Lets all stop together!!!

Hi everyone! I'm going to jump on the train here. I am a 24 year old female, and I've been picking my face for a little over a year. I've visited this site in the past, but I'm finally ready to quit for real, starting now. I hope that writing publicly about this experience will be the motivation I need to stop the constant picking. I'm looking forward to reading success stories from other people! Tomorrow is Day 1 for me.

Hello everybody!! It's day 7 and I picked very minimally again this morning. My skin is looking sooo much better thank god!! I think I'm finally ready to quit. I was very tempted this morning to pick more but I managed not to. Keep up the good work everyone!

Day 5 - Getting really excited about how my arms are starting to look. I haven't QUIT picking, but it's so minimal and light now that it doesn't really matter. Not only do I look a lot better, I feel better about myself. YAY! I proudly showed off my arms to my boyfriend and he congratulated me :) No fancy skin cream or procedure could have given me the results I got or the pride I feel from just not picking... Thank you everybody for all the support, I truly believe that there is strength in numbers as I have not been able to resist for this long, before.

Okay day 8 unfortunately did not go so well for me. I ended up picking at my entire face for like 3 hours. I had so many blackheads and clogged pores. I think I need to stop using this facial scrub well not use it everyday cause i think it's helping to clog my pores. I like it cause it helps heal my sores. I wish I could find a facial wash that doesn't do that. They either clog my pores or irritate my skin too much. Note to self DON'T WASH FACE WITH FACIAL SCRUB EVERYDAY. Hopefully I haven't created any new sores. Oh well I'm not going to give up. I'll try again tomorrow

Hello all! It's Day 8 for me. These past few days haven't been particularly good, or particularly bad. I pick some every day, but it's definitely less than before! I will admit I haven't been keeping up with tracking my progress as well as I should, but that will change. The 4th of July is coming up, and I'd like to be able to wear shorts without getting weird looks and questions like, "What's wrong with your legs??" Good luck everyone!

Hi, I know I'm a little late in joining this, but I really really want to stop. Managed once, for 10 days, and then blew it. Would love to reach that sort of target again, and try and stick with it. However, since then my motivation has reduced a bit and I want it back. I know it's a random place to start (on a friday in the middle of the month) but if I wait till monday I'll have probably done all sorts of damage by then, so I'm stopping NOW! Would like to think of a lovely treat to keep myself focused if I make it to 10 days. Any ideas? Heard that a charm bracelet is a good idea, as you can add to it as you reach goals, but they seem quite expensive!!

I will start in the morning. I want to have nice skin and fingers for the summer and have my fingers not hurt from the water! I have tried sooooooooo manny times to stop but it never lasted long at all. Ill do my best! :) good luckk to everyone! :D

Today is Day 8. Negative: I picked my arms a bit a few days ago, which created little sores, but luckily I never picked them a second time so they calmed down right away. Have one sore on my forearm that I can't seem to stop picking (oh well, maybe I can channel all of my picking energy into that one spot?) Positive: My arms are looking even better, there are only old scabs and scars left. I know the kp bumps will return once I've stopped picking for a while, and I hope that I can resist touching them then. Will probably start using a cream or something to reduce the kp bumps once my arms are fully healed. In the end, I'm glad that this is happening during summer vacation. With work keeping me busy, and biking/running/skating letting me exert my energy, I'm not feeling the stress of university, which I know would make it very hard to stop picking. Fingers crossed that I can keep it up throughout the school year!! And to everyone using this forum, I just wanted to say thanks! I couldn't do it without you!

Well I think i'm on day three now. It's not going too badly. Still find I pick at the skin on my face unconciously if I'm not careful. And I haven't been perfect, I've picked a few tiny spots in the mirror before I've stopped myself, but on the whole I think I'm doing ok, and I'm quite pleased with myself. The big sores on my face are healing really nicely and I am reaching the point where I don't have a panic attack on the way to work because I suddenly worry I've forgotten my make up bag, so that's a big relief. Just got to keep up the momentum. Trying to stay very concious of where my hands are. If they reach my face, i'm in trouble because I start feeling all the little bumps there, but if I stop them before that, I'm ok.

Hi everyone, I know I'm late on the uptake but I'm going to join this mission. I've been reading posts on this site for a while now, and I feel like I'm becoming more conscious of what my hands are doing and not spending so much time in the mirror looking for bumps. But I'm not where I want to be yet, and I'm hoping that feeling accountable to others might help! We can get through this together! Tomorrow will be Day 1 for me.

I just found this site and it is my first time with a group, so you all are my help. Today I have not picked at my body, usually my face. I'll keep noting my progress. I have found having my husband care about my face has helped. He reminds me before I go in to the bathroom to not take long and not to pick. This is slowly helping.

I'm wondering if there are any meetings that I could go to around Southern Oregon area? Does anyone know what the group is called for us?

This is day 2 for me, and it hasn't been going so well. I broke up with my boyfriend of over 3 years, and I'm having a hard time not taking my stress out on my body. I picked at my legs and at 4 different spots on my face. I'm trying not to feel TOO ashamed, because I know that will just make it worse. Trying to tell myself that this is just a bumb in the road, and that I'll get there eventually.