Hello, I was wondering if what we have is factitious would going to a phsycologist help? I'm pretty sure that the reason I have EC is because I would pick of the dry skin if my lips. Recently I saw an old picture of me from about 3 years ago and I noticed thatsome skin from my lips was missing (it was bright red) so now I know that I did this for years until I developed EC. Now I don't do that, when I exfoliate I put Alo Vera Gel and Aquaphor the night before and just take it off with my fingers in the shower (it comes off easily.) So should I go to a psychologist? I have read in several articles that antidepressents and tranquilizers help many people. I'm sure that stress worsens this condition so maybe taking something that reduses stress helps. I'm not really depressed at the moment because nobody not even my wife notices my condition. But maybe taking antidepressents can help. What do you guys think of this? How would you treat EC if it was caused by Factitius activity? My current plan is just exfoliating every 3-4 days and live on with my life and try not to think about it. Hopefully If I stop obsessing over my lips they will slowly get better! What do you guys think?? Also I'm thinking that a medicine that stops cells from regenerating will help, I will ask my Derm on my next appointment (oct 28)