I pull the skin off my feet compulsively

ever since i was little i peeled the skin off of my feet, and fingers and ate it. i used to stick four different pairs of socks on just to walk because i had ripped off all the skin off my feet and lie to all my friends saying i had stepped in coals as a baby and i just had scaring because it should up the worst while in the water. it all starts with biting your nails usually, it slowly progresses into skin biting, then compulsive eating,and then becomes almost like an addiction, etc etc. i finally stopped after my mother hounded me for months and months. but i still have scares and i now dread a loose hang nail because it leads me even now as an adult to do it and then it gets out of hand again. yes i stoped but it is a severe MENTAL struggle to stop yourself. it feels impossible to stop yes. but i DID stop, its not like i didnt fight myself and pick a little here and there but then i just wanted to more. so do your best NOT to even touch your feet, unless in the shower. get a scrubber and heel calise remover and once your feet are a little healed scrub them down smooth ever day in the shower, it IS a mental battle and yes it is slowly developing in small children and even whole family's. it is a mental issue, Literally. here is the Wikipedia link below, and keep up the good work, it feels impossible to stop but it isn't :) good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatophagia