“Pick” wisely: An approach to diagnosis and management of pathologic skin picking

Skin picking: A problem among healthcare workers?

“…Skin picking (SP) with manipulation of the skin using nails or other tools leads to various degrees of skin damage. Clinical signs of SP on the hands include erythema, erosions and bleeding wounds, crusts, hyperkeratosis, and often loss of the cuticles 1 , 2 (Figure 1 ).…”