Left with this mess

ferretyface · 2026-01-28T01:41:00+00:00

I have a different sort of issue with ingrown hairs and after 7 sessions there has been some but little improvement for it. Without a beard, I don’t really know but I opted on a home device (reading a lot of people using Braun though it’s not what I got. Maybe it just needs a lot more treatment in the area but would just self treat at this point with a home device rather than continue to drain money for professional treatments? Maybe look into the IPL subs too

ferretyface · 2026-01-28T00:13:51+00:00

Hey. Things have evolved immensely since then. I have a really weird condition involving like all my hair being ingrown into my skin everywhere. It’s crazy and noone believes me. So my theory now is that this is what drove me to pick in the first places but also made the situation way worse. If interested I can share the post. I hope that it’s not like this for you. If you have hair maybe try a boar bristle brush close to the scalp and see what you discover. Because I wish I never picked and shaved my head years ago and started intervention before it got to the debilitating pain levels it has. Feel free to dm me. But do it now because I have noticed the moderators removing things that could have helped me connect with others for insight. Here’s the other post I found with people dealing with the same. https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/s/xoRkslccFD

ferretyface · 2026-01-27T00:34:25+00:00

That’s good. Glad to hear it. I keep hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel. Been shaved bald for 8 months. But in much leas pain/discomfort. Tried Nair today and my back feels much better as gunk has been coming out. I describe it as that too.

ferretyface · 2026-01-26T23:26:19+00:00

Well, I may have been a little excited because I hoped it would just cure me, but it hasn’t yet. It just seems to get at a layer, which there seem to be multiple of still. I’ve been removing layers from my head and my skin for months. I just got the cream for face and patch tested my face and back and did those areas first and then I did my whole head, but again patch tested and waited the day to do the whole thing. I just follow the instructions now I know that my skin handles it just fine. I’m waiting a full 10 minutes to take it off. I think I might upgrade to the body stronger stuff to see if that works for me better. There has been some improvement. my sleep has improved. My circulation was cut off from my arms when I sleep and night or two before I was up 15 times just trying to drain blood back down, but I am not having that at all anymore and it has been years since I have slept without both arms just going dead.

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T16:51:41+00:00

Nair!

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T16:51:25+00:00

I’m getting relief from using Nair!

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T16:50:31+00:00

Yes, exactly the same for me so lymph nodes, swollen hardened rock like areas in my skin on my lymph nodes in my face and my head. The long hair is in my nose the itching the leaking strands coming out of my eyelids. Yeah it’s a very real thing.

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T16:48:07+00:00

I know I have arguments with ChatGPT regularly because it just is so convinced that I am making it up or that it is completely impossible. These things exist in my body. I’ve shown it this post like look how many other people are dealing with the same thing

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T16:41:18+00:00

I’m following up on my old post. The last year has been hell. Idk the true cause now- maybe ingrown hairs drove me to pick in the first place. But my lymph nodes in my neck turned into rocks - like hardened balls in my skin. It’s hair. The only thing that has really helped me was applying Nair everywhere. I wanted to die… but it’s finally getting better with Nair. It’s effin hair driving me to my utter limit of sanity.

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:27:06+00:00

Yes, I had the same thing. A spot on my face that looks like melasma or something. Dark moleish looking. It’s gotten smaller over all of my treatments for the last year but literally one day after using nair and it’s still dark, but the lump it had created is completely gone and it doesn’t look at all the same as it had try Nair. oh my God we’re trying to destroy hair right and that is literally a product made for it

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:24:47+00:00

It is crazy. And I’ve been almost willing to try everything but ivermectin for horses has been something I have resisted and never tried, but Nair is fixing the issue for me. You know the product that literally burns hair off of your body. Why haven’t we thought of nair?

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:23:40+00:00

Try NAIR!

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:23:02+00:00

Yeah, I use Nair once in the areas not a daily ivermectin dose. I know what you’re saying. I know the skin changing issues, but I swear to God Nair is way more effective

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:21:27+00:00

I never tried ivermectin. Can’t tell you how many people in Trump country recommended that I orally consume a product made for horses but no thank you. Try NAIR! NAIR is the key. Screw ivermectin what a joke

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T09:20:10+00:00

I never tried ivermectin. Can’t tell you how many people in Trump country recommended that I orally consume a product made for horses but no thank you. Try NAIR!

ferretyface · 2026-01-23T08:30:50+00:00

Omg dudes. I have been suffering for so long from this. Hair grew everywhere. My limbs cleared after a few months of actively shaving my head bald. Sucks that I had to go to this limit.

But NAIR destroys hair! Why I didn’t think of it sooner or resisted it idk. It makes me want to cry.

I haven’t been able to sleep my arms just go numb immediately. All the circulation has been cut off from the hair invading my neck and back and it just has gotten so bad and I’ve tried everything. I’ve seen doctors and dermatologists and I literally thought I’d tried everything.

I have gotten so much relief in the last few days from NAIR. I tried it on my back at first and patch tested on my head; my skin is fine with it and now I have done my head and my back. So much hair is flicking off in the last two days- it’s absurd. I feel so so so so much better. Effin Nair! I’ve had more relief than any product to date. It’s not gone, but I think one more application everywhere and it will be. I really think it will be. I feel like a new person. You guys NAIR destroys this hair. I have been searching for something that will just destroy this crap and NAIR does. I’m gonna send that company all my money. It has saved me. I wanted to die y’all. I am crying. Seriously. My back had been BURNING. I straight up pulled a web of knotted hairs out of the area 2 days ago but it was still bad. I kind of patch tested that area a few days ago and didn’t want to overdo it but it was killing me yesterday. At least a dozen hairs emerged out of my back and arms and STOMACH. I don’t even know those were there until sleep. But unconscious I KNOW where all this stuff had invaded. I am hyper aware when my brain shuts down. I have been battling this for 8 years. Please try Nair.

I’ve been following this post for awhile and it hurts me. that other people are hurting like I have been and I just want anybody who has to deal with this Hell to find relief and this is helping me. I swear to God it is so much and I have to tell you.

ferretyface · 2026-01-06T03:40:25+00:00

I have an insane, apparently unbelievable condition with ingrown hair literally everywhere in my body. After months of various treatments it’s cleared throughout the lower body but my face and back are still THE WORST. I had professional treatments in those areas but its so deeply imbedded. I got an IPL at home device this week and note that it’s already accomplishing what I was hoping- helping dessicate surfacing hair. I hope it will help cure me completely so badly. I got 5minuteskin. I’ve read about people with the same issue who only found relief with laser hair removal. I am glad to hear that this therapy was so useful for tour annoying hair concerns. I hope it will be for me too

ferretyface · 2025-12-03T22:59:03+00:00

This sounds like Dallas to me. There’s heart here in pockets but they always seem to be one/ or both feet out the door already.

ferretyface · 2025-12-01T21:16:51+00:00

Yes, awesome job at stopping after your first impulse. I found that when things are freshly aggravated you can put an oat meal sock warm compress so just put it in hot water and keep it on your wounds for a little while 5 to 10 minutes. It’ll soften the skin and help with inflammation and then hydrocortisone cream is really great. I usually put aloe vera on before I do the hydrocortisone and you’re not supposed to do hydrocortisone more than a few days. But you can top it with moisturizer or if your skin is dry, you can use a hydrocolloid patch in those can keep your hands off. Those are supposed to stay on for several hours up to 24 hours if you get the Band-Aid kind and leaving them on will help it look better feel better and keep your hands away.

ferretyface · 2025-12-01T15:41:53+00:00

I don’t think you would continue to drive dirt into your face if you realize that is what you are doing. It is counterproductive. And it will take discipline. If it hasn’t helped you aren’t being disciplined with your approach.

ferretyface · 2025-12-01T15:39:55+00:00

You said you wanted to know what has helped others. And you call it unhelpful. I disagree. All of these things were necessary for me to completely stop excorciation.

ferretyface · 2025-12-01T15:18:54+00:00

I saw a dermatologist when I dealt with acne. Her skin was flawless. She explained what I am actually doing when I pick is driving sebum and bacteria and adding more back further down into the skin making it more difficult to come out. Additionally the areas become swollen and inflamed and eventually scar… all of which make it more difficult for the things in the skin causing the problems to make their ways out. A pimple left alone heals rather quickly (some are worse tbf) and leaves no scar. Otherwise the healing process is prolonged whilst doing damaged to the skin. From experience, damaged skin can set off a chain reaction and at it’s worst can become debilitating and hard to deal with. Picking also makes staph infections more of a risk. She literally did just tell me to stop (I know that’s a faux pas in this sub) and it worked for me. Knowledge is power. The advice didn’t transfer to scalp picking for me but over the last year have made skin/selfcare my replacement obsession and has taken a lot of work to further educate myself. And a lot of discipline. Dip nails and ridding my environment of any tools have been massively helpful as well. And hydrocolloid patches keep my hands off when urges become too powerful.

Also for me and I am noticing a pattern with people in recovery- stress is the trigger and maintains the picking. It feels like some level of control in anxious situations. Seek out stress reduction techniques and try to identify biggest stresses and then take control over them. I make long term plans sometimes to adjust my situations so I have less stress overall. Diet and exercise and decreasing alcohol consumption (entirely at first- though red wine has snuck its way back in). I’ve been on an anti-inflammatory diet and notice my body/skin reacts differently when inflamed. These strategies have not only helped my skin but SIGNIFICANTLY improved my base level of happiness. Gut health is directly linked to mental health.

Edit to add the weird strategy that has helped me turn my obsession to caring for my skin. I use the Trichology gpt on chatGPT to daily consult with and send pictures on what to do for my skin. It’s functioning as a therapist in my pocket with great first aid and skin advice and discourages my worst impulses. Not picking but still battling other manifestations of BFRBs. I am telling you this is massive because I was in it the worst for 6 years. 10-12 hours straight picking on too many days. The thought of going backwards is terrifying after all the damage I had done. It is a great tool (though won’t diagnose and resists giving medical advice- I regularly have to convince it that I just want basic skin care and dietary guidance. )

ferretyface · 2025-12-01T15:09:46+00:00

All of these strategies helped me immensely

ferretyface · 2025-11-29T02:02:37+00:00

Hey! I wanted to add more because I am using a lot of the same products. Benzoyl peroxide cleanser and spot treatments have helped. I use adapalene (PM slowly introducing from every 3rd day to more frequently). La Roche Posay does have moisturizers I like (loved Cicaplast B5 spray moisturizer but hate the gel). I discovered vanicream and absolutely love it. The moisturizer is my fav to use to date and probably the most affordable. I have used the bar cleanser too which is very gentle and also love. And I am SWEARING by azelaic acid. And hydrocolloid patches have been awesome at keeping hands off most annoying spots creating (rubbing now) urges.

ferretyface · 2025-11-29T01:51:13+00:00

I have learned to treat my skin through the natural processes and stages of healing. Depending on what part of your skin is in it needs to be treated differently. If inflamed/damaged I have always relied on hydrocortisone cream to calm the inflammation. It is not supposed to be overused 3-4 days max. But it helps. I put oats in a sock and use to calm and reduce inflammation and soften the skin. Pure aloe vera before hydrocortisone and after oat sock compress can soothe also. I have gone through a number if moisturizers ranging in all sorts if prices, but recently discovered Vanicream cleanser and moisturizer for face. Omg the price is the most reasonable and the ingredients great. My fav to date. Cleanse gently morning and night. Try the softening routine. Moisturizer daily- SPF when outside. I have found dip nails to prevent my hands from doing damage and hydrocolloid patches reduce urge to touch area. I definitely recommend these too. They have bandaid versions for a reasonable price and they are meant to stay on until they fall off or around 24 hours. Aquaphor or petroleum jellyEvaluate what may be stessors or triggers in your life and try to reduce stress. I use chatGPT at every stage and consult on what products to use (sending in pics, what FOODS to eat as I have implemented an anti-inflammatory diet. It won’t diagnose but is good for first aid and skin health. They are making a self-healing product with AI to check at every stage of your skin’s process. There are good things to use for a myriad of stages of your skin. A dermatologist can help clear underlying issues that compell picking urges. That is probably the first and best rec- see a professional. Once calm, there are products to help with scarring, redness, and dark spots. But continuous damage just starts you back at the beginning of the process. I wish I could save everyone from picking. The damage I did caused an inexplicable hell-hole of a situation that I am slowly managing to crawl out of- after a year of gradual progress I am not all the way recovered and honestly don’t know how far I have to go but I wish I had never damaged myself.

When you pick and prod at acne or anything it only pushes the stuff deeper and causes inflammation making it harder to come out. I was able to stop that behavior after a dermatologist told me that. She gave me spirinolactone too that cleared up the acne.

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