Picking at bumps on your face

[jass]

I absolutely can't stop picking my pimples and blackheads! Everyone wags their fingers and says how bad it is, but I can't help it.

My face is a mess. Anyone a reformed picker who can offer some tips?

 

[Retro-Violet]

no, i still do it. its depressing.

 

[karrieann]

It's tough to stop, but it is soooo much better if you just don't do it. It always just seems to make everything just look way worse.

I have been using my bare minerals on my breakouts lately and it seems like the next morning they look much better, but if I pick...good lord!

 

[NYShopgirl]

i've learned my lesson when it comes to picking pimples. i usually pick the zit coz i can't stop it but it becomes worse and left a big mark. I really hate it when this happen but i can't stop doing it. Hope i can control myself next time.

 

[LittleRumor]

My derm said it was okay to GENTLY squeeze plugs. It speeds the healing. You swab alcohol before and after and prick the top of the zit with a sterile needled and squeeze. If it doens't respond with a little squeeze then leave it alone.

 

[Lil_Claude]

I confess, I am a picker! I feel like if I don't then I really will get a ugly mark. Anyways, I feel like I know my pimples, when I get them I analyze them before I pick just to see what type of pimple it is. It could be that time of the month pimple, greasy food pimple, didn't wash my face pimple, etc. or sometimes it's too early to pop so I wait till it's at it's prime, lol and pop it!

 

[canelita]

Originally Posted by LittleRumor My derm said it was okay to GENTLY squeeze plugs. It speeds the healing. You swab alcohol before and after and prick the top of the zit with a sterile needled and squeeze. If it doens't respond with a little squeeze then leave it alone. That sounds like the way to go if you always feel like picking at them.

 

[lavender]

Originally Posted by DiorAddict I try not to; when it' s a little zit, I can leave it alone but when I have a huge white volcano, I mean... I' m sorry but I have to get rid of it. I use cotton balls or qtips and clean it very well afterwards. Same here! For some pimples, I have to get it out. If it doesn't come out after a while, I leave it alone.

 

[Little_Lisa]

Picking is baaad and causes scarring. I know b/c i'm a reformed picker. I let my esthnetician do the picking, lancing, etc. now when needed b/c he has the proper tools and know how. I will occasionally lance something with a steralized needle from time to time if it looks like it's about to explode and I know I can easily drain it without having to squeeze, bruise, or harm the skin.

 

[dentaldee]

OMG...... how can you not pick!!!!I can't stand seeing a big juicy head just begging to be popped!!! I'd have to tie my hands in order to stop

 

[mac-whore]

I also have this terrible habbit, It's very hard to break so I understand where you're coming from. What stops me from picking is, if I'm at home.. and have time on my hands and I feel the urge to pick.. I just dab some benzoyl peroxide over it and go do something else to get my mind off of it.

 

[emily_3383]

Yeah I used to pick at the because I just couldnt stand my pimples but once I saw the scarring I stopped. I put on medicated lotion and try not to touch them.

 

[missprissy82]

i saw on tv last week that you can die from squeezing pimples in the "triangle" area of your face. it could send toxins into your blood stream.or to your brain or something. its called the "triangle of death" i'll try to find a link for this...

 

[Skila_Skila]

MY best advice to avoid picking it to wear makeup. When I cover a zit, I don't think to pick at it. It is a bad habit. Extractions are totally different from a picking habit. (I do both). Sometimes, I tell myself, "Don't even stop at the mirror....just wash off your makeup, put on your creams, and GO tO BED!" It is a bad habit, but a LOT of people do it, and do not admit to it. Kudos to you for admitting it is a problem.

 

[_withoutYou]

i only squiz out whiteheads if i'm going out, if i'm staying home then no.

 

[michko970]

I was the worst about this, and I am still not completely reformed, but now i use a sulfur mask dotted on the area to make it come to a head, and then get in a hot shower to help open up those pores. after that I cleanse the area with astringent and use an extracter.

 

[chocobon]

It's too bad and addictive

 

[anne7]

I used to do this obsessively, and now I have a bunch of old acne marks to show for it. Now that I have stopped, they look so much better, and you break out less when you aren't constantly poking your face and pushing bacteria in deeper. Now the only things I squeeze out is those little clogged pore plugs that are easily visible and come right out. If the plug doesn't come out the first time you try, STOP. My biggest trick when I want to poke at my skin is to smear on a thick layer of Queen Helene Mint Julep mask, if you can't see it, you can't pick it, plus it would make an awful green flakey mess if you tried!

 

[pinkbundles]

i mostly leave the "bumps" alone since they are just that...bumps and it doesn't hurt they are the same colour as my skin.

as for those "white volcanos"...they usually pop in the shower on their own. speaking of these nasty things...i hate it when people let it grow to the size of a teardrop! ewwwwwwwwww! just pop it damnit!

 

[LittleRumor]

Originally Posted by pinkbundles i hate it when people let it grow to the size of a teardrop! ewwwwwwwwww! just pop it damnit!

HAHAHAHAHHA
Or when guys SHAVE over them! EEEEWW