where to turn?

I've been doing it for year too! I had never considered it a problem until I realized I could not stop. I really don't have serious acne (some breakouts once in a while), but I've visited like a dozen of dermatologists, taken medication (oral and local), tried with micro peels, whatever you can imagine, until I finally realized the real problem was me. I can never allow my skin to heal, I always have something new to pick or scratch. During the last 2 years I've been also picking my face with needles, then trying to heal it with medication and the day after spending an hour with concealers trying to cover up the mess before going to work. I'm from South America, and health care is quite approachable so I have also tried with psychiatric therapy (though the focus was not on skin picking because at the moment I went to therapy I did not consider it an issue). The thing is that totally agree with Universe and I consider it a battle of your own. It's difficult because it ends up being a vicious circle. The thing I've been trying lately is going to the bathroom, washing my face, and doing my cleaning routine with the bathroom's light off and only the outside hall light on, in order to avoid temptation (at least the face picking one). The scratching problem is something I still have to deal with, because I keep on scratching my unhealed wounds. Anyway, I'm so relieved I have found this forum and I find that I'm not alone with this problem. It's something nobody really talks about, and people probably thing you have untreated serious acne, when the problem is you have unsolved self-esteem issues.