Cover up tips for scars and scabs

Tasneem Abrahams
Dec 31st, 2015

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For many dermatillomania sufferers, the face is a target of compulsive skin picking. This can often result in severe scarring and an in severe cases permanent damage to the appearance of the skin. Dermatillomania is already a disorder that causes the individual immense shame and guilt, but these negative feelings are further perpetuated by the physical consequences of the picking behavior. This can lead to the person avoiding social situations for fear of being harshly judged for their appearance, fears of bullying, or for fear of people asking too many questions about the condition of their skin. Many people, women in particular use cosmetics as a way to overcome this difficulty, particularly when going out in public is not an option, such as going to work or school. However applying cosmetics to cover scarring in a natural way is skill that needs to be learned. This video is of a young woman who shows you ste by step how to cover up scarring and scabs from acne and picking, as she herslf sufferes from dermatillomania.

Tasneem Abrahams

Tasneem is an Occupational Therapist, and a graduate of the TLC foundation for BFRBs professional training institute. Her experience in mental health includes working at Lentegeur Psychiatric hospital forensic unit (South Africa), Kingston Community Adult Learning Disability team (UK), Clinical Specialist for the Oasis Project Spelthorne Community Mental Health team (UK). Tasneem is a member of both the editorial team and the clinical staff on Skinpick, providing online therapy for people who suffer from excoriation (skin picking) disorder.

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