rehab center

[dandelion]

Well in a couple of weeks I will be turning 23, I can't believe I am still picking my face. I just went off my birth control pill and my picking has gotten really bad. I was thinking about how I could really get myself to stop...I wish there was a rehabilitation center for people who pick. There would be no mirrors, no tweezers, pins, etc. and absolutely no makeup allowed. Then once your skin began to clear up there would be dermatologists there to help fix all the damage that had been done. Its just like life would be so much easier if I didn't pick my face. It feels like any problems in my life just feel that much worse because I have a horrible damaged face to go with it. Maybe I should start the rehabilitation center myself...they I could be rich and have nice looking skin!!

[Kaytee]

It's funny you thought of that. So many times, I've imagined myself somewhere in seclusion for a week or two, with no pins, tweezers, or mirrors, where I could heal and re-emerge with fresh, healthy skin. If you ever find such a place, let me know!

[LonelyGal]

Well there are treatment centers for it. Maybe not specificly but generally. Most skin pickers have an underlineing trauma issue. These things stem from the same things people go to rehab for, rehab isnt just for drugs. It's for self confidence and other things. Look for a treatment center that deals with trauma and PTSD, as skin picking is looked at a result of those two things sometimes.

[Taty]

YOU CAN Google "skin picking rehab in..." where you live or want to go!!! ;D it's considered part of OCD (Obsessive Compulsion Disorder), it's not your fault, it's an impulse. I am looking into getting into a skin picking rehab because I feel like my picking is uncontrollable...even if I have some not picking times, I feel like it always goes back to me picking and feeling bad, sad, mad, etc. but I hope I can get help & I hope you can too!!! We have to support each other & stick together!