Need some advice/help on healing fresh picked skin.
Hey ya’ll please no mean or rude comments… I’m very embarrassed about posting this but seeing other people’s posts have given me a little confidence to post this.
Two years ago, I started dealing with really bad, scaly, flaky, dry skin around my scalp and ears and hairline. Back then I didn’t really pick much at it, but I would pick at the acne that I would get. Fast-forward to today, I compulsively will pick all the dead dry, flaky skin off around my ears and hairline and scalp, even if it’s not ready to be removed and it’ll cause it to bleed, and unfortunately, I have been getting a lot more blackheads recently, which has been causing me to try to pop all of them as best as I can. I’ve also noticed more hair growth on my face, but I don’t have insurance right now to be able to go to a doctor to see if I possibly have PCOS. I’m 27 years old but feel like I’m 40 years old with how my face looks. It is so embarrassing that I don’t even wanna leave the house. I’ll do so well for about a week but then I just go downhill again and start to spiral and pick on everything that had just almost finished healing.
What are some good remedies to reduce redness after picking? I use antiseptic spray and Neosporin on them and I also will use pimple patches when I have them available, but it takes so long for my face to heal. I’d like all of this to be healed up less than a week… Is that possible if I don’t pick at it at all? What are some good ways to avoid picking up my face? Like I said it’s compulsive so almost anytime I go to the bathroom, I start picking like it’s second nature. It probably also doesn’t help that I live in and rent a trailer here in Indianapolis where our water comes directly from the White River, and if you know… you know!! TIA for reading..