I am almost always picking at my skin and acne. I keep feeling for zits and blackheads, squeezing them out, and then I'll take a tissue and wipe my fingers, figuring oil has gotten on my fingers. Then I'll try to focus on something else, like the TV, and soon I'll catch myself picking again! I'm constantly trying to get out blackheads and popping zits. I don't get acne like I did when I was a kid--really bad in my teens--but it's still there, and my messing with it doesn't help.

Funny thing is, because of my OCD, I used to avoid touching my face almost completely. Since I got better in dealing with my OCD, I essentially gave permission to myself to touch my face, only it's lead to almost subconsciously picking at my face. It makes me feel better to get blackheads out, but then my face is all oily, so I need to use OxyPads or something like that, and I hate how they smell, feel (cold and also a little sticky), and I hate the process of wiping them on me, period.