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I have this horrible habit lately of picking my scabs off even if it bleeds. I know it will scar if I do that but its hard to resist. This is the second one Ive peeled off today. One didnt bleed and the other one did. Do any of you have a strategy to make it so I dont pick my scabs? This makes the third thing I pick. I pick my eyelashes out, I bite my nails (not exactly picking), and I pick my pimples and the scabs. *sigh*
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Picking Scabs
Started by acne_battle, Nov 09 2007 10:25 PM
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 10:47 AM
Think about the long term damage, and keep your hands occupied at all times (try solving a rubicks cube or something)
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 11:57 AM
Also, I out cream on them to keep them soft and then they're not as tempting to pick off...like vaseline or neosporin.
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 06:54 PM
I'm the opposite I keep mine hard so I don't accidently get them off....I do anything possible not to pick them and when one accidently falls off I'm like nooooooo maybe it's not ready yet, I leave them until they fall off by themself but then I'm still not happy about it. 
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 12:35 AM
Yeah I hate when one get yanked off when you're trying so hard not to pick it. My headphone wires fall right in an area on my jawline thats all scabs, and sometimes my wire gets caught on something and yanks a scab partially off. It always happens when I'm going to Precal it seems lol maybe God is trying to tell me something ... that going to Precal will only result in pain and .... oozing.
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 09:57 PM
Definately find something else to do with your hands. I did the same thing, to the point my doc though I might be OCD, and the long term results and scarring are not worth it.
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 10:01 PM
Bandaids and a cream or ointment as Foomph (Erika K) suggests. Pick at the bandaids, not the scabs. 
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 12:17 PM
The longer a scab is on the wound, the higher the chance of not having a scar.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 03:05 PM
The longer a scab is on the wound, the higher the chance of not having a scar.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Wow! Never looked at it that way. I just hate going to work with scabby things hanging off my face. Yuck!
But you're totally right, the longer it's on there....the better it will heal!
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 09:36 PM
The longer a scab is on the wound, the higher the chance of not having a scar.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Wow I never thought of it like that either. Youre one smart cookie. Can I pleaes have your brain Michael
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 08:47 AM
The longer a scab is on the wound, the higher the chance of not having a scar.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Wow I never thought of it like that either. Youre one smart cookie. Can I pleaes have your brain Michael
Ok hehe.
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 08:50 AM
The longer a scab is on the wound, the higher the chance of not having a scar.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Remember that sentence ^ and you should be good to go.
Wow I never thought of it like that either. Youre one smart cookie. Can I pleaes have your brain Michael
Ok hehe.
Lets share it instead
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