oneself in nonsuicidal self-injury).