Obsessive compulsive BLACKHEAD PICKING. HELP?
So this is a problem I've had since I was about 12-13, when I noticed my first blackhead. I squeezed it out, and ever since then it has become a completely obsessive compulsive problem. Not everyday, but most days I'll sit in front of the mirror and just pick at almost every single pore on my face to squeeze what ever will come out. I know that's gross, but that's what I do. I don't have bad acne or anything, or even more blackheads than most people, but I just want to stop the picking. It sometimes leaves scars and even when it doesn't my face is always red and slightly swollen after I'm done. Most of the blackheads are around my nose, my chin, and forehead. When I do leave it alone for about a week my skin actually looks like it could almost be in a face wash commercial, but then all of sudden it's like there's this magnetic field in my mirror pulling me in and telling me to squeeze those suckers out. HELP! No rude comments please my mom already criticizes me enough.
December 5th, 2010 - 09:13
I have the same problem, so I know how you feel.
My advice is to cut your fingernails really short, and keep them Like that for a long time, so eventually you will stop trying to squeeze the blackheads.
Good luck!
December 5th, 2010 - 09:13
i dnt kno but what the otha lady said sounds good hope you fix it =]] srry=[[
December 5th, 2010 - 09:13
feel you hon. same thing here. perfected it after so many years.
do this 2-3x everyday:
1. wash. neutrogena is good. $6-8 @ drugstores/target. get one w/ 2% salicylic acid–it’ll treat acne.
2. tone. drip some onto a cotton ball. swab face w. it. $6-7 @ drugstores. neutrogena’s clear pores toner has 2% salicylic acid.
**if you feel a bump: use CLEARASIL ULTRA’s ace cream $9-11 @ drugstores. 10% benzoyl peroxide. strongest over counter dose.
3. moisturize. clinique is good. $24 @ beauty stores like sephora/ulta.
for blackheads, use BIORE’S pore strips. really works. $9-11 @ drugstores.
~~it may seem like a lot of money, but this lasts you for months. for me, toner lasted 1.5+years, moisturizer a couple months, ultra cream about a year, wash about a year.
__hon, hear it from a fellow teen that has had acne for 5 yrs, once over-weight, still out of shape, needs braces, and has a heck of an imperfect body. wearing it like battle scars on here hon.
ever seen those girls out on the beach in binikis that souldn’t be? they don’t care what you think. they don’t care what i think. they only care about what THEY think.
it’s all about the strut. the ATTITUDE. it’s not your chest size, the number on the scale, or the clear face that gets you through life. it’s your spunk. get some–cause right now you’re just full of insecurities, self-hate, and a bunch of other crap.
the zit didn’t kill your night out. or your date. the extra pound didn’t ruin your prom. or the yearbook picture. the same thing that lowered yourself esteem ruined everything: you. your attitude.
no one barred you from going out w/ a zit. society is complex is like this. but it comes down to whether you’ll let it stop you. whether you’ll stay drowning in that ocean of self-pity and self-disgust.
i’ll tell you what’s disgusting. not that huge zit. but how shallow we can be sometimes. how society can be sometimes. how we all think we are imperfect and need to correct it. we are imperfect. that’s true. but trying to perfect ourselves–that’s what wrong. i’m not saying to stay obese, or to never wear make up. what i’m saying is that loosing those extra 10 lbs. won’t make you beautiful all of a sudden. clearing that acne doesn’t either. what makes you feel amazing is the sense of accomplishment. finally being content w/ who you are. but most women don’t stop there. got rid of acne. check. okay. how about that freckle? the flat, frizzy hair? how about that huge butt and small bust? the list goes onto infinity!!
everyone goes through it. you’re never alone. ever. not in this whole wide world! every teen goes through it. should we all just hide in our closets till we pass puberty? never see the sun again till we are finally happy with our weight? how we look? cause you can keep waiting. for prince charming. the trophy husband. but he doesn’t exist. neither does that perfection that you imagine. the perfection that you wish would look back at you when you looked into the mirror.
don’t let it hurt you. ever. not for a second more. cause it does kill. it does hurt. don’t doubt it. i know cause i’ve been through it. still recovering. don’t let that happen to you.