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On 1 September 2016 at 10:18 AM, CausativePain said: I tried meditation but it didn't give me the same calm and focus that skin picking does. Any suggestions would be very helpfully. Thank you...

Good luck! Quitting my skin picking habit was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, but it made such a huge difference to my skin! We're here for you. Stay strong, you can do it.

I have experimented with the caveman regimen in the past with great success. I now stick to a modified caveman regimen, ("washing" my skin twice a week with a diluted apple cider vinegar toner, and ap...

13 hours ago, DavidYokota said: Thanks for sharing this amazing article. Hey David, No problem! I'm glad you found it helpful. Hopefully I'll be adding to this soon, I've got some new tips...

Hey MissSac17, First of all sorry you're feeling so down on yourself. I've been there, as I'm sure a lot of the members of this forum have, feeling trapped in your own skin and like nothing is ever go...

Hey Rachel_206, This sounds like such good progress! Congratulations on making it this far! If it's any conciliation I remember those pimples, the little whiteheads that seem to come up and go away wi...

Hey @bonniesstory! I'm so glad you found the post helpful. Face-scanning is the worst. I'm terrible at leaving my skin alone. I've found that if I am not touching my skin my hands start roaming around...

39 minutes ago, LSilverg said: Hi there, I've picked my skin more or less every day for the last 9 years. I know it's really bad for me and I want to stop, but I feel like I can't and the u...

I had an extremely similar reaction when I started using Differin. I was using the 0.01% potency gel and it still caused me breakouts so severe that they were painful, I woke up every morning with mor...

Hey Rachel, I'm so pleased to hear your update! It's such great news. Well done for sticking with it. Best of luck and I hope your skin continues to improve from here.

For back acne I would highly recommend Dr. Bronner's Magic Liquid Soap. I personally use the lavender version, but there is also a tea tree version which might be beneficial for breakouts. It's also n...

@Lore91 Hey, Sorry to hear you are struggling with this! I think it's really common for people with acne to have a total phobia of moisturizer, I understand completely. I remember when my acne was at ...

@rachel_206 I think one of the most important things is not to be too hard on yourself, if you feel like you need to put on a little bit of concealer so that you can go out and be sociable and feel c...

Hey rachel_206, Just wanted to chime in and say well done for braving the caveman regimen! I stuck with it myself for over 50 days and it was one of the most life changing things I have done for my sk...

One thing I would say is that our skin changes over time, and although a product might have worked before, there's every chance your skin is reacting to it now. I couldn't find the Neutrogena Sensitiv...

Hey, Just wondering, does the product you used to help your pimples contain benzoyl peroxide? I found that when I had been using BP for a few months I started to get sporadic patches of redness that ...

On 3/9/2016 at 8:37 PM, TaneBabe said: Yes! It's like body dysmorphia but with the face, or at least that's how I think of it. You don't realize that the first thing people see are your eyes, s...

Does anyone else experience a warped mental perception of their skin? I feel the amount of over analysing, pore scanning and obsessing that I have done over the last few years has done some damage to ...

I would highly recommend exfoliating once a week with soaked oatmeal. It has been the perfect amount of exfoliation for me and I suffer with extremely physically and chemically sensitive skin. I take ...

Hi Latonya, Since you are posting in the holistic health forum I assume you are interested in finding a natural cleanser? I have a few recommendations for you. I have had great success in cleansing my...

In my personal experience with quitting gluten to improve my skin, I found that I saw no improvement for at least the first month. Also I would highlight the importance of not only cutting foods out o...

9 hours ago, katie.davis82 said: This is amazing!!! It is such a mental thing. I literally went to therapy to find out what correlated with my skin/picking obsession, and obviously it was sever...

Hey sprovencio, No problem! Your skincare routine sounds gentle, and I am hesitant to recommend anything drastically different if you feel that this cleanser and moisturiser have been working for you...

Hey 2525, I just started a new thread with a bunch of tips that have been helping me to stop picking over the past 6 months. Hopefully you'll find some of them helpful!

Hi there, The intention of this thread is to create an ongoing list of tips and tricks to help ease the urge to pick! I'm sure many of these tips are things you have already heard of, but I over the c...