Can't stop picking!!!

[Picker1]

I just finished with a picking "session". My husband kept trying to get me out of the bathroom and fought with me for over an hour. I was so mean to him. I cared more about picking my face than whether I was hurting his feelings or not. The only time we fight is when I want to pick and he tries to stop me. I normally have clear skin, but I had an allergic reaction to an anti-depressant about a month ago and ever since then I have had tons of blackheads and whiteheads. My face has never broken out like this in my entire life. I have been to the dermatologist 3 times in the last three weeks. I'm currently on an antibiotic and 2 topical creams and it only seems to be making my breakouts worse. I have a birthday party to go to tomorrow, but now that I picked my face really bad, I'm probably not going to go. I feel so ugly and uncomfortable in my own skin. I just want to scratch my skin off!!!! My picking is getting out of control. Now my husband won't even talk to me. The sad part is that I care more about my face healing than I care about whether my husband talks to me or not. I used to have faith that an antibiotic or prescription cream would heal my face, but now that my skin is out of control i don't see anything getting any better. Can anyone else relate?

[n same situation]

Yes, i can relate completely. The same thing happened to me,was over exfoliating but my skin was absolutely perfect, then used a masque that i was allergic to resulting in thousands of tiny zits now thousands of tiny blackheads. i'm also really bad about picking my face, when it was clear there was less of a problem, but now even though alot of the blackheads have gone when i see one no matter how tiny they drive me crazy and i basically destroy my face. as far as your skin goes i would just say be patient, as hard as that is. kno how frustrating it is to have nice skin then suddenly its completely changed. from my own experiences with this and from talking to other people i think allergic reactions just take a really really long time to get over. no doctor but i wouldn't let my dermatologist over prescribe me, thats what mine tried to do and really it just made it worse. just remember time heals all. hope this helps know how frustrating it is, hang n there, sorry this was so long.

[Sea Salt Solutions]

Hi! I was a skin picker for many years. It was completely ruining my life but I knew that if I could combine an effective acne treatment with behavior modification, I could overcome it. I tried every over the counter and prescription treatment but nothing worked for me. Everything I tried was too harsh for my sensitive skin. After a summer at the beach I noticed that my skin was much clearer from swimming in the ocean so I started taking sea salt baths and my skin gradually cleared up. If you pick partly because you just want to get everything out of your pores, sea salt baths are perfect because they naturally draw everything out so you don't have to with your fingers and nails.

Around the same time I read an article in a magazine about breaking sugar addictions. It said that if you don't eat sugar for 4 weeks your body will stop craving it. So I applied the same principle to picking and was gradually able to stop (after many relapses).

After many years of experimenting with different sea salt mixtures, I finally found the perfect mixture that worked on both my face and body. I wanted to share it with everyone so I decided to create a line of skincare products based on sea salt. The products are perfect for anyone with acne especially those who struggle with picking.

My life is completely different now. My skin is clear and I don't have picking urges anymore. I would recommend behavior modification and finding the perfect acne treatment. If I can do it, you can do it. You can check out my products at www.clarisea.com