r/Skinpicking

50 yrs old, Female, Immunocompromised, Been battling 7 months in bed, 3 dermatologists that broke me down. Started with dry eyes, demodex blepharitis, full blown demodicosis, to now hair loss, things biting me bad, go through different rash/mite phases. These pictures are most concerning. They are new on my stomach ( entire body's broken out) but these bumps are new. Im in a flare up now so my big bag dance parry hairs are going off, my ears are burning and bright red, my eyes and mouth so dry. I checked for bed bugs. Could this be something else... ive researched a lot about scabies but dont think k so??? Morgallons 1000% and on fire because of the flare up kicking in. My scalp has malezzia and ive tried everything. Everything ive read about shingles well the newer stomach rash doesn't hurt. My entire body is on fire in pain, head itching like crazy, fibers are breaking out, my face is absolutely wrecked with inflammation and mass break out.

Coming out of my eyes, ears, bellybutton, completely covered head to toe inside and out. Don't sleep.average 3 nights a week. I will NOT go back to a dermatologist- unbelievable, gaslighting, demeaning, never even used a derma scope, all but psychiatric... They're awful, just to save face.... while laid up in bed 7 months in horror.

Please will anyone weigh in on thus new stomach rash? Thank you!

I’ve been pretty quiet here for a while, so I figured it was time for an update!!
For anyone who’s new (or doesn’t remember me): I have personally picked my cuticles forever and work in behavioral health and see it all the time in my job too. Sooo I’ve been developing a reusable silicone sleeve that covers the nail and cuticle to help redirect skin picking, nail biting, and other BFRBs.
We’re finally getting close to launch, but I’ve learned that making the product was only half the battle. The real problem has been SIZING 😳
I wanted to launch with multiple sizes because accessibility has always been a core part of this project. But every additional size means another production mold, which gets expensive fast for a small business.
So lately I’ve been obsessing over things I never thought I’d know this much about:
average thumb vs. finger measurements,
how much silicone actually stretches comfortably,
which fingers people pick most often,
and how to make this thing fit as many people as possible without leaving people behind.
One thing I’m really excited about is our Fit Finder. Instead of asking you to guess your size, it’ll ask a couple of simple questions and recommend the best fit for you. Would be happy to share the specific Fit Finder questions ahead of time if people are interested!
This community has influenced so many design decisions over the past year, and I’m incredibly grateful for that. Thank you to everyone who’s shared feedback, encouragement, or even just followed along.
If you want to see the final prototypes, behind-the-scenes updates, and be the first to know when we launch in the next couple of months, I’d love to have you over on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tranquilitips/ The waitlist is open too and is going to flip to honest to gosh preorders in the next couple weeks! https://tranquilitips.com/

It feels surreal to finally be this close. Thanks for sticking with me. ❤️

I have been skin picking since age 2. I joined OSPA (obsessive skin pickers anonymous), and it’s been the only thing to relieve me from compulsive skin picking behavior (after trying absolutely every other “solution” out there). It’s a little-known fellowship, so thought I would post here in case anyone hasn’t heard of it. Not promotion, just want to share my experience and hopefully it can be helpful to anyone still struggling.

https://www.osparecovery.org

My name is Omer and Im a solopreneur - Im dealing with hair-pulling (trichotillomania) for many years now and that what inspired me to build SoloUno

I used to smoke cigarettes and had successfuly rehabed using a rehab app so I thought it would be easy doing the same with my hair pulling, right?

Apperntly not.

I found out that hair pulling, like nail biting and skin picking are a part of a group defined by the DSM-5 as Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)

This group of habits are defined by peoples difficulty to completly stop them “cold turkey” and many people just tend to live with them

One thing became very clear to me: for many people with BFRBs, simply deciding to “just stop” isn’t enough. And when an app is built entirely around the goal of never doing the behavior again, every slip can feel like failure.

So I decided to flip the equation with SoloUno.

Instead of focusing only on one huge, all-or-nothing goal, SoloUno focuses on small daily wins - becoming more aware of the habit, resisting urges when possible, reducing the behavior over time, and building confidence along the way.

And I wanted to make the process fun and engaging enough that people would actually want to keep practicing.

I started reading research, tried therapy myself, and learned about evidence-based approaches used for BFRBs, including Habit Reversal Training (HRT), CBT, and ACT. I wanted to take principles inspired by these approaches and turn them into something people could practice in their everyday lives.

And that became SoloUno ✨

Click here to up-vote - I really apprecaite it!!

Anf of course would love to get any feedback!

Thanks!!