#skinpickingdisorder

Please reblog to spread awareness about compulsive skin picking through this comprehensive documentary, which features top BFRB experts! Let us know what you think by commenting or using #ScarsOfShame in your posts!

We love Millennial Task Force member Nick Santamorena's #SeeMeStand submission - they did a great job! Want to help us raise BFRB Awareness? Submit to our #SeeMeStand campaign - if you post on social media, you have a chance at winning a cool prize! More details at www.bfrb.org/seemestand #Repost @beat.nick (@get_repost) ・・・ Once upon a time I thought I was the only one in the world who pulled out my hair and picked at my skin. I would have never believed that there were thousands of people just like me. It was through the hard work and dedication of @tlcbfrb that I discovered I was part of 2 to 4% of the population that also picks their skin and pulls out their hair. I know that there are countless people out there who still feel this way and I want them to know they are not alone. Please help me raise awareness for #BFRBs and show others that they are not alone. #seemestand and with me. #skinpickingdisorder #dermatillomania #trichotillomania #tlcbfrb #bfrb #BFRBWeek

What a difference one month makes. I'm not wearing any makeup in the picture on the right. I've been a lot better about washing my face lately and not picking, despite all of the stress. #dermatillomania #ocd #skinpickingdisorder #mentalhealth

Well, 3 years later, and I feel like I am in skin-picking remission. It started once I started taking medication for anxiety, and once I started getting fake nails. With fake nails, it is more difficult to get ahold of and pick at the imperfection of my skin. I thought I had tried everything else, including covering the marks with Band-Aids. But what can you do when you find out you're not only allergic to latex bandages but also the adhesive in bandages? -_- I am not completely cured, as there isn't a cure, but I went from picking every day and all day to picking a couple of times a week. This is progress. I also don't pick my lips anymore because of my nails.

While many people think of this as hair loss, it’s actually hair shedding. The medical name for this type of hair shedding is telogen effluvium. It happens when more hairs than normal enter the shedding (telogen) phase of the hair growth lifecycle at the same time. Fever or illness can force more hairs into the shedding phase.

Mind ya fuckn business, even though I tell everyone to stop me 😂😭 let me finish 😖😬😭 #ocd #compulsion #ExcoriationDisorder #skinpickingdisorder #Dermatillomania #aborderlinecynt #endthestigma #MentalHealthAwareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4gGkbDYOSOtKyqAdgZgrPoZWBYOsNE2BwiXA0/?igshid=1eszvuwmw2v24

Day ?¿?¿ of Quarantine...check on your skin picking friends, we are not okay. #dermatillomania #skinpickingdisorder #ExcoriationDisorder https://www.instagram.com/p/B-syAw-Df5dtNC5orwd6MBnhURNWZMcViT60WQ0/?igshid=1lq4t3x2p2nyp

With my migraines I started taking magnesium. I have had some really bad ones because of the weather. I had one yesterday that had been bothering me off and on. I try not to take medicine unless I absolutely have to. My insurance finally approved me for Cambia, because I tried other medicines. It helps so much but was expensive.