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Well it has been almost 2 years now since I stopped picking my lips. February will be two years. I am always tempted to pick but when I find myself going in the for kill I make sure to keep carmex or vasoline on them so it is slippier and I can’t get to them. This is an everyday struggle but I have come so far from when I first started this goal. My lips look so much healthier and I am soooo excited I was able to do it.

Well just an update. I have been pick free for 4 months now. Wow I never thought I could do it. I do not even feel any need to do it. I can even go days without hydrating them. I know that some people will say this is not worth it but seriously it makes your life soooo much better. I used to pick when I was bored, sad, depressed but now I do not do it at all. I feel more in control and overall better about myself. Good luck for all that our on this journey.

I have been pickng my lips for all of my life(I am 26) and I have always heard stop picking your lips blah blah blah. Well my ex told me I was OCD and I yelled at him and went home and looked it up and omg I was. I then thought about and knew it was time to change. I am currently a grad student getting my masters of social work and I began using CBT which is cognitive behaviorial therapy by telling myself people will make fun of me and laugh which I would do every time I raised by hand to pick my lips. And also I starting carrying around vaseline so my lips were also moturized. I make sure my lips are always full of moisture leaving no little pieces for me to pick. I have been pick free for 4 weeks now and my lips have never looked better. A part of them looks like I was burned but I attribute that to my years, decades of lip picking. I am not doing a research paper on compulsive skin picking which has taught me a lot. I think about picking my lips especially during stressful times but this not picking is soo much better. I applaud you all for trying. If anyone needs to speak, please let me know.