#derma tips

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derma tips for healing cuts/sores

• put band aids over the spots you pick the most, and apply coconut oil, ointment, or acne cream over the sores on your face before covering them.

• when you pop a pimple, wrap an ice cube in a cotton ball soaked in rose water, salicyclic acid, or some kind of liquid lotion or face serum. don’t press too hard.

• for me, a spot of tea tree oil and a little bit of aloe or honey helps with minor cuts, and for deeper sores, neosporin or salicylic acid.

• drink as much water as you can! try it with mint or a splash of juice, or drink tea.

• try a lighter moisturizer to reduce breakouts and prevent clogged/infected cuts.

• try face masks with caffeine or ginseng to reduce swelling, but only use the face masks that already come in a stretchy masks so you won’t have to wash or pick anything off.

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more derma tips 💕

try benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin cream (prescribed by a doctor). this works super well clearing up acne and healing cuts and scars. otherwise, just use benzoyl peroxide ($6-10 at most drugstores). 

buy a fidget/stim toy (or make your own), and play with it when you’re feeling the urge to pick.

ask someone in your house to hide sharp objects that you tend to use for picking, like tweezers or comedone extractors.

choose a mantra, and write it down everywhere. repeat it to yourself.  examples incude “i choose not to pick today” or “i am in control, and i’m not going to pick my skin”

if you choose to wear concealer, use it as a spot treatment instead of slathering your face. let your skin breathe. 

do a soothing facemask twice a month. no drying or harsh ingredients. only things like raw honey, yogurt, fresh aloe, or avocado.

drink lots of green tea. 

if you’re trying to heal a cut, a bandaid will heal it 10x faster.  

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ok derma babes, these 100% Pure face masks are absolutely amazing. 

first of all, they’re made from all natural, organic ingredients, so they won’t clog your pores with unnatural chemicals. 

i’ve found that these masks help my dermatillomania a TON, mainly because they help reduce swelling and leave your face soft and moisturized. in fact, when i pick my face, i put one of these on afterwards and it improves my acne/scabs/swelling in just 30 minutes or so. 

additionally, these are hydrogel masks, so you don’t have to worry about having to wash it off after. after the moisture has soaked in, you just peel the mask off all at once and you’re done. no need to touch your face at all.  

my favorites are the ginseng, green tea, and especially the caffeine masks. you can buy individual masks for $7.00 and a pack of 5 for $29.00, and sometimes if you buy other stuff from the 100% Pure website, they’ll send you a couple masks for free! 

seriously guys, these masks make your skin feel soft and clean and help heal cuts and sores, which is perfect for derma dears like us!

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Trim Your Nails

I have found that when my nails are too long, my picking gets a lot worse. I just trimmed mine up today. Just like it’s super hard to open a can of soda with freshly cut nails, it’s harder to get a grip to pick.

Yeah, it makes me sad because my nails grow beautifully. But my skin and mental health are more important.

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Danger days and stickers

Today, after a couple of hours in which the derma urges were so bad I wanted to rip my skin off, and I was absolutely terrified to enter my bathroom, I came up with a new strategy: stickers.

Basically, when I feel that my urges are particularly strong (danger days, as in BBC Sherlock danger nights ;) ) and  the possibility of going in the bathroom to wash my hands and coming out with a messed up face it’s so strong it’s almost a certainty, I put a star shaped sticker on my arm, so I remember to stay  far from the mirror and to not linger in the bathroom.

So far it as helped me quite a lot, it’s a very simple trick and I’m actually surprised it’s helping me, but it is.

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Tips if you have derma and acne

If you have derma and acne things can get very bad, very quickly: a nasty breakout on the forehead can cause an hour session of merciless picking. So here is a list of things I do to tame the urge to destroy my whole face:

- Always keep some kind of spot treatment, something to locally apply on pimples. When the urge comes, apply it. This is very effective for me, because applying a local treatment makes me feel like I’m actively doing something to improve the situation.

- Avoid mirrors. If you are short sighted (like I am) take off your glasses before going to the bathroom. If you are in the middle of a bad breakout, chances are that if you see your face in the mirror, you’ll want to immediately put your hands on it.

- Remember that  what you feel with your fingertips usually looks less bad than what you may think. 

- If a treatment that should be effective on acne starts to make your skin feel tight, stop using it. If it is something your doctor has prescribed, talk to them. Drying out the skin won’t heal acne any faster.

- It’s never to late to stop a picking session. If you have been picking for the last 20 minutes when you finally manage to get the control of your self again, stopping can be hard, you probably think something along the lines of “ Fuck it, it can’t get any worse than this.” But believe me, it can. So take a breath, take a step back from the mirror, drop your arms, shake your shoulders, take another breath and compliment yourself for stopping, don’t beat yourself up because you have done it.