Dermatillomania Community Group
Dermatillomania is the complustion to pick at your skin. This group is to help people that do so. Glad to have you! Have fun :P
Dermatillomania is the complustion to pick at your skin. This group is to help people that do so. Glad to have you! Have fun :P
When I shower, I will use a moisturizing bodywash, shave, and than apply body lotion before wearing clothing to cover my flaws to avoid the picking.
I found that using a clean and new nail file/ emory board can help to smooth down the scabs making it undesirable to pick at. I can handle this rather than leaving the imperfections to torment me with the urge to remove it.
Dry or chapped lips can be handled if I drink enough water and apply medicated lip balm or regular lip balm when I don't have chapped lips.
As far as ingrown hairs, I use tweezers. I rarely find those [ingrown hairs] appearing.
The idea is to do everything you can to remove the sight of you obsession and to avoid searching for it by touching your skin.
FYI [For your information], fleas are a menance to dernatillomaniacs. My legs look so gross from last summer and I'm still itching daily. Thus summer will be hell.
I will need to try other methods to handle that pest issue by not being lazy about vacuuming a lot.
Take care and resist those urges.