Dermatillomaniac

Tweets about dealing with compulsive skin picking. Tell me your story, I'll tell you mine. #dermatillomania #BFRB #OCD #excoriation #BFRBweek #notalone

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

A bracelet a day can keep the #dermatillomania away. This is how:

[Sophie O'Halloran @Sophohal]

Do you skin-pick or hair-pull? I’m investigating attitudes towards the self in #trichotillomania and #dermatillomania. Please take my survey if this applies to you! #BFRB https://t.co/0CZLCMunL5

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

I was drawing stars on my wrist to track days free of picking/self harm years before I saw this Tumblr post but was reminded of it today and thought I would repost it. It still means a lot. ✨

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

Today I have four stars on my wrist. My head aches. My hyperaware of my lips. It does not get easier by the day. It gets much harder.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

For each day I don't pick I've been drawing a star on my wrist. Told a friend about it and he's using the same method to quit smoking.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@natalievey Thank you! I'll send this on.

[Natalie Evey @natalievey]

@cspmaniac They can appear even in the eye lashes folicules and have to be pulled out (shouldn't hurt).

[Natalie Evey @natalievey]

@cspmaniac Not a human expert but I work and study animals. From what I know you definitely need medical treatment.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

Question from a follower I can't answer: anyone here struggle with demodex mites, & if so, can you send some info & solutions for me to RT?

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus Let me know if anything works!

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus have it affect your skin. Healing means less picking. Aquaphor is amazing, on acne, anything. Even a little helps!

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus Aquaphor. It's used to heal tattoos, but it's powerful enough that even if you pick through it, it'll still do some good to temporarily +

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus but every time you catch yourself try applying lotion to the spot you're targeting instead. At night, try applying healing cream like +

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus I understand if you've tried a ton of things, but try carrying lotion with you. It's harder if you don't consciously notice when you do it +

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus Keeps your skin hydrated so it doesn't break out or get flaky.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@anxiousosaurus When you first put it on it makes your skin slick so it's harder to pick at but it has long term moisturizing properties too!

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

Coconut oil has been wonderful for my legs this year. Shorts might actually happen. Maybe. Big maybe. But still a maybe.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

The more people I tell about it. The more come forward with it.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

TALK ABOUT IT GUYS. I told my roommate about my dermatillomania recently and today she told me she thinks her brother has it.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@Candycanandco bodily focused repetitive behavior! Such as dermatillomania, trichotillomania, dermaphagia, etc.

[Dermatillomaniac @cspmaniac]

@zigzag1980 try using coconut oil as a lotion on them! It'll help you heal and also makes your skin slippery and harder to pick at.