Why do people pick at the bottom of their feet?

Sometimes I bleed. I bought Solarcaine to spray on my feet b/c it numbs the skin and kills bacteria, but it also dries out the skin, so instead of helping my feet heal, it just makes my feet easier and less painful to pick.

What do people with skin picking disorder do?

People with skin-picking disorder, however, may pick at scabs, bumps, pimples, or other skin lesions until they bleed again or become inflamed. They may also pick at the skin around their fingernails and toenails.

How can I get dead skin off my feet?

However, since I recieved as a gift, this new thing called the “Ped Egg” which can be bought at any drug store, it basically is like a cheese grater and gets all the dead skin off the bottom of my heels, then I put lotion on it, so my feet, heels have been a lot better.

What’s the best way to stop picking your skin?

Make it harder to pick One simple strategy to reduce picking, called stimulus control, involves changing your environment to make it harder to pick.

What to do if you pick at the bottom of your feet?

I bought Solarcaine to spray on my feet b/c it numbs the skin and kills bacteria, but it also dries out the skin, so instead of helping my feet heal, it just makes my feet easier and less painful to pick. Usually I end up spreading bacitracin or neosporin on the raw areas and covering them with bandaids or gauze, then limping around my apt.

Do you pick the skin off your fingers?

I’ve been picking and eating the skin on and around my fingers for as long as i can remember. I wait for it to get hard and calloused and then i peel it off and lay it out, then i pick it up and eat it when im done. *sigh* i stopped for a couple of years.

How long have I been picking my feet?

I’ve been picking obsessively at the soles of my feet for about 16 years now. In my younger days I had other obsessive habits: a year or so of OCD riutualistic behaviour with which involved categorising things with numbers, then obsessive blackhead removal followed by a period of constant searching for split ends.

Can you eat the skin off your feet?

It’s not only my fingers I eat the skin off of. It’s also my feet. My heel is raw and I can’t barley walk on it sometimes. I have tried so many different things to stop my addiction but nothing works. I need help. Hi alice. Im luisa and im 22. I’ve been picking and eating the skin on and around my fingers for as long as i can remember.