#22909 - 12/10/05 02:07 AM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Top 10 Contributor
Registered: 03/22/02
Posts: 3926
Loc: Los Angeles
|
Anyone who feels their hair plucking has gotten to a level where it is a concern should speak with a health professional about options for controlling obsessive behaviors. In some cases amd anti-anxiety drugand/or therapy can help get these kinds of things under control.
_________________________
Was this helpful? this site is reader-supported. Donate or subscribe today!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22910 - 02/08/06 08:55 PM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Major Contributor
Registered: 01/27/06
Posts: 141
Loc: SanFernando Valley, California
|
Quote:
Thanks all of you... you have made me feel normal. I pluck with sewing needles; I have started shaving all over just to get some hairs to pluck. It really soothes me; sometimes I spend an hour looking for hairs to pluck. I even think about it when I go to sleep. I think that if there was a profession for pulling out ingrown hairs, I would be the woman. I still feel weird writing this. When I start looking at my legs and arms for ingrown hairs in public, and someone asks me what I'm doing, I have to make excuses like, "Oh, I missed a spot shaving," or "I think I got bit by a bug."
I think we should all keep in touch and create some sort of support group!
Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL! Wow! Thanks for the laugh!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22911 - 02/08/06 09:08 PM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Major Contributor
Registered: 01/27/06
Posts: 141
Loc: SanFernando Valley, California
|
Wow! I seriously thought I was the only one! Thanks everybody for sharing! I too liked to pluck my legs, especially lower legs, and pick out the ingrown hairs! I went on to pluck my armpit hairs, but that wasn't as satisfying as the leg hairs. And unfortunately, I have the scars and hyperpigmentation on my legs from all the plucking and picking! I've tried to stop the picking and plucking, because I'm going to get laser hair removal. I'm going to try Patricia Wexler M.D. Exfoliating Glyco Peel System. because supposedly glycolic-acid works great on fixing uneven pigmentation. Wish me luck!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22912 - 04/26/06 09:00 PM
Hair plucking obsession
|
Registered: 04/26/06
Posts: 1
|
Well ladies, I too must join the club. I thought I was just strange, bored, lonely or a mixture of the three. I spend hours in the bathroom plucking my bikini area. I do it over several days. I hope I'm not OCD, but from what I'm reading, may have to at least consider. I've used sewing needles, pins from the dry cleaners, earring backs, whatever was in reach... At least discussing it gives me an outlet so I don't just feel weird. Thank you for sharing.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22913 - 05/02/06 08:59 AM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Contributor
Registered: 05/04/05
Posts: 20
|
I'm still at it. Not as bad though. I have found that if I wear pantyhose, I am much less likely to pluck during the day. Once I am home and take off the panyhose, I put on a lot of lotion (see below). This really is helping. I also have tried "hiding" my tweezers by sticking them in a hard to reach place. That works for awhile but unfortunetly, I get them back out to pluck my eyebrows and then I'm right back to my legs. A few weeks ago, I was at Walgreens and I found Vita-K Solution for Blotchy Skin. On the back of the package is a picture of a skin sample. It looked a lot like my legs so I bought one. (Actualy they were buy one get one free) Yeah! I put it on every morning after I get out of the shower and every night before I go to bed. It hasn't done any miricles, but it has lightend my scars and my legs don't seem to be as red. I don't have the money for laser or anything like that, so this is my best bet so far. Here is a link for Vita-K: http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100304&id=prod7724Good luck and hope this helped. 
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22914 - 06/29/06 08:46 PM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Member
Registered: 06/29/06
Posts: 5
|
Hi everyone--I just wanted to say that I'm so glad I found this site! I have a same obsession and up til now I thought I was the only one. I'm so ashamed of my legs. I used to wear shorts and dresses all year round and people would always complement how nice my legs were. But when I entered college 4 years ago I started plucking them (I saw my mother do it) and I got such a satisfaction from doing it. It didn't take more than a year for my legs to look permanently scarred and discolored. Now I dread having to wear dresses or go to the beach. My boyfriend and I went river tubing in New Braunsfels, TX with a bunch of his friends last month and I felt like everyone was staring at my now ugly legs. I won't even let my boyfriend look at or touch them because I'm afraid he'll think they're repulsive. What's worse is that I've started doing the same thing to my bikini area, and now that's scarred and full of dark, ugly bumps too.
Does anyone know if there's a cure or some kind of regiment that would help to stop doing this? I've tried to stop but every time I go to the bathroom or am left by myself the first thing I go for are my tweezers. And I'm afraid that it may be too late--that I'll be stuck with these scars and hyperpigmentation.
Sorry I've rambled so much. I'm just so relieved to find others who are going through the same thing. I hope that we all can stop this bad habit and that we get our nice legs back. At least for me, I know it would boost my esteem by ten fold!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#22916 - 07/13/06 11:28 PM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Registered: 07/13/06
Posts: 1
|
I just stubbled across this website this evening while I was doing a google search on how to heal my legs from the ingrown hair and plucking damage I've experienced. You're not alone! I was so relieved to read all of the stories on this web posting. I thought for sure I was the only one that plucked my leg hairs! I haven't told a soul! I feel so alone in this! I NEVER wear shorts. I so long to have normal, clear skin! I also have a condition called keratosis pilaris (which, to my understanding, is a benign condition in which the hair follicles get keratin plugs and become reddened, inflamed, and unsightly!). So, due to this I have red bumps on the back of my arms and on my legs. So I'm used to not being able to wear shorts and feeling very uneasy about wearing sleeveless shirts). One day there was an ingrown hair on my leg that I plucked out with a tweezer and ever since then I've been plucking the hairs on my lower legs (especially the ingrown hairs). Now it's become an almost daily habit. I don't know what to do with the ingrown hairs that are left. Just let them heal on their own? I know plucking them can't be the answer. I'm very frustrated. However, it's such a relief to know I'm not alone! Thanks to each and every one of you who posted your struggles with this...it has brought me so much comfort to know I'm not a freak!
Any suggestions on how to heal my legs? What to do with the remaining ingrown hairs?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22917 - 07/15/06 10:33 AM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Contributor
Registered: 05/04/05
Posts: 20
|
Hey everybody. I'm trying but, I am not strong enough. I keep telling myself, "I'll quit tomorrow" or, "I'll quit when if I get the job I want", or silly stuff like that. It hasn't worked. Even my husband doesn't know. He's seen me a few times but, I tell him I have an ingrown and I'm just getting it loose. It's sort of the truth. I've also realized that this hair thing is a bit OCD. My husband will sometimes get a long hair on his back and I just want to yank it out so badly. Sometimes I have. I just don't want him to think of me as a freak, although her already thinks I'm OCD about hair. I also can't stand hair in the bathtub or on the toilet. It's gross. Anyway, I'm still not better. I do shave my legs in the morning but, I always accidentaly leave some patches hairy and I can't stand that. Instead of being smart and getting out the razor again, I usualy go for the tweezers. Ahhhh...when is this going to end??? I to hate wearing shorts, espacialy around new people. I do it anyway but it is hard. We went on a cruise for our honeymoon last month and I felt like everyone was whispering behind my back. I saw all of those beautiful women with smooth legs and it made me wish I had never done this to myself. I'm not nearly as red and bumpy as I used to be; now I just have a lot of discoloration and scabs.
I'm right there with you guys. I try to not even look at my legs. Out of sight, out of mind sort of thing. Keep fighting the good fight. I'll let you know if I come across any miricle meds, lotions, or fixes. Hang in there.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#22918 - 07/17/06 08:40 AM
Re: leg plucking obsession
|
Major Contributor
Registered: 01/27/06
Posts: 141
Loc: SanFernando Valley, California
|
Quote:
Hey everybody. I'm trying but, I am not strong enough. I keep telling myself, "I'll quit tomorrow" or, "I'll quit when if I get the job I want", or silly stuff like that. It hasn't worked. Even my husband doesn't know. He's seen me a few times but, I tell him I have an ingrown and I'm just getting it loose. It's sort of the truth. I've also realized that this hair thing is a bit OCD. My husband will sometimes get a long hair on his back and I just want to yank it out so badly. Sometimes I have. I just don't want him to think of me as a freak, although her already thinks I'm OCD about hair. I also can't stand hair in the bathtub or on the toilet. It's gross. Anyway, I'm still not better. I do shave my legs in the morning but, I always accidentaly leave some patches hairy and I can't stand that. Instead of being smart and getting out the razor again, I usualy go for the tweezers. Ahhhh...when is this going to end??? I to hate wearing shorts, espacialy around new people. I do it anyway but it is hard. We went on a cruise for our honeymoon last month and I felt like everyone was whispering behind my back. I saw all of those beautiful women with smooth legs and it made me wish I had never done this to myself. I'm not nearly as red and bumpy as I used to be; now I just have a lot of discoloration and scabs.
I'm right there with you guys. I try to not even look at my legs. Out of sight, out of mind sort of thing. Keep fighting the good fight. I'll let you know if I come across any miricle meds, lotions, or fixes. Hang in there.
What happened with using the vita-k? Did you see any results?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: Andrea, Andrea, Andrea, Andrea, Andrea, James W. Walker VII, CPE, James W. Walker VII, CPE, James W. Walker VII, CPE, James W. Walker VII, CPE, James W. Walker VII, CPE
|
|
2 Registered (calvintoronto, tex),
18
Guests and
2
Spiders online. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index