stop picking my face

I did not do so well with this today. I was focusing on my exercise resolution, but I guess that is no excuse.

I am so surprised to see so many other people have this problem. I have picked my face for 26 years….I am lucky not to have scars. Sometimes it looks so bad I can’t answer the door. I have to carefully layer make-up over the marks. It makes me angry at myself…it should be easy to stop, but I can’t. I wish I knew why I do it.

It started when I was in first grade. I had the chickenpox and had one that lingered… it happened to be in the middle of my scalp, and I picked at it every night as I was falling asleep for about 3 years…3 YEARS!!! I tried everything – bandaides, neosporin to goop it up so much that I didnt want to touch it… nothing worked. As I went thru puberty the acne started. I began to pick my face and it got worse and worse each year. When I was about 17 my parents were so frustrated they decided to get my a hypnotist. Placebo effect.. it worked for about a week. During college, having roomates helped slightly because I didnt want to walk around red-faced and bleeding, although sometimes it did happen and I had to hide it. I recently graduated and moved in with my boyfriend. Having a lot of free time while he is at work and I am job hunting, my picking became worse than EVER. My skin was peeling, bleeding, red, bumpy… and one day I just broke down is tears. WHY WHY WHY.. my skin is not even bad if I dont pick. I came on this site and found someone counting the days. So it began. I am proud to say that was one week ago… and I haven’t picked! How I did it: I started the regimen on acne.com, started taking NAC (supplement to help control the urges, it is basically a powerful antioxidant), and told family and friends my goal so they could help support me and check on me. Well, my face looks amazinggg and I feel great! Today I am going to sephora to spoil myself with beauty products as a treat.

I am on my way. It is a day-by-day constant struggle, but I need to do it. Good luck to anyone else struggling with this!!

I’ve picked at my face since my first pimple. I have never really had acne, just breakouts. Well, adult acne has just kicked in and it is killing my self confidence. I know that if I stop picking and touching my face, it will clear up. BUT I JUST CAN’T! It terrifies me. What is going to happen to my skin if I keep this up? I wonder what my face would look like now if I had never started. I am a very attractive woman, I know this, but I can’t see past the bumps and red spots on my skin. I hate this. I hate it so much. I am ready to stop.

I haven’t picked for over a month.
=D

i think so.
i just went to the bathroom and when i looked in the mirror, i started picking my face and then i thought about how just just left the fucking computer and made a list that said i’d stop picking my face and what the hell and then i stopped and came back and wrote this.

was i just the act of making a list, or what?
some weird psychological phenomenon just happened to me and i have no idea what it was.

It’s the worst it’s ever been. I can’t stop. I make myself bleed in public. I don’t even want my husband to look at me. Btw I married my bf since I started this goal.

I picked again… ugh.. why do I hate myself this much…

I need to count the days I don’t pick. I don’t know why it helps, but it does. I guess it makes me feel more motivated to quit.

(I’ll try again. Must quit this stupid habit.)

13 days since my last entry & my skin was looking flawless. But now, as with evey month, with period comes breakout. This will be the test. All I have to do is not touch my face for the next few days and the zits will go away; but if I pick them then they will stay.

I got my nails done yesterday & they look super sexy- but the best part is that I cant pick my face (which is driving me CRRRAAAZZZY!!) But no worries- I know soon I’ll just stop trying & leave my face alone. That is until the next time I decide to wear my natural nails- then begin picking my face again- only to then realize the reason I started wearing false nails to begin with.