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Project Dermatillomania: The Stories Behind Our Scars
NOW AVAILABLE: Visit www.blurb.ca/user/LauraABarton to purchase a copy


In April 2012, I started a book with nine other people who share the same disorder I do, dermatillomania. Dermatillomania is the term for skin picking disorder, and is also called chronic skin picking, compulsive skin picking, and most recently and officially Excoriation Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and has many more names to boot. It is a very silent, shamed, and mostly unknown disorder and has only recently come into the spotlight as a diagnosable issue. There is still a lot of work to be done, however, as many doctors still don't know about this disorder.

I wanted to write this book to show others with this disorder that they are not alone. There are eleven stories, written and visual, featured in this book now, mine included, and we each give a raw and personal account of how this disorder has affected us.

Finally, almost two years after starting it, the book is almost ready for publication. The above image is a picture of the proof copy of the book, which was printed beautifully and leaves me feeling super thrilled to finally see it in print. Unfortunately, I came across some text errors when I was reading through it and so those have to be fixed before it can be officially released.

For now, I wanted to share this with all of you. :)

To keep up with updates and for news of the offical publication date, follow us:

All proceeds to be donated to the Canadian BFRB Support Network and the Trichotillomania Learning Center.
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zigaudrey's avatar
J'espère qu'il sera en Français, j'aimerai lire cet ouvrage.