Skin Picking Prevention

1) If you are acne prone, avoid pore clogging ingredients. This one thing resolved most of my ongoing blemishes. Copy/paste the list of ingredients of skincare, makeup, and hair care, into an acne prone ingredients checker like the free one from Clearstem and it will highlight ingredients that may cause a reaction in acne-prone skin. See link.

2) Apply a pimple patch, a powder spot treatment (like PRIIA Calm Down Anti-Blemish powder or The Ordinary Sulfur 10% Powder to Cream Concentrate) and don’t rub it in until you go to sleep, or a clay mask as a spot treatment. This will make the texture displeasing to pick at.

3) Snack on sunflower seeds in the shell while watching TV. These can be addicting, so you’ll want to portion it out and take it slow while you snack, but they are a great for sensory seeking hands.