Well I'm feeling a tad guilty for not posting yesterday hence this very late night post now! So starting where I left off... I actually managed pretty well not touching my face, not perfect but definitely an improvement. After the event though I 'had' to pick two tiny spots on my forehead (the one I freaked out about on he train and another mini whitehead) but went to bed a little drunk and not so defeated. When I woke up they were coverable so I wasn't too disappointed in myself but then for some unbeknown reason I started fiddling with the cheek scab and ripped it off. A scab that had been healing for less than a day!
It's very unlike me to sabotage the healing process, once I've caused the damage I usually get so worried I've scarred myself that I can leave the scab alone until it's ready and flakes off. So then I panicked a bit because I had to go to the airport and didn't have the time so just covered the shiny pink area that remained and got my flight back home. I know it was bad to pick the scab but by some miracle by the time I got home it looked a lot better, and since I didn't pick last night (mainly due to spending time with my boyfriend like a normal person!) I kind of forgot to post. Which seems like a lack of commitment on my behalf but I see it as more of a success that I wasn't spending so much time thinking about my skin.
Today was (in skin picking terms) very uneventful but spent the day with my friends, boyfriend and then with my family to tonight which lead to such a late entry. I have also achieved another mini task for myself by going straight to bed and not passing some time picking my skin. And although I'm never very optimistic about my progress, I can perhaps say that whilst I'm not actually on the road to success just yet, I am at least heading in that direction :)
All I have to do now is ignore the annoying red thing that's started to grow on my forehead!!! Easy peasy! Ha
It's very unlike me to sabotage the healing process, once I've caused the damage I usually get so worried I've scarred myself that I can leave the scab alone until it's ready and flakes off. So then I panicked a bit because I had to go to the airport and didn't have the time so just covered the shiny pink area that remained and got my flight back home. I know it was bad to pick the scab but by some miracle by the time I got home it looked a lot better, and since I didn't pick last night (mainly due to spending time with my boyfriend like a normal person!) I kind of forgot to post. Which seems like a lack of commitment on my behalf but I see it as more of a success that I wasn't spending so much time thinking about my skin.
Today was (in skin picking terms) very uneventful but spent the day with my friends, boyfriend and then with my family to tonight which lead to such a late entry. I have also achieved another mini task for myself by going straight to bed and not passing some time picking my skin. And although I'm never very optimistic about my progress, I can perhaps say that whilst I'm not actually on the road to success just yet, I am at least heading in that direction :)
All I have to do now is ignore the annoying red thing that's started to grow on my forehead!!! Easy peasy! Ha