Abstract This article explores the concept of The Skin-Ego (Moi-peau) developed by French psychoanalyst Didier Anzieu in 1985, analyzing its theoretical and clinical implications in relation to somatization phenomena. Starting from the founding function of skin experience in early psychic development, the paper examines the connections between skin-ego failures and psychosomatic psychopathology, with particular attention to the contributions of the Paris School of Psychosomat