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Skin picking wife will not stop picking the skin on her face.?
Sep 14th
Question by G: Skin picking wife will not stop picking the skin on her face.?
My wife picks the skin on her face all day long, some days she can have as many as 8 sore spots on her face (she covers them up with make-up). She says they are pimples, at first I thought she was right but after watching her for 3 yrs I know its not true. When I try to talk to her about it she says I should stop criticizing her and gets very defensive.
She also picks her forearms so much that she has actually developed a callus which looks like a corn and bleeds if she picks it too much. She treats all these “pimples” with acne creams every night, is it bad to put that on a wound and not a pimple. Trying to get her to stop is like trying to get a junkie off heroin. What should I do? Its getting so bad that I don’t like being in the same room with her. Its disgusting!
FYI…she’s not doing drugs, I just used that as an example. I’ve confronted her several times and she says accept me for who I am. She may be very lonely in the near future.
Best answer:
Answer by GAYLE
MY BROTHER IS A DRUG ADDICT HE DOES THIS AS WELL OBSSESSIVE COMPULSIVE she will need professional help and shes right if you confront her she will only do it more
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Q&A: Wife will not stop picking the skin on her face and arms.?
Sep 7th
Question by G: Wife will not stop picking the skin on her face and arms.?
My wife picks the skin on her face all day long, some days she can have as many as 8 sore spots on her face (she covers them up with make-up). She says they are pimples, at first I thought she was right but after watching her for 3 yrs I know its not true. When I try to talk to her about it she says I should stop criticizing her and gets very defensive.
She also picks her forearms so much that she has actually developed a callus which looks like a corn and bleeds if she picks it too much. She treats all these “pimples” with acne creams every night, is it bad to put that on a wound and not a pimple. Trying to get her to stop is like trying to get a junkie off heroin. What should I do? Its getting so bad that I don’t like being in the same room with her. Its disgusting!
Best answer:
Answer by mark s
she has a bad habit like biting her nails when she does it,my sister does it too,and picks her pinky toe nail completey off ,she is 37yrs,her face is a mess it may be nervers too.
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Home Remedies For Dry Skin: Some of Them Are More Than Old Wives’ Tales, as Fuller Brush Knows
Jan 6th
“So what home remedies for dry skin would you recommend?” Natasha asked Charlie, as she padded out of her bedroom holding a Fuller Brush toothbrush in her hand. “I mean, they’re all nuts, right? Old wives’ tales if you ask me.”
Charlie shrugged.
“There’s a ring of truth to the ones that are still around today,” he insisted.
His roommate stepped towards him and poked him in the chest as she responded:
“They’re all hoopla, my friend!”
“Hoopla?” he responded.
“They’re all marketing gimmicks. The best anti-wrinkle creams – if you ask me, and you didn’t – but the best anti-wrinkle creams on the market are actually sold as hemorrhoid creams.”
“Hemorrhoid creams?” he repeated, wrinkling his own face.
“You gotcha!” Natasha poked him once more for good measure.
“Alright, first of all, what did I tell you about personal space?” Charlie asked her. “You cannot flirt with me and give me the impression that you like me – as you usually do – because it hurts me right here.” He touched his chest.
She took a theatrical step back, and looked down at her tee shirt and legs as if making sure she was not invading his space. Then she pointed to the gap between her eyebrows.
“Look,” she said, and he saw the patch of dry skin. “How do I fix this without using one of your stupid home remedies for dry skin?”
“You and me have known each other since when? Middle school?” Charlie asked her.
She nodded, adding: “And then some.”
“And then some. And have I ever given you bad advice?”
She pouted and shook her head.
“I’ve never steered you wrong, right?”
“No, Charlie. But what are you going to give me to clear up my dry skin?”
“Witch hazel lotion,” he declared. He pulled open the bathroom door and she followed him in. He opened the cabinet above the sink and took out the container of Fuller Brush lotion.
“Witch hazel!” she shrieked, and she then cackled like a witch. “It even sounds like something out of the seventeenth century!”
“A lot of these so-called home remedies, as you call them,” Charlie began. “You take Saint John’s Wort, or Valerian root, or lavender – take your pick, Tash – these are still popular today because they actually work. Now I’m not some dippy hippy, alright? I’m not a member of the yogurt mad bean curd brigade.”
She laughed.
“I work a nine to five job,” he continued. “…where I have to be clean shaven. I have to shave every day, and one of those home remedies for dry skin that you baulk at is this Fuller Brush witch hazel lotion. Just try it, alright?”
She looked at him in the mirror, put his arms around his shoulders and smiled. They looked at each other’s reflections.
“Alright, I’ll give it a go.”
“Tash, you’re breaking my heart here.”
“Huh?” She looked at him in the mirror.
“Personal space?”
She pecked him on the cheek.
“You love it really,” she said.
Relationship Between Skin Problems And Smoking
Jan 5th
It is easy to distinguish a smoker from a non-smoker by looking at his or her skin, fingers and face. Smoking not only causes yellowed fingers and fingertips or premature wrinkling but also a variety of serious skin problems. For instance, smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, a chronic skin problem, which is not only unsightly but also painful.
Clinical studies establishing the link between smoking and skin problems
Many studies have established the negative effect of smoking on skin. A recent study in South Korea involving smokers and ex-smokers between the age of 20 and 69 found that, out of the 2 groups smokers had a higher amount of wrinkles. The study also showed that the ex smokers age had less wrinkles than those who still smoke.
The vulnerability of skin to smoke and other substances
Skin is the most sensitive and vulnerable of all body parts. It is exposed to smoke directly as well as indirectly. Smoke released in the environment has a drying effect on the surface of your skin. Inhaling smoke restricts blood vessels, which hampers the flow of blood to your skin and deprives skin of oxygen and essential nutrients. Smoking also leads to the creasing of your mouth, the hollowing of your cheeks and premature wrinkling around your eyes and your mouth. Smoking depletes the natural level of vitamin A in your body, an essential nutrient needed for the protection of your skin.
How does smoking cause skin problems?
The most likely cause behind skin problems in smokers is an increased production of harmful enzymes that break down collagen in the skin. Collagen is a protein type that helps to keep the skin smooth and supple by protecting its elasticity. Research has shown that smoking causes wrinkles and damage to skin prematurely, by up to 10 to 20 years. Some of the damage done to the skin by smoking is irreversible, therefore the sooner you quit smoking, the better.
Options to quit smoking
Chantix and Zyban are 2 options you can take to help you to quit smoking. Both these drugs are FDA approved and safe and effective options to quit smoking. However, you must not take both these drugs simultaneously to increase your chances of success in quitting smoking. Consult a doctor or a healthcare professional to discover how well these treatments can work for you.
Home Remedies For Dry Skin: Some of Them Are More Than Old Wives’ Tales, as Fuller Brush Knows
Jan 5th
“So what home remedies for dry skin would you recommend?” Natasha asked Charlie, as she padded out of her bedroom holding a Fuller Brush toothbrush in her hand. “I mean, they’re all nuts, right? Old wives’ tales if you ask me.”
Charlie shrugged.
“There’s a ring of truth to the ones that are still around today,” he insisted.
His roommate stepped towards him and poked him in the chest as she responded:
“They’re all hoopla, my friend!”
“Hoopla?” he responded.
“They’re all marketing gimmicks. The best anti-wrinkle creams – if you ask me, and you didn’t – but the best anti-wrinkle creams on the market are actually sold as hemorrhoid creams.”
“Hemorrhoid creams?” he repeated, wrinkling his own face.
“You gotcha!” Natasha poked him once more for good measure.
“Alright, first of all, what did I tell you about personal space?” Charlie asked her. “You cannot flirt with me and give me the impression that you like me – as you usually do – because it hurts me right here.” He touched his chest.
She took a theatrical step back, and looked down at her tee shirt and legs as if making sure she was not invading his space. Then she pointed to the gap between her eyebrows.
“Look,” she said, and he saw the patch of dry skin. “How do I fix this without using one of your stupid home remedies for dry skin?”
“You and me have known each other since when? Middle school?” Charlie asked her.
She nodded, adding: “And then some.”
“And then some. And have I ever given you bad advice?”
She pouted and shook her head.
“I’ve never steered you wrong, right?”
“No, Charlie. But what are you going to give me to clear up my dry skin?”
“Witch hazel lotion,” he declared. He pulled open the bathroom door and she followed him in. He opened the cabinet above the sink and took out the container of Fuller Brush lotion.
“Witch hazel!” she shrieked, and she then cackled like a witch. “It even sounds like something out of the seventeenth century!”
“A lot of these so-called home remedies, as you call them,” Charlie began. “You take Saint John’s Wort, or Valerian root, or lavender – take your pick, Tash – these are still popular today because they actually work. Now I’m not some dippy hippy, alright? I’m not a member of the yogurt mad bean curd brigade.”
She laughed.
“I work a nine to five job,” he continued. “…where I have to be clean shaven. I have to shave every day, and one of those home remedies for dry skin that you baulk at is this Fuller Brush witch hazel lotion. Just try it, alright?”
She looked at him in the mirror, put his arms around his shoulders and smiled. They looked at each other’s reflections.
“Alright, I’ll give it a go.”
“Tash, you’re breaking my heart here.”
“Huh?” She looked at him in the mirror.
“Personal space?”
She pecked him on the cheek.
“You love it really,” she said.
How To Cure Dry Skin
Jan 5th
Having dry skin on your face is very annoying. It has a low level of sebum and can be prone to sensitivity. Dryness is exacerbated by wind, extremes of temperature and air-conditioning, all of which cause the skin to flake, chap and feel tight. It looks dull, especially on the cheeks and around the eyes.
Dry skin is caused by some factors below:
a. The oil glands do not supply enough lubrication to the skin. As a result, the skin becomes dehydrated.
b. Nutritional deficiencies, especially deficiencies of vitamin A and vitamin B, they can also contribute to dry skin.
c. Skin gets exposed to the elements especially in winter.
d. Environmental factors such as exposure to sun, wind, cold, chemicals, cosmetics, or excessive bathing with harsh soaps.
e. It could be due to a genetic condition.
f. Certain drugs, including diuretics, antispasmodics, and antihistamines, can contribute to dry skin.
Here are some methods that you can try to cure dry skin:
a. Don’t ever use hot water to wash your face, Use mineral water to freshen your face.
b. Avoid to use commercial soap to wash your face because it can remove natural oils protecting the skin. Use non detergent, neutral-pH products to clean your skin.
c. Once a week, use a facial mask to clarify the skin and remove dull, dry surface skin cells.
d. Increase your consumption of water and essential fatty acids.
e. Avoid smoke and alcohol.
f. Take vitamin E orally.
g. Drink at least eight glasses of water a day to keep your skin well hydrated, eat a high-quality diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and limit sun exposure.
If needed, consult to an allergist to find out if an allergic reaction might be causing your dry skin.
Homemade Skin Care
Jan 5th
As it is with everything else, knowing the condition of the different parts of your body is the first step in homemade skin care. Skin is no different. Knowing your skin type is the beginning of giving your skin the proper treatment to maintain good skin tone and condition.
Your skin type is a general description of how your skin feels and behaves.
The most common types used for commercial products are normal, oily, dry and combination skin. Other categories include blemish-prone, sensitive and sun-damaged skin.
Convenient as these skin type categories are in choosing products, it is not exactly the best way to know and understand your skin on a level that will really help it. This is perhaps the reason why, even though the “right” products have been used for your designated skin type, you still experience either dryness, oiliness, acne and other problems.
Why is this so? First of all, you have to remember, like any part of your body, you skin is never the same all throughout. It goes through all sorts of conditions depending on several factors, some of which include your genes, your lifestyle and habits. Add to this the fact that the problems you are experiencing may not be simply the result of lack of homemade skin care. There are cases when skin diseases are the reasons.
So from here on end, it will be good for you to forget what beauty magazines, cosmetic salespeople, and aestheticians tell you about the four skin types.
It’s about time you go beneath the surface and really know what your skin is about.
First off, know the factors that Influence your skin type. This can get tricky since almost everything can influence your skin and the condition it’s in. Just looking and feeling your face is not enough to determine your skin type. To get an effective evaluation of your skin, consider the following.
The first set of factors affecting your skin are those within your own body. Hormonal changes brought on by your body’s development influence your skin to a huge extent. For women, the menstrual cycle can cause drastic changes on the skin. The same goes for periods of pregnancy and menopause. Men are also subject to these influences, especially in the puberty stage as hormones causes the body to develop, and would also benefit from homemade skin care.
Great Looking Skin in Your 40′s Takes a Good Skin Care Program in Your 20′s
Jan 5th
It is inevitable that we all age; skin will lose elasticity and slowly the signs of aging will become apparent with brown spots, and fine lines and wrinkles. However, it is important to note that how you treat your skin in your twenties will forever be apparent later in life. Beginning a preventive maintenance skin care program in your twenties will help maintain a youthful glow well into your 40′s.
Our skin ages in two ways: the accumulated physical changes normally associated with the passage of time (chronological aging) and through the accumulated damage caused by exposure to environmental pollutants and UV radiation (accelerated aging). Both of these types of aging can be slowed down with proper skin care and protection.
Your twenties could be considered the age of prevention, when most skin care issues start with lack of care. Forgetting to wash your face before bed can lead to clogged pores, whiteheads and blackheads. Squinting in the sun and not using moisturizers can contribute to fine dry lines around the eyes. Too little sleep, too much alcohol and smoking can dull the complexion. Serious sunburn can now set the stage for age spots, and worse yet set the stage for some form of skin cancer including melanoma
The first step in developing the right skin care program to ward off premature aging is to determine your skin type. Is your skin on the dry side, oily or a combination of both – knowing your skin type will ensure that you have selected the most beneficial skin care products. If you are not sure how to determine your skin type read my article “How to Determine Your Skin Type”.
Your beauty regimen should consist of daily cleansing, toning and moisturizing. No matter what skin type you have (dry, oily, or combination) these steps are the key to great skin. For those with dry skin, avoid lathering type cleansers, and toners that are alcohol based. Your moisturizer should be rich in emollients. For those with oily skin, do not over dry the skin with to harsh of skin care products, this only leads the skin to produce more oil to combat that “dry” skin feeling.
Exfoliates and Masks:
A good exfoliate stimulates skin cells, cleans pores and sloughs off dead skin. No matter what skin type, an exfoliate is recommended, and depending on your skin type and the type of exfoliate, they should be used as needed. Additionally, facial masks do wonder to hydrate and nourish the skin.
Sunscreen – Although we hear it over and over again, don’t leave home without your sunscreen on. Sunscreen will protect your skin from those age spots that will eventually show up later in life or worse yet development of some form of skin cancer.
On a personal note, look for products that contain natural ingredients such as green tea, jojoba oil, or aloe vera just to name a few. Better yet consider making your own toners, masks, and exfoliates. By taking care of your skin in your twenties you will be rewarded in your 40′s by less wrinkles, age spots, and an overall beautiful complexion.
Great Looking Skin in Your 40′s Takes a Good Skin Care Program in Your 20′s
Jan 5th
It is inevitable that we all age; skin will lose elasticity and slowly the signs of aging will become apparent with brown spots, and fine lines and wrinkles. However, it is important to note that how you treat your skin in your twenties will forever be apparent later in life. Beginning a preventive maintenance skin care program in your twenties will help maintain a youthful glow well into your 40′s.
Our skin ages in two ways: the accumulated physical changes normally associated with the passage of time (chronological aging) and through the accumulated damage caused by exposure to environmental pollutants and UV radiation (accelerated aging). Both of these types of aging can be slowed down with proper skin care and protection.
Your twenties could be considered the age of prevention, when most skin care issues start with lack of care. Forgetting to wash your face before bed can lead to clogged pores, whiteheads and blackheads. Squinting in the sun and not using moisturizers can contribute to fine dry lines around the eyes. Too little sleep, too much alcohol and smoking can dull the complexion. Serious sunburn can now set the stage for age spots, and worse yet set the stage for some form of skin cancer including melanoma
The first step in developing the right skin care program to ward off premature aging is to determine your skin type. Is your skin on the dry side, oily or a combination of both – knowing your skin type will ensure that you have selected the most beneficial skin care products. If you are not sure how to determine your skin type read my article “How to Determine Your Skin Type”.
Your beauty regimen should consist of daily cleansing, toning and moisturizing. No matter what skin type you have (dry, oily, or combination) these steps are the key to great skin. For those with dry skin, avoid lathering type cleansers, and toners that are alcohol based. Your moisturizer should be rich in emollients. For those with oily skin, do not over dry the skin with to harsh of skin care products, this only leads the skin to produce more oil to combat that “dry” skin feeling.
Exfoliates and Masks:
A good exfoliate stimulates skin cells, cleans pores and sloughs off dead skin. No matter what skin type, an exfoliate is recommended, and depending on your skin type and the type of exfoliate, they should be used as needed. Additionally, facial masks do wonder to hydrate and nourish the skin.
Sunscreen – Although we hear it over and over again, don’t leave home without your sunscreen on. Sunscreen will protect your skin from those age spots that will eventually show up later in life or worse yet development of some form of skin cancer.
On a personal note, look for products that contain natural ingredients such as green tea, jojoba oil, or aloe vera just to name a few. Better yet consider making your own toners, masks, and exfoliates. By taking care of your skin in your twenties you will be rewarded in your 40′s by less wrinkles, age spots, and an overall beautiful complexion.
Home Remedies For Dry Skin: Some of Them Are More Than Old Wives’ Tales, as Fuller Brush Knows
Jan 5th
“So what home remedies for dry skin would you recommend?” Natasha asked Charlie, as she padded out of her bedroom holding a Fuller Brush toothbrush in her hand. “I mean, they’re all nuts, right? Old wives’ tales if you ask me.”
Charlie shrugged.
“There’s a ring of truth to the ones that are still around today,” he insisted.
His roommate stepped towards him and poked him in the chest as she responded:
“They’re all hoopla, my friend!”
“Hoopla?” he responded.
“They’re all marketing gimmicks. The best anti-wrinkle creams – if you ask me, and you didn’t – but the best anti-wrinkle creams on the market are actually sold as hemorrhoid creams.”
“Hemorrhoid creams?” he repeated, wrinkling his own face.
“You gotcha!” Natasha poked him once more for good measure.
“Alright, first of all, what did I tell you about personal space?” Charlie asked her. “You cannot flirt with me and give me the impression that you like me – as you usually do – because it hurts me right here.” He touched his chest.
She took a theatrical step back, and looked down at her tee shirt and legs as if making sure she was not invading his space. Then she pointed to the gap between her eyebrows.
“Look,” she said, and he saw the patch of dry skin. “How do I fix this without using one of your stupid home remedies for dry skin?”
“You and me have known each other since when? Middle school?” Charlie asked her.
She nodded, adding: “And then some.”
“And then some. And have I ever given you bad advice?”
She pouted and shook her head.
“I’ve never steered you wrong, right?”
“No, Charlie. But what are you going to give me to clear up my dry skin?”
“Witch hazel lotion,” he declared. He pulled open the bathroom door and she followed him in. He opened the cabinet above the sink and took out the container of Fuller Brush lotion.
“Witch hazel!” she shrieked, and she then cackled like a witch. “It even sounds like something out of the seventeenth century!”
“A lot of these so-called home remedies, as you call them,” Charlie began. “You take Saint John’s Wort, or Valerian root, or lavender – take your pick, Tash – these are still popular today because they actually work. Now I’m not some dippy hippy, alright? I’m not a member of the yogurt mad bean curd brigade.”
She laughed.
“I work a nine to five job,” he continued. “…where I have to be clean shaven. I have to shave every day, and one of those home remedies for dry skin that you baulk at is this Fuller Brush witch hazel lotion. Just try it, alright?”
She looked at him in the mirror, put his arms around his shoulders and smiled. They looked at each other’s reflections.
“Alright, I’ll give it a go.”
“Tash, you’re breaking my heart here.”
“Huh?” She looked at him in the mirror.
“Personal space?”
She pecked him on the cheek.
“You love it really,” she said.
