EXCORIATION DISORDER

A REVIEW OF ITS CLINICAL ASPECTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS

Authors

  • Júlio Cesar Ribeiro Mota Filho Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18616/inova.v16i2.9559

Abstract

Excoriation disorder is the habit of self-injuring the skin, causing damage to the patient's quality of life. Its recognition as its own nosological approach is relatively recent, limiting the number of scientific papers dealing with this condition. The aim of this article was to identify the aspects of the clinical aspects and therapeutic options in this disorder. Through an integrative literature review in scientific databases, it was identified that ET generally affects young people with other psychiatric comorbidities, causes great emotional stress and produces lesions in places that are easily reached by the hands, with multiple characteristics and in different stages of resolution. As for the options for treating ET, non-pharmacological therapies (such as cognitive behavioral therapy and habit reversal therapy), pharmacological therapies (such as acetylcysteine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and ancillary therapies were found. It can be concluded that ET is a chronic condition and reveals its own clinical characteristics in the anamnesis and physical examination that can help identify it. The therapeutic interventions are multifaceted and still lack a greater scientific basis for full validation in the medical-scientific circuit.

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Published

2026-06-30