This is a gross topic, but for some reason if I ever have a scab, I cannot stop myself from picking it! And then when it scabs again, I pick it again... I scraped my knee walking the dog a few weeks ago, and I have picked it probably 5 times now. 
The worst is that I scraped it right over a spot where I had a scrape 7 years ago. I picked that scab too so I had a horrible scar that was JUST starting to fade... and now I'm starting from scratch! I always regret it but I can't stop!
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Yes! Always!! I hate it though, because once I pick a scab it will leave a scar there
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YEP. It's horrible but so satisfying.
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It's so gross and I cannot help it! I'm the worst with blemishes-- like, first I try to pop it, even though it 100% always makes it worse, then I keep picking at it when it inevitably forms a scab. I have so many scars on my knees from doing this as a child too.
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@Foodnerd81: same here with blemishes and pimples!
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@MrsBrewer: It never ever helps. Why do we keep doing it??? I even tell myself as I'm doing it, this is only going to make it worse. You know that...
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Sadly, yup! I can't help it! =(
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Oh yes, I'm SO bad about it. The worst was when I had bad acne as a teenager. I couldn't stop picking the zits OR the scabs... ugh
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I pick mine and I pick DH's. It is a disease. I can't control the urge.
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I'm really glad I'm not the only one! It's so weird - when I'm doing it, I feel like its the absolutely right thing to do, like I must do it. Then as soon as its over I feel horribly guilty and grossed out!
I will say I don't pick zit scabs! Just scrapes and that sort of thing. And I don't pick DH's, @TurtleDoves - you win!
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Hmm, not since I was in elementary school! I liked ripping them off in big pieces!
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@daniellemybelle: he likes it. Not kidding....he is a freak. He says, "just get it! hurry up!" and he turns his head away while I get it. EEEwww...saying it makes it too real.
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@TurtleDoves: Haha! Ew! That is true love!
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So glad I'm not alone with my scab/zit picking problem... DH is used to seeing me hunched over the magnifying mirror popping zits. So lovely... but I pick his too
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Not on my body but I HATE the look of a scab on my face. I hope that if I get it off, my skin will look normal again but that's usually not the case.
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Yes : I and I have eczema so it just makes matters so much worse. I wish I could stop!!!
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UGH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I just picked it again. What is wrong with me!? This thing is going to be hideous.
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@daniellemybelle: Haha I'm so sorry. I like to make cuts on my lips and then pick at the cuts forever and never let them heal. And then I look like I have herpes all over my mouth! I don't have herpes, I MADE the wound myself. Ugh. I'm so gross.
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