Face picking... Trying to stop AGAIN. Help and suggestions welcome

in all my efforts to heal, my face is getting irritated from the mix of products...does anyone have any suggestions for soothing?

They probs hav chemicals in. Green tea-(let it to cool-then dab with cotton wool. I dont use products and use soothing natural things which reduce redness and speed up healing. I have been having an extremly healthy diet and water. Now my skin has shockd me how its healed. I dont wana ruin it now. I had made my skin look terrible-after keeping all that up -i have healed greatly. I always make sure i dont overload my skin. Aloe vera lotion-i use everyday on marks etc. I can rele see the improvement this al has dun to my skin if i hav left it for 2/3 weeks. X

Yes-i sometimes use cucumber juice which is soothing-refreshes skin and tones pores. Also, i grab a banana-cut it in half-mash it,mix it-put a teaspoon of natural organic honey-mix it all up. Leave on my face 15 mins. This is good for skin replenishment - it moisturises and helps fade marks. X

Yes-i understand completely- i also have had urges becuz of tiny percievd blockd pores and i have also scanned my scars and think 'gr i think theres someit to come out' but i didnt do it becuz ive realisd in some mirrors-it looks like somethings there-depending on light) and others i see that there isnt anything there. Its only just a small pore-i zoom out and think right 'do i see anything on the surface of the skin' i stop prodding and stretching it. I stand back a bit and think 'no way-thats fine!-im not gna ruin that becuz of that microscopic thing that isnt rele anything yet anyway'. I zoom out a few steps away-normal distance and i see that there are red marks but if i keep leaving it-its all going to look good from normal distance. And i can see that happening now. If i feel an bump under skin-(the ones i would of dug in and and persistantly squeezed to get it out-which usually resulted in a large wound)- normaly i couldnt get anything out anyway. So i look to see what i can see on surface-normalise my thoughts/perception. If it feels like a bump i cut half a garlic-very slightly rub it on. (quite strong) Leave it on for a few hours. Then do it again. This wil shrink them-reduce the inflamation and its antibacterial. Brilliant. The natural lactic acid in plain yogurt acts as an exfoiliant to skin. Diluted lemon juice also. I would use this method once a week max. X x

Becuz ur skin has a rash and is peeling i would only use soothing natural stuff and aleo vera lotion for the next week. No exfoiliants. I use Aubrey Organics Pure Aloe Vera. But dont panic - i spect ur minds crying 'ahh moistrise,exfoiliate,ahh etc, etc. Spread it al out. Skin needs time mostly. Garlic fades blackheads too but if u stand bak from mirror and look at ur entire face as a whole-they arent worth obsessing over. They'l go-if theres a medium1 that has clearly come to a head then maybe occasionaly people gently remove them (the non skin pickers lol) but as its come to a head itl also sort it self out in bout 1/2 weeks anyway. Tiny bit of Tee tree oil will speed up that process. X x

Just found this website. Reminded again that I have not licked this darned thing because I did it again. My husband was away yesterday and I am feeling high anxiety about upcoming important meetings-naturally I ruined my face. Started this several years ago after an accident left marks on my previously "perfect" face. Had left it alone for weeks, about a month. Had even gone to Sephora earlier this week and gotten some new really pretty make-up things, of course noticing how great I thought I looked in all the mirrors. There was no problem with my face. Just high anxiety as usual and being alone, I slipped into it. So nearly impossible to stop once it starts. Tried reminding myself that it never helps, only makes worse and that I had these meetings coming up. Now had to actually change one that was supposed to be tomorrow. Praying the biggie won't be until the end of the week. Looking up how to heal asap. Hate going to meetings or work feeling like I have to cover-up or hide. I'm sure everyone here knows the feeling. Maybe connecting like this will be of help. For me, the hardest part is that I can go weeks or months and not do it to the point where I forget about it, let my guard down and then--boom--I lose sleep, get over-tired, am under extra stress, feel anxiety or pressure (usually due to some big up-coming event), don't eat, am alone and the poison combination takes me by surprise and I do it again--so deflating, frustrating, vexing-hate, hate, hate! TY to everyone on here for sharing, consoling, etc. So widespread apparently and yet a big secret.

I'm going to be honest and say I slipped up.....on day 18 haha like really? Its not bad at all just an unnecessary red mark. I was holding ymself to full white heads and then I just couldn't control myself and went to this scar-like red mark that was healing on its own. I just am frustrated because I worked up to this peak and now I have been falling bac into the same patterns. Like today I notcied that when I came back from class I instantly went to the mirror even though I very well know thats a big no for me and usually where my problems start. I'm punishing myself and starting over because I've lost my focus completely since my skin has been clear I have adapted the mentality as I knew I would like oh a just a little here and there won't hurt...no. So I'm beginning again. 5 pm today will begin day 1.I can feel finality in this already because how could I not complete a day 1 after going 18 days? So with less on my face the rules are getting tighter and I'm ready to start a new phase in this battle.

What's up everybody? just discovered this forum after deciding to quit (for about the hundredth time) this stupid habit. I'm on day 2 right now and so far haven't picked my face, but unfortunately my fingernails are a different story. I figure I should probably try to just take it one step at a time, the face is the most important for me since everybody see's it everyday and I want it too look at least somewhat nice. I think it's great having an online forum, it's a lot easier to talk about when everybody's more or less anonymous. Anyways good luck to all and I'll try and update every day or couple of days, hopefully my posts and everyone else's give people that extra bit of support they need.

I wish I had the solution for you. i have tried countless times to stop and i never stick to it. i feel like a drug addict or something. i desperately want to stop but dont know how. i think that and the shame of how we los why it seems impossible to stop. ive been picking horribly for 7 years now and i just heard about dermatillomania 3 weeks ago! if the trash bags work let me know. i am desperate to try anything.