Posted by KimberlyDi on October 8, 2003, at 14:46:50
In reply to Compulsive??Skin Picker, posted by LoriCA on October 6, 2003, at 2:09:23
I pick pick pick too. It's an extreme irritation. Any bump on the skin is wrong wrong wrong, infection, must remove. don't like dead skin, don't like scabs, i make everything worse.
I think it's a nervous habit, like biting your nails. i pick at my nails too if the edges aren't smooth. I would suggest keeping your skin moist with any moisturizer that you can tolerate. Dry skin is itchy. Start wearing gloves in the house, or wear a ring that you can fiddle with. use bandaids whenever possible. Don't try Liquid Skin/Bandaid because it STINGS and is fun to pick off.
Good Luck.
A thing to fear about picking. I've had some bumps for the past 6 months that are now non-healing ulcers. The clinic doctor called it Streptococcus Pyoderma, very serious, and put me on high dosages of Batrim. It's like a cousin to Strep Throat and can enter through breaks in your skin. It hasn't turned into Necrotizing Fasciitis yet (NF), THANK YOU LORD, but reading about it has scared me. NF is were within 24 hours your flesh is being eaten away faster than doctors can cut it off. I'm going to get a second opinion with my regular doctor. The clinic doctor didn't even run tests or take a swab for lab tests.
Take care of your skin.
KDi in Texas
> Hey, I know there was an earlier post on this, but I can't seem to find all the "threads". I have bi polar, I think - at least never been diagnosed with OCD. I have terrible "rashes" on my forearms, and now, I am picking at them constantly, consciously and just as a habit. Well, not actually a rash, but skin wounds, irritation – hard to describe. Sometimes it itches so terribly, I want to cut off my arms; and sometimes I pick when it doesn’t itch. When I ran out of places, I did it to my scalp. I am scarring myself terribly; my arms are the worst, with those white scar patches. It’s not acne, but I have tried oxy whatever to dry them out. I have tried every itch cream in the store I can think of and a couple of prescribed cortisone things...even the stuff for allergies such as Benedril (spelling?). Can anyone recommend anything? I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE THIS SUMMER, I FELT LIKE A LEPER, PEOPLE STARING AT MY ARMS...it hasn’t spread to my face, but I have a slight bit of minor acne or pimples that time of the month ( I am SO embarrassed discussing this girl stuff). Anyway, can anybody recommend a cream or anything? Dermatologists can’t help thus far.
> Thank you so much.
> By the way, sum does help a bit, but I have melasma (brown spots on my face) and really JUST need TO STAY OUT OF THE SUN...darn CAP lock, I can’t type worth a damn…sorry post is so long, new to this.
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