Dermatillomania (chronic skin picking) is NOT your fault

Dermatillomania or related behaviors affect approx. 1 in 20 people.
There might not be a magic pill that can cure it, but there are management strategies out there so that those who suffer with this condition can feel more in control of their behavior!

[mars_th_panet]

I'm not diagnosed but I most definitely have this. My arms are covered in scabs and scars and every time my mom sees it she never fails to tell me how bad it looks and it really doesn't help the situation. Plus she doesn't understand that I can't just stop picking. It's not that easy

[Ilikefrogsmore]

FINALLY
I saw a video saying
"To help skincare stop picking ur skin"
And alot of ppl are like when i tell them
"Dont do that."

[RabidRaccoon-XSs]

Not diagnosed, but ive cried over the fact i pick my skin so much and how many scars i have from it. I cant help it it annoys me sm and yet i still do it 😭 i get so angry and upset.

[JayandAri_]

Man, I’m literally crying right now… I thought it was something crazy people do (or so that’s what my mom told me), and I never realized how common it is. For the past 3 years I’ve been plucking my eyelashes and eyebrows as it’s a weird urge just to do it. Thank you so much for making this channel! I feel so much more secure and supported as I’m trying to quit this habit! 😭❤

[ArchieDoggo]

I have a bunch of scabs and scars on my legs from it. It really affects my self asteem.

[thesea]

I do it since I can remember... When I was little.. 4 years old..I picked the skin from my thumbs and upper lip...then I've gotten chickenpox and after recovering I started picking the scabs from my ears and scalp...then I stopped...when I was 10 I changed schools and I remembered that I did that to my scalp and I love it...and since then I've never stopped.. and I'm 31.

Right now I'm only picking the skin from my thumbs and lips. And picking the scabs from my scalp... It's reliving for me...I explain to people it's like when a smoker Is anxious and take a smoke...instant relief. .
Oh and I always wondered...if I shave all my hair...what wouldall my scars look like

[aparna]

I do that too!! How to stop? I think it increases my acne too

[caylorandbrandywatson]

It's the hardest habit to break!!

[GalaxyJprime-mmyw]

I wish this truth would stay in my heart forever. ❤ I wish I was HEALED from 32 years of dermatillomania.😢 I wish, I wish, I wish. I am so tired.

[Klovhz]

Is it just dermatillomania if you pick on the face? I pick on my feet

[Fatbum]

It all goes with my endocrine diseases, which caused my mental illness, especially the thyroid, one of the things they check for mental health

[FOXY_The.tHeRiAn]

Not diagnosed, but the tips of some of my fingers are literally bare bcs of picking and biting at the skin

[AceofSpades]

i honestly cannot stop picking my lip skin and i do it so much that I'm used to the bleeding and i get told "You can stop", i can't stop its grown as a bad habit for me, do you know how to help??

[theastheteasian]

I have acne-free skin, but I still hold the worst scars on my face because i squeeze put white heads. It's so bas. I told my mum it's hard to stop, but she had little abused me verbally. She called me ugly and weird. She said I was making excuses.

[glitchxmars]

“Just stop picking!” Yeah, ive tried that, but unfortunately that doesnt work so well with a compulsive disorder

[partial.boy]

My parents keep getting mad that I pick at scabs and pimples but I just do it when I'm stressed or something (they kinda think I "can't" be stressed and only they can)

[odetari.fanpge]

I've always picked at my finger tips and all around my hands, legs and arms.

[PersonWhoAsked]

the urge is so heavy. the need to pick my fingers is so overpowering. a lot of the time i don't even know i'm doing it. if stopping was so easy, i would have stopped 8 years ago.
i think i'm just going to have to wear gloves till the urge dies down. (luckily for me it's winter so i can get away with that now).

[tipsydraws]

I’ve always picked at my upper lip (mostly, but sometimes my lower) since I was like 6, I used to do as a stress reliever….but now it’s becoming a full blown habit! And now my lips are scared

[amandaAmandaAmandaAmanda]

I've been picking my belly button skin until bleed since I was a child and just a few days ago I discovered this was a disorder. I'm trying to not do it but it became automatic.