How can i stop obsessively picking at my skin?

for the past 2 years i CAN%26#039;T stop picking at my face.


i want so badly to have nice clear skin yet i can%26#039;t help but pick and squeeze at any bump on my face which then starts causing pimples on my face.


it frustrates me so much because i%26#039;ll go to the toilet or have a shower and as i%26#039;m about to walk out i look in the mirror and feel for bumps and then i start squeezing and picking at them and then right afterwards i get so upset with myself because i want for it to be better so badly but i%26#039;m just making it worse.


plus i love the satisfaction of squeezing one.


it sounds gross and sick but it%26#039;s something that i am sick of doing.


please help me.


i have tried simply not doing it which works but then as soon as i look in the mirror and think %26quot;that%26#039;s better!%26quot; i start picking at it again.


i%26#039;m 17 by the way.
How can i stop obsessively picking at my skin?
have something to do with your hands like a stress ball or knitting or something.
How can i stop obsessively picking at my skin?
ahahaha yea pick pimples is weirdy fun ahahaha but i think just ask ur doctor for some cream to get ride of it..
Reply:i have the exact same problem!!! and i hate myself for it.. what i%26#039;ve been trying to do recently is avoid the mirror as much as possible.. and keep either cover-up, or, some acne treating gel, like Benzoyl Peroxide gel so that you cant see the zits and therefore wont attack them.
Reply:im the same way in im 17 too hehe





i love picking at the crusted over clotted zits eww i know!





when u start picking just think b4 u do it and slp your and and be %26quot;NO!%26quot;





and get a super good acne fighing formula..once the bumps r gone nothing to pick right?--i use avon it works wonders!
Reply:omg i did that too for like 3 years! i just stopped like a year and a half ago. one thing that helped was i wore gloves wen i went to bed so i would pick at my face while falling asleep. i just grew out of it though
Reply:First of all...STOP IT!!! Next thing , divert your attention. If you must touch your face and you like the tediousness of messing with every little thing, get a cloth and rinse it with very warm water and press to your face, then when you take it off use some Sea Breeze or some toothpaste(not gel) and get a Q-tip and aplly a bit to every last pimple. By the time you get through doing that each time you won%26#039;t even want to see your face nonetheless pick it.