This is a very rare form of acne but it can happen. This is actually a mental illness and is similar to Anorexia Nervosa.

Suffers of this type of acne are constantly unhappy with the appearance of their skin. They think that even if they have only very mild acne that the condition is actually worse than it really is. People will often just lock themselves away and have no social contact with anyone. This is a serious illness and patients do need help.

If you are suffering from this type of acne you are not likely to seek any kind of harm but are more than likely to inflict some harm upon yourself. You may pick away at the skin that you are not happy with and this will cause it to break and to also bleed. This is clearly not a very nice condition to have and yet there is very little information about it and how to help people who may be suffering from it.

One way to tell if someone that you know is suffering is if they don’t even have acne yet they have managed to convince themselves that they have terrible skin to look at. As mentioned already, a lot of patients even with only mild acne seem to think that the condition of their skin is much worse than it actually is.

Such people are obsessed with having skin that is flawless that they will pick away at it until is bleeds and if this happens there is a possibility of infection taking place within the skin.

You might be disgusted with your skin but you will find that you are constantly looking in the mirror to see if the condition has gone or even got worse. These are just some of the questions that are constantly running around in the mind of the sufferer and this can make it very hard for them to just ignore their skin and to live a life that is normal.

As well as the constant obsession people are also suffering from depression, and regardless of how ugly your skin may look, help is always available.

The way to treat this condition is to undertake Cognitive Behavioral therapy. Given that there is no real acne to heal or treat any medications that can be obtained are not really going to help because the patient is something far worse than it really is, and so they will never be satisfied with what any creams will do for the skin.

So what needs to be treated is the actual obsession itself, and when this is done the symptoms usually decrease a great deal. You will be able to tackle any negative thoughts and be able to manage without feeling sad or depressed about your appearance.