Update on skin picking 2021/10/1

So in my previous post I shared my skin picking episodes coming back strong.

Since then, I’ve had better days and not so good days and this is the update:

Wednesday:

After a day of distracting my hands with my squeezing toy, the skin is showing recovery and less inflated than Tuesday.

Thursday:

The skin area behind my ear is healing continuously but I’ve been touching the acne in front of the ear too much and starting to inflate. You can also start to see on my cheek a new one coming up from my incessant touching irritating the skin.

Friday:

Spending the whole day at home, under no one’s watch, and stressed out by my work (working from home), I couldn’t stop my skin picking- especially 2 spots (one in front of the ear and one on my cheek)

Tomorrow, I’ll be out and about (instead of just sat at my desk alone at home) and hopefully it will be distracting enough that I can give my skin some time to heal.

Why am I sharing these grim photos? I’m well aware they’re ugly to see, but I’m hoping that it will reach someone that’s struggling with something similar, and show that you’re not alone.

I’ll hopefully be able to come back soon with more progress.

P.S. you might be thinking ‘what about gloves?’- yes, gloves are great and they do help. But sometimes I get so sick of them and take them off. It’s not a perfect solution but it still is helpful to have them around!