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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica. Those affected with dermatophagia typically bite the skin around ...
Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused.
Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating parts of one's own body, also called autocannibalism [1] or autosarcophagy. [2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [3] In line with this usage, self-cannibalism means the consumption of ...
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Dermatophagia is specifically biting. Both involve damage up to the point where you actually hurt yourself and bleed, but the compulsion doesn't go away - and the scars from both look different, in my experience. Biting scars tend to look white around the edges because of the moisture in your mouth, whereas picking scars can look callused and raw.
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