u/Basic-Performer1335

I've been picking the skin off my lips since I was about 8 years old when chlorine made it dry and cracked. I've decided its time i stop for its been too long with the cycle of picking it and healing it back and forth.

I've been trying lately not to do it from sheer willpower and use of lip balm, but when i wake up it feels so uncomfortable and i end up picking it off until it doesn't feel so thick or uncomfortable. But I wonder if that is what the skin is supposed to feel like when its normal? Could others with experience in healing/attempting to stop it let me know how it went for you and if that uncomfortable thick feeling of skin trying to repair itself ever does go away if you just stick with not picking it off?