My Search for Clear Skin Ended With an OCD Diagnosis

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My Search for Clear Skin Ended With an OCD Diagnosis
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I had chronic acne for 15 years before finding out I had a skin-picking disorder.

For the next two years, I made clearing my skin a full-time job; visiting naturopaths and countless dermatologists, and trying every pharmaceutical under the sun. At one point, I was popping six fish oil tablets a day, drinking magnesium, and shooting disgusting tinctures that promised to detox my liver. I went back on the pill and intermittently swiped the antibiotic clindamycin solution on my skin. I dottedon spots twice a day, and spent months at a time on endless rounds of oral antibiotics.

called acne excoriée. Sometimes referred to as "picker's acne," acne excoriée is classified under the group of obsessive-compulsive disorders and typically affects people as teenagers and into early adulthood. For me, acne excoriée was a vicious cycle of knowing that stress flared up my acne but never being able to join the dots between my stress and the physical manifestation of that stress, which caused me to subconsciously pick my skin and make it look even worse.

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