Picking at bumps on your face

[abbyjofo1]

it does work, to use a sterile needle to just graze the top of a biggie. that way, if nothing comes out right away, you just stop, because then, you know its not ready. clean with alcohol before and afterwards, tho. it doesn't damage like squeezing. but just don't do it unless you have access to real, sterile needles. they cannot be just "clean". (i have a couple leftover from my scrub pockets at the hospital)

Originally Posted by BrittZ Hey everyone! Well picking has definitely been a problem for me. I did some research once and found that it is also known as psychogenic excoriation. They are actually thinking of making it part of the obsessive compulsive disorder category and have made behavioral therapy programs especially for this problem,but most of the time it can be done on ones own with a little will power. A couple things that were helpful for me was to get fake nails which are great because it makes it harder to get to the pimples, and also removing all the bulbs except for one in the bathroom which makes it darker and harder to get sucked in. Hope that helps a little. Good luck!! i know a girl who is absolutely gorgeous, she looks a lot like heather locklear, and she has perfect skin, except, when she was little, she had that. she has big scars, they aren't different colored than the rest of her skin, but they are big and you can see them up close. it looks like she peeled her skin off a long time ago. at the time, she would tell everyone they were flea bites. i guess her mom had the same type of disorder, except she was obsessed with pulling out her hair. she always had huge bald spots.

 

[posterofagirl]

I only pop the ones with the whiteheads, if it's a big painful red one with no head I leave it alone until it's popable... so far I have no scars from popping (that I can notice anyways), but yeah it's a bad habit I have, but I just can't stand looking at the little whiteheads.

And that triangle of death thing sounds scary, I think I'll read up on it, hopefully it will help deter me from popping.

 

[charish]

well if you must pick get a hot wet wrag (not to where it burns you)and put it on it for a minute, see if you can just get it out that way(if you have a comedone extractor that's best).just kind of and gently squeeze it w/ the wrag. after you get it put either a toner to close the pore or cold water and an antibacterial oinment like bactine or neosporin. if you can't get it out those ways i would leave it alone for awhile.oh the hot rag is to open the pores and to make it easier on getting it out.