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Okay guys...are you ready for some before and after shots? The first shot is before, and next to it is after 48 hours of trying my very best not to touch my face. I wasn't perfect, but the pictures speak volumes!
Before [attachmentid=3482] After 48 hours [attachmentid=3490]
My face has been clearing pretty well the last few days on Amnesteem, but the red marks were ones I refused to let heal. Now with my no touching rule...they really are healing. Notice hour much calmer my face looks. Yippee!
And this evening I went to my boyfriend to show him how good my skin looked without makeup!! he agreed!!! 
Wow, HUGE difference. Just think what another 48 hours will do for you!
I went thru my whole routine tonight without any deliberate picking ... but I spaced for a moment when I was looking in the mirror with tweezers in hand. Before I knew it, I had beheaded a little pustule. It was ready to blow its top anyway, so no biggie ... but old habits die hard!!!!
Q
Wow, HUGE difference. Just think what another 48 hours will do for you!
I went thru my whole routine tonight without any deliberate picking ... but I spaced for a moment when I was looking in the mirror with tweezers in hand. Before I knew it, I had beheaded a little pustule. It was ready to blow its top anyway, so no biggie ... but old habits die hard!!!!
Q
Hey girl!!
Ya know what, I don't think that a whitehead big mama zit should count. I once had a derm tell me that it was better to get the junk out of obvious "ready" zits so it can heal. So don't beat yourself up! I would have done the same thing!
By the way, one of my really bad stories? I answered to door to a neighbor bringing me a "welcome" gift. After talking to her for like 20 minutes, I went back in the bathroom and realized I had been bleeding on my cheek from a zit I had just mangled. It was all clot-like and gross, with a big drippy gross line down my cheek. I literally burst into tears!! What a loser I am!!
Hang in there...and don't give up just because of one big mama. 
Ya know what, I don't think that a whitehead big mama zit should count.
Hey, I can work with that line of reasoning. It didn't count. I am still pure. I have regained my no-picking virginity.
Thanks for sharing your own personal picking bloodbath, sistah -- and now, ladies, are there any more good stories out there?
C'mon, give ...
Q
ok ive been trying this and its not going well, i just keep picking, you know the ones that form a scab as you explain, well i just cant stop picking them off and then they are there for like a month as i pick them off everyday.
if you leave them alone in a scab how long do they take to fall off???
i just cant stand them, i dont know what stands out more a scabby spot or a red mark it leaves after you tear it off, aaarrrgggggg
ok picking challange begins now. 12.10 on 10th feb. lets see you i go.
by the way i got to squeeze whitheads, they heal faster then anyway if you dont pick them
chickenpox, that story with the house is a really good way to look at it. it made me laugh to think that is really what we are doing to our faces.
I need to re-start this challenge. I failed miserably last night. I can't leave bumps alone!! grrrr, I definately need some support to stop picking....
Yeah, I am gonna have to re-start as well. I only went 5 hours without picking. I remember thinking to myself, do not pick. The next thing I know, I'm squeezing like crazy!
OK, I'm signing up for my next 48 hours. I am so happy -- not a single bright glaring red mark on my whole face, and the little bumps and zits that have popped up are all starting to dry up and go away. All by themselves. Without ANY help from my little helping hands. 
ChickenPox, I am in your debt. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Guess what.
I slipped. I had a MAJOR session this morning That was HORRIBLE. All my preaching and I messed up big time.
I am so sorry for not practicing what I was preaching. Trouble is, I know it's bad...I just couldn't stop.
Time to start over. I am NOT giving up.
Atta girl, that's the spirit. Nobody said it was going to be easy. You are working against a really deeply ingrained habit, or disorder, or disease, or whatever it is that makes us shred ourselves. Just keep picking yourself up. (so to speak)
Now, I'm curious ... what is it that you pick? Scabs? Zits? Clogged pores? All of the above?
If it's mainly scabs, you should take a look at synthetic brush exfoliation. It's AMAZING for scabs ... kinda wears them away gently, without stripping them down so far that they bleed. When I get scabs now, they are mostly just thin flakes. PM me if you have questions.
Today is a new day, starting NOW!
Q
OK! I am so totally up for this challenge! it is currently five thirtyon Friday and on sunday at this time, we'll see whats goin down. today i was trying not to pick and usually I could stop my self before I did anything major. still touched my face more than I would like though. Bring it!! I'm excited.
Atta girl, that's the spirit. Nobody said it was going to be easy. You are working against a really deeply ingrained habit, or disorder, or disease, or whatever it is that makes us shred ourselves. Just keep picking yourself up. (so to speak)
I think the words you use (e.g. disorder) are probably fairly accurate. It's one thing to squeeze the occasional whitehead which has risen to the surface and is just one big, glaring blob clearly ready to be released. But the descriptions in this thread, of an almost compulsive scratching of the face, seem quite a bit more serious than that. Esp. for whoever it was that said they were driving at the time! 
You need to find a way of associating scratching/picking with discomfort! Kinda like that solution you put on your fingernails as a kid to stop biting 'em
I could shut myself up for the weekend and do this... so no matter what hideous things sprout up, I can leave them alone. I guess I'm in, starting at 5:12 PM Feb. 10 (according to my watch). No picking, just light scratching if I really need to...
(And I can certainly sympathize with anyone who has picking binges -- sometimes I just go nuts and start picking a dozen different spots for no good reason)
I'm in, thanks Queen for letting me know about this! Perfect timing, I actually just started a NO PICKING log in the personal regime section. It is 8:17 Saturday morning, so I need to go until Monday morning with no picking, and no touching my face!
I need to watch my weak points, always when I get out of the shower or wash my face.
A tip, reduce the number of mirrors, if you can't see you are less likley to pick!
I made it all day yesterday and now today... but when I was eating, I felt something wettish on my face... one of them broke open (from opening my mouth too wide, I guess). Sick. Now imagine if that had happened if I was talking to someone... ugh.
It was one that I said "Okay, I'll just let the bp dry it up and let it fall off naturally." Still, I got it cleaned up, didn't pick at it or anything.
I have not picked or scrathed or anything. In the shower I rubbed my face more than usual but it was gently with soap. My face looks WORSE THAN EVER!!! I am going to see what happens between now and tomorrow night and then I'll decide on whether to continue or not....
My face is so disgusting right now. But I really want to see if it improves after about a week without picking. Because everytime i pop my zits they heal pretty quick it's jus tht I break out a lot after picking at my face so maybe if i stop my face will just break out and heal at a regular rate and after that not as many breakouts???/ I can only hope.
okay ..... Try it and keep at it!! It should work I guess. ...... someone please stick with it for longer than 48hrs.... please....