Try just watching TV or calling a friend. Even if you don't talk about cutting with that friend, it will get your mind off of it. Basically and kind of distraction.

What worked for me was because I had several cuts, I would snap the rubber band on them, and that would give me some relief.

When that wore off, and I was in hospital, I started colouring. I find it destracting, and sometimes relaxing. Sounds stupid for an adult to be colouring, but it's much better for me then cutting.

I watch movies....I've watched a LOT of movies in the past few weeks...they really get my mind off of things....Sometimes when its really bad I just sit and hold myself and cry it all out...and cry myself to sleep...Or call someone....Anything to think about something else....Do you have a happy place to go in your mind? I know it may sound stupid (for the longest time I thought it did), but if you can find a happy place to go in your mind where you feel safe, it will calm you down....it took me a while to find my happy place....I've never told anyone where my happy place is, cuz they wouldn't really understand it....I guess its my own personal form of dissociation, but it helps me to distract myself when things get bad...

15 minute game. Make yourself do something else for 15 minutes. Tell yourself in 15 minutes you can cut. Chances are by the time 15 minutes is up you'll either be too distracted to cut, or have lost the edge of the urge

http://dailystrength.org/c/Self-Injury/recs/2449-154-si-distractions list of 154 distractons

I have an update:

Last night I did a half a cut then breathed deeply, and looked at the distractions you guys gave me because I copied them down. I took out a rubber band, turned on the t.v, closed my eyes, andthought of you guys. And I stopped cutting. That has NEVER happened before. I just wanted to thank all of you. :)

Good job on stopping, that is a huge step!
Something that may sound odd that really tends to help me - -
I watch movies like 'Hero' and 'House of flying Daggers'
they are foreign movies - but really awesome quality and story lines.
...so much more original and thought provoking than our American movies...
the thing is - you NEED to pay attention to follow along and read the sub titles.. and for us add kiddos - that is a HUGE help as our attention can be all over the place.
Anyway - it really is worth a try. rent one of them at blockbuster or something and see if it helps.

I like permanent markers. Especially red ones. It looks similar, and the drawings last a while (I tried using washable markers. Not the same).

I also like writing on my skin, particularly using the Irish script called Ogham. Ogham uses horizontal likes that cross a single vertical line, so writing, for me, uses a motion similar to cutting. I have a photograph of the script on my photos page, if you're curious.