Choudhary, Sanjiv VKhairkar, PraveenSingh, AdarshlataGupta, Sumit2012-08-202012-08-202009-11Choudhary Sanjiv V, Khairkar Praveen, Singh Adarshlata, Gupta Sumit. Dermatitis artefacta: Keloids and foreign body granuloma due to overvalued ideation of acupuncture. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2009 Nov-Dec; 75(6): 606-608.http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/140473Skin is well recognized as an important somatic mirror of one's emotion and a site for the discharge of one's anxieties. We present a case of a 42-year-old female patient presenting with a vague history of generalized body pain and skin lesions in the form of cotton threads buried under the skin, crusted plaque, multiple keloids and rusted pin buried through the skin mostly in the easily accessible areas of the body. Histopathology from the crusted plaque revealed foreign body granuloma. To satisfy her psychological or emotional need, it is the deliberate and conscious production of self-inflicted skin lesions through overvalued ideation of acupuncture on her part.enDermatitis artefactaForeign body granulomaKeloidsOvervalued ideation of acupunctureArticle