Dermatillomania can be hard to talk about. Let's draw about it.
This is a rolling collection of art by individuals who have suffered with Skin Picking Disorder.
Acting as a visual portrayal of their journey, these drawings help other sufferers understand they're not alone.
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@ozcalljameson, Max Titcomb, 16, Woodbridge, VAI've struggled with skin picking for years, and as of late it's gotten really bad for me. So I'm working on bettering it. This piece was made in a vent like fashion of how it feels to live with Dermatillomania.
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@zoe.janine, Zoe Janine, 31, Ontario, CA -
@taurus.tay13, Taylor Fernandez, 22, Tampa, FL
This is a drawing I did for a request from a girl outside of the state I live in, and she asked me to do the same drawing for her own self portrait as I did for mine. The half makeup and half natural look shows the pride and beauty of both sides. -
@taurus.tay13, Taylor Fernandez, 22, Tampa, FL
This is a self portrait of me with half makeup and half natural. It shows the beauty of both sides of my face. -
1. @artofkatherinethefrank, Katherine Frank, 27, Canada
I've done quite a bit of work surrounding this topic so I wasn't sure if I should submit them here all at once so I've included all of the projects I've done involving my skin picking, but only two images from each of the larger series I've done.The Personal Landscape photo series was done at a time when I was completely unaware that Dermatillomania was even a thing. I thought my skin picking was just this really weird thing that I did. I didn't find out until about a year later that Dermatillomania was something that many other people deal with as well. Finding the Picking Me Foundation and other informative sites really helped me feel more comfortable in my skin. I still pick and wish I didn't, but I'm less worried about others seeing it and I'm more able to explain what it is. It's more normalized for me now I guess. The rest of the images were done after I discovered Picking Me and were more intentional in their imagery: a digitally drawn self-portrait featuring the marks on my face/skin and abstract representations of my scabs and scars through the Mapping Myself video and Scarmaps drawings.
Thank you Picking Me Foundation for helping me realize that I'm not alone.
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2. @artofkatherinethefrank, Katherine Frank, 27, Canada
I've done quite a bit of work surrounding this topic so I wasn't sure if I should submit them here all at once so I've included all of the projects I've done involving my skin picking, but only two images from each of the larger series I've done.The Personal Landscape photo series was done at a time when I was completely unaware that Dermatillomania was even a thing. I thought my skin picking was just this really weird thing that I did. I didn't find out until about a year later that Dermatillomania was something that many other people deal with as well. Finding the Picking Me Foundation and other informative sites really helped me feel more comfortable in my skin. I still pick and wish I didn't, but I'm less worried about others seeing it and I'm more able to explain what it is. It's more normalized for me now I guess. The rest of the images were done after I discovered Picking Me and were more intentional in their imagery: a digitally drawn self-portrait featuring the marks on my face/skin and abstract representations of my scabs and scars through the Mapping Myself video and Scarmaps drawings.
Thank you Picking Me Foundation for helping me realize that I'm not alone.
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3. @artofkatherinethefrank, Katherine Frank, 27, Canada
I've done quite a bit of work surrounding this topic so I wasn't sure if I should submit them here all at once so I've included all of the projects I've done involving my skin picking, but only two images from each of the larger series I've done.The Personal Landscape photo series was done at a time when I was completely unaware that Dermatillomania was even a thing. I thought my skin picking was just this really weird thing that I did. I didn't find out until about a year later that Dermatillomania was something that many other people deal with as well. Finding the Picking Me Foundation and other informative sites really helped me feel more comfortable in my skin. I still pick and wish I didn't, but I'm less worried about others seeing it and I'm more able to explain what it is. It's more normalized for me now I guess. The rest of the images were done after I discovered Picking Me and were more intentional in their imagery: a digitally drawn self-portrait featuring the marks on my face/skin and abstract representations of my scabs and scars through the Mapping Myself video and Scarmaps drawings.
Thank you Picking Me Foundation for helping me realize that I'm not alone.
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@alexaacollettee, Alexa Collette, Canada
