What is compulsive skin picking (CSP)?
Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP) is defined as the habitual picking of skin lesions or the excessive scratching, picking, or squeezing of otherwise healthy skin is a poorly understood disorder. The characteristics of skin picking include: recurrent skin picking – face, lips, scalp, hands or arms, tension that increase immediately before picking, pleasure, gratification, tension decrease or relief when skin picking and sensations such as itching, tingling, burning, or an uncontrollable urge to pick their.
