I’ve been picking at things every since I was a little kid. I’ve got quite a few scars from little trips and falls and whatnot that I just couldn’t stop picking at. I just loved it! I don’t mind my scars from childhood that actually represent real accidents that happened, but I definitely don’t want any new ones! Especially not on my face, which is where this terrible habit has carried over to. I’ve been trying to solve the problem by eating well and being good to my skin so I don’t have acne anymore, but when I found this goal I realized that my acne may never go away, and even if it does, I should stop making it worse than it actually is by trying to pick and squeeze everything out of my skin. gross, I know.

Luckily my boyfriend helps me out by saying “don’t pick!” when he catches me doing it subconsciously. He does it out of love, especially because he has scars from picking. Plus, I still catch him trying to pop open ingrown hairs and even boils before. So we trade off with helping each other.

Anyway, lately my weakness has been with blackheads. My skin looks fine from a distance, but up close I’ll have icky black heads, mostly on my cheeks. So I try and get rid of them, and about half the time this results in making matters worse. I’ve tried using exfoliating scrubs to get rid of them, which hasn’t been very successful. Anyone else got any tips on getting rid of them without picking?