OCD and Dermatillomania: Understanding Causes, Symptoms, and Effective Treatments Dermatillomania, also called excoriation or skin-picking disorder, involves recurrent picking of skin that causes tissue damage and significant distress. You may already suspect a link between OCD and dermatillomania, and that hunch is correct: dermatillomania often sits alongside obsessive-compulsive patterns but also stands as its own body-focused repetitive behavior with specific...