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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another picker here, aged 43.  I'm grateful that for the most part I can limit it, but as a child I had terrible eczema and picked and picked and it was a nightmare.  Controlling allergen triggers helped my skin itself, and the decreased itching helped me to avoid the picking, but like the PP above[b] I often pick new areas just because they are not smooth.[/b]  And as I age - and I have fair skin - I have lots and lots of new places that are all of a sudden inexplicably hardened or scaly, and so I pick them, and cause bleeding, then pick the scabs, then cause scarring...it's a vicious cycle.

Thanks to others for sharing.[/quote]

This is why I do it and the same reason I mess with my fingernails & cuticuls.  I don't like the rough or uneven textures.

Can you put band-aids on the sores?  The type that stick all the way around.  Also, put some oniment on it so it stays moist, may slow healing but less itch.  Part of the problem is at the sore heals it starts to itch so to someone like me, it feels better to pull the scab off to relieve the itching.[/quote]

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