Scalp Picking

[kaydede]

Hi there. I am so happy to have found this website. I was begining to think i would never find anyone with problems like me. I have been picking since i was a little girl. It started with my face. I would pick till there were scars. Luckely i hardly ever break out so face picking isn't my main problem. I used to break out with white heads on my arms and would keep picking no matter what. I still have scars to this day on my arms. People used to ask me "whats wrong with your arms" But now the scar there are faded. My scaple problem started about 6 years ago. I remember i got a pimple on my head and just kept picking and picking. Eventually i just scratched at any imperferction on my scalp and now i can't stop. The longest ive had one scab in the same spot was about a year. Right now i have 3 scabs on my head. Sometimes they hurt so bad i want to cry. There is nothing i can do to stop. The longest i went with out pick was a week but that quikley ended when i got stressed out. Its so gross. When ever i get my hair done i say i bumped my head. I think i pick at my scalp because that way in my subconsious mind not one will see them. I have also found that this scalp picking stops me from cutting on myself. Im happy that i haven't cut on myself for 6 months now. Its hard though knowing that i really have on moved most of the problem on my scalp.

Than you for listening to my ramblings.
Some times i think im never gonna heal

[cath]

Hi kaydede, I'm a major scalp picker too, it's such a strange thing, I do seem to get a lot of satisfaction from it, but sometimes it's the first thing i turn to when I wake up in the morning, so see what has happened to the scabs over night. I've got 3 at the moment that I've had for almost a year and I've just started two new ones!

It's so odd, we're all so wierd! Humans are a seriously messed up species.
I hope you are ok, and good luck with everything, try not to hurt yourself too much, I know how it feels when one cut really hurts, it does bring tears to your eyes, It almost makes me stop thinking when it really hurts - maybe that's why i do it sometimes.

Well I hope it all gets better for you, hang in there,
Cath x

[pickpick]

I have been scalp picking since I was 18ish and now I am 50. My Father also went through a phase of it in later life. Hang in there, find alternatives. When I change my routine like going on vacation I can sometimes stop for a week or more. Neutrogena T/Gel shampoo seems to help. Using the free Ceregem massage beds seems to help as well. Stress always makes it hard. Try writing down what is going on. Down to one small spot just now. In fact it does not respond to picking like my old ones. So far my hair always grows back in the bald spots but one of these day's I may get in trouble. Up until I was 18 I was a nail bitter.