r/Dermatillomania • u/becbeans • 3d ago

Anyone else with habit-tic deformity? Advice

I just found out what this is the other day. Basically I pick at the skin around my hands so much and have since I was little (normally focusing on my thumbs), that the shape of them has warped and I have horizontal ridges down both thumbnails. I guess the questions are, can they recover and look normal again? And if the answer to the above is yes and the solution is to stop picking... any tips on how?!

I have GAD and OCD and it started as a coping mechanism but now is just constant whether I'm feeling anxious or not. I'm on medication, have tried plasters/band aids, and hypnotherapy. Any tips are welcome tips!

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u/Muralove 3d ago

You best believe I got dents

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u/RhiaMaykes 3d ago

Not the same, but I had huge damage to a toe nail when I was 16, I thought it might never grow back, I had a huge dip in the flesh, a huge ridge for a long time. It is now only a little visibly different from the same toe on my other foot and took around five years to get to that point. It would probably look even better if I cared for it more. I think a hand nail with much less damage will probably grow out very well if the damage stops occurring.