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how to get my dd to stop picking her lip...

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helsi · 14/06/2005 20:00

my dd (now 2.5) has developed a habit of picking skin off her top lip. She started it last year when she developed a bit of cold and got chapped lips. She found a bit of dry skin and picked it off. Since then she does it nearly all the time and this week she has made it so sore that it has bled more than once.
She nows that she shouldn't so it as it makes it sore but what else can I try?

any ideas?

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TheVillageIdiot · 21/06/2005 13:56

yeah! can I? It gets worse with stress, i'm a biter to. Sometime sub-conciously, sometimes consiously

starlover · 21/06/2005 13:55

TVI... wanna join our lip-picking club?

TheVillageIdiot · 21/06/2005 13:52

nearly 27 and I still do it

helsi · 21/06/2005 13:50

hee hee - the lip is healing!!!

After two bouts of particularly bad bleeding I told her that if she picked it again I would take her lips off and give them to the dog and she would then not be able to eat any ice cream!!

Its worked she hasn't picked them since I think I frightened her bit!!

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shalaa · 15/06/2005 14:20

Oh dear, i'm obsessed with picking. Doesn't just stop at me either, DS cradle cap stood no chance and DP gets attacked if he has a spot or something. Thing is, if I try and stop it really winds me up!

sparklymieow · 14/06/2005 23:44

I think its called Dermotilomania or something like that

sparklymieow · 14/06/2005 23:40

Starlover, I also have Trichotilomania, bit messed up me......

mummylonglegs · 14/06/2005 22:43

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starlover · 14/06/2005 22:27

shalaa... me too!!!!

rickman YES! i am picking as we speak! and there is still a teeeeeeeeeny tiny little bit sticking up that i can't quite get, but will continue til it gets worse and worse!

I used to frequent a mental health forum online, and apparently there is an actual condition where people pick at their faces and stuff... it's a bit like trichotillomania (spelling?) where people pull their hair out... but it's where people are obsessed with picking at spots, or skin etc...

rickman · 14/06/2005 21:45

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shalaa · 14/06/2005 21:45

should see me when I get a spot, if it's under the skin I stick a pin in it!

God it's all coming out now

helsi · 14/06/2005 21:42

oh the anguish - she's only 2.5!!

she currently looks like she has been punched and has a split lip!!

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starlover · 14/06/2005 21:42

i also chew mine when my hands are busy(ie, on here)

shalaa · 14/06/2005 21:40

I pick more when i'm nervous as well, glad to know i'm not the only one!

Bet were filling you were hope here aren't we helsi!

starlover · 14/06/2005 21:38

lol zebra! i have tried soooooooo hard to stop. I use lipbalm ALL the time so that they don't get dry... but it only takes one night where my lips dry out and i just can't help it!!!

I do it more when i am nervous. Bet that makes me look great in job interviews!

p.s... i only pick my nose in secret! lol

helsi · 14/06/2005 21:37

oh goodness me - look what I've started - I only asked (backing away sheepishly)

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shalaa · 14/06/2005 21:37

ah but bet you don't pick your nose!

I admit it, given half a chance I pick at anything...

zebraZ · 14/06/2005 21:37

... and definitely not over a meal, starlover.

starlover · 14/06/2005 21:33

shalaa.. i am even worse.. i pick it and eat it!

oh, that sounds sooooo disgusting reading it! I hope no-one from any of my meet-ups appears on this thread!!!

zebraZ · 14/06/2005 21:32

I used to do it as a kid, too, but I did stop. Your lips will recover if you leave them alone long enough.
Go on girls, you can do it, all together now, 1...2...3...sit on your hands now!

shalaa · 14/06/2005 21:29

ah we can finally stand up and say "yes I am a lip picker"! I'm disgusting because I pick my lip and flick the skin on to the floor. Being picking it since I can remember, tried every lip moisturiser known to man and nothing has worked. Looks horrid alot of the time but the skin goes weird if I don't pick it, it's like there's an air bubble trapped under the skin!

sparklymieow · 14/06/2005 20:19

whoops was just picking my lips when I read this... must stop....

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debs26 · 14/06/2005 20:18

i do this too. i read somewhere your lips get more flaky if you are lacking vit b or iron and mine do get worse around the time of the month or when im pregnant and therefore more anaemic than usual. vitamin tablets can help

starlover · 14/06/2005 20:14

shalaa.. i make mine bleed too! My lips look horrible sometimes. and can't wear lipstick because it makes it all flaky. yuck.

and you too rickman?
i can't believe there are other people who do this... thought i was the only one!!!

shalaa · 14/06/2005 20:09

Snap, i'm also 25 and still do this. Yes it's sore and I make it bleed but I can't stop!!

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