I dont have a problem with my skin yet I squeeze at tiny blackheads and pores-I cant stop-anyone relate?

I created another wound yesterday- cos i felt slight bumps-they werent even rele anything-i had an image in my mind of what kind of blackhead they'd turn into. They were probs only clogged pores-i hate blackheads. I do it to prevent it from becoming what i think its going to turn into, to save me from doing a worser job the bigger it gets. Because the more bigger it gets the more id do to it to ensure its all out Do u relate to this? I now believe that its going to come back worse now wen the scab comes off because i stretched the pores. I should only worry when i get an aCTual blackhead, at least! Then do a natural remedy-see how that goes. I shouldve also stood back from mirror after and really determined if it was really nessercary-as by, does it really affect my overall face? No,no it didnt.

I do the same as you, I hate it when I think that something is left there to come out and it always seems to be the case wen the scab comes off, but often nothing can be removed. I dig about with a blackhead remover( long metal) instrument I usually end up making just another scab. Rotten repetitive problem, I always get into the mind set, well I've picked gonna be a few days healing anyway so might a's well clear the other pores. I'm a muppet.

I didnt think any one thought else thought that lol. cos i presume i pushed dirt deeper wen squeezing so when it scabs over-what i pushed further in will slowly come back--even though this may not be ase atall. I cant believe i have created these marks etc mostly over things v v v v small things i want to get out. .Im annoyed with myself. When i was explaining to therapist-dont think she understood but i felt like she would understand more if say--i pull scabs off or i pull dead skin off/pick AcTuaL spots--because i hear this a lot with people with skin picking ---but i create a problem when they aint rele a problem -do u know what im saying? I do now to zoom out though- and think! because i think we presume they look/are larger than they actualli are.

Yes I do the same! I was wondering the same thing about whether I have dermatilomania but I'm sure we must have it - I don't know about you but I can (and regularly do) spend hours picking/squeezing pores and I end up doing quite a lot of serious damage! I can see where I've stretched some of the pores out of shape and like you I've got a few scars. Can't really tell how scarred my back is yet but I don't think the pink marks will ever fade. But I'm not looking at it any more! I'm trying so hard but it is really difficult! When I don't pick I get really obsessed thinking about all the dirt that must be clogging up my pores and I really want to squeeze it all out every last bit until all my skin is just one big scab! It is disgusting I hate it but I also really enjoy picking. If this isn't compulsive behaviour I don't know what is - I'm pretty sure we share the same problem as everyone else on this site! It seems that everyone just picks in different ways'places but we all have the same sort of problem.

Yes, and the frustrating thing is that what we trying to get out is nothing rele-as mostly its so tiny. Im sure ur pink marks wil start to fade-it takes a while. Its worrying tho isnt it-what we are doing. Yesterday i went over marks i rele rele shouldnt hav -i just couldnt of left those unslightly block pores! My face looks terrible now! What r we gna do. I got a docs appoint soon-mite ask to see psychologist. Its defo ocd isnt it -it seems. I cant believe im ruining my face over-well miniscule pores that arent even a problem rele. I spect u feel the same. Hell-this is!

I went to doctor and got prescribed Oxactin Capsules-and ive got an appointment with a mental health person who visits the surgery. Wonder if this can help.

Mum just sed il be stupid to take them. That drug companies make so much money from what they sell. That it wont work-has to come from you. Harmful to brain. And that il develop worse things. Im not allowed. End of. Just had argument -she telling me il never change. I trying my best. Upset now. Shes right.

I... love you all... I'm 16... and a bit mentally/emotionally behind, and innocent... (I'm intelligent, but behind mentally in other ways) so I'm a kid... and I have a lot of issues... so many are surfacing... but yeah... I have ADHD, along with Executive Dysfunction, and a slew of other cognitive and behavioral quirks and abnormalities... I have depression and anxiety disorders... and probably some other things I can't remember right now or I don't even know what they are. But anyway... I now know that I have this, for sure, because all these symptoms, thoughts and feelings by you and everyone in the comments... they are the same. It's amazing that you guys feel the exact same way as I do when I do this horrible thing to myself...I'm tearing up my nose and between my eyebrows with my fingernails, and my thoughts are screaming at me to STOP... but I don't. I can't? It's awful, and it's been going on and developing for over three years now... It means so much that I found this website, and it means so much that you people are here... I want to hug you tightly, because you are other people who UNDERSTAND... <3 and I feel a little bit more like I can do it, after failing to stop more times than I can ever count... with you guys trying hard, too... maybe I can...

Acne,pinples and the squeezing of the face is what disturb me the most. sometimes the face got swelling,i have take and rob different antibiotic but the story is still thesame.it starts with little acne and the removal of hair wen i was 18yrs and now am 25, please help me out please tell what to do that can stop does foes from destroy my selfesteem.

Hey everyone. I've been struggling with this issue for 20 years (I started at 14 and I am almost 34). I feel ashamed to admit it, but I hope that sharing my story can provide some support. I too have honed the art of blackhead extraction (my weakness is my nose and philtrum) so that with a layer of foundation it its usually undetectable to others. I am a relatively high-functioning individual (I no longer cancel plans because of my issue like i did in my twenties), but my husband witnesses first hand the detrimental effects this 'short-circuiting' has on my mood and the inability to connect when I have 'done a number' on my nose. My problem too is that once I 'zoom in' in the mirror, I don't stop until I have completely annihilated every single pore. When I break the skin, the guilt I feel allows me to hold off for the 3-4 day healing period, but I usually peel off the dry skin prematurely and start all over again. Without breaking the skin, I go to the mirror for days on end. All that said, I have discussed my issue with a couple of psychologists over the years and the only indication of what could work is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), as someone in this thread also suggested. The most recommended CBT workbook is Mind Over Matter (found in the self-help section of most bookstores), but it is such an arduous chore to go through it!! As I understand it, to overcome the issue (which I too am convinced is a form of compulsion/OCD) would mean learning to identify the 'triggers' (anxiety) that cause me to wander to the mirror and zoom in in the first place. The workbook is supposed to help this. The problem is that I hate journalling the issue after it happens (as it has been difficult for me to pin-point which of the multitude of minor anxieties could have been the impetus)... All that said, I am sick-and-tired of this cycle, so I will attempt to plug away on the workbook this eve. If anyone else has successfully completed any other forms of CBT, please share with the group!! Thanks, and much support to everyone out there!

I am also a teen with ADHD, i haven't been doing this for long but its awful. thank you for making me feel less insane

well I have acne on my face which I pick every day, but I also pick at the pores on my arms and legs whenever I pretty much feel like it. I just can't pick at my face anymore =/ I have dermatillomania because i will pick even if I don't i don't have acne there. My legs are starting to get scars around my knees and thighs where I continue to pick at. Usually the same spots over and over again but i get so consumed that I don't even realize how much time i spent picking ughhhh i know what it's like