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obsessive skin picking

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Anyone else do this? I pick the skin around my nails, even up to my first knuckle so bad that my fingers fleed and sometimes throb. I try to stop, but I can't. I use tweezers and nail clippers on them too. Does this sound weird? I'm embarassed to show my hands, but I can't stop. I heard Lamictal (spelling??) helps this. ????? Is this part of BP or something else??
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my sis is a nurse and does this, sorry, no advice
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I pick my cuticles for years now. Its worrying, stress and boredom. They get cuts on them and the skin feels like leather after all these years of picking. it can be OCD.
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Yeah I pick the skin on my fingers.
I haven't heard about Lamictal helping it, nor have I heard it's related to BP; I was told it's because of my Anxiety.
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I have done this all my life ..I blame it on anxiety and my mother ..I blame her for everything! Good times
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I get little ingrown hairs on my upper arms and shins and I have to worry at these until they break. Then I absolutely have to pull out the hairs with tweezers. needless to say, they end up bleeding and my arms and legs are a mess of scabs and scars.
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