http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ Where fingerfreaks share en Sun, 20 May 2012 21:28:28 +0000 http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1378#post-1714 Fri, 04 May 2012 02:59:35 +0000 RachealJoy 1714@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hey, I'm new here, but not to picking... I just started a new round of quitting because I picked myself raw/bleeding/infected. Anyway, when I'm doing well I use a mix of 3 parts olive oil to 1 part tea tree oil. I keep it an old Sally Hansen's nail conditioner bottle that I used up. The brush makes it easy to apply &amp; I can use as much or little as I need depending on how busy my hands are. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1391#post-1713 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:14:17 +0000 haiparu 1713@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi again JustMe,</p> <p>Less severe, and you caught yourself early on, definitely better! One thing that makes me feel good is how quickly everything heels overnight, so I think you are really on to something -- tomorrow's a new day and there will be new skin coming in. Another thing that helps me is taking some time to look and admire cuticles that are whole and not damaged. They actually are a pleasure to behold. You could especially focus on appreciating the best ones while the others are catching up?<br /> : ) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1391#post-1712 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:39:37 +0000 JustMe 1712@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I fell off the wagon some today. I was doing really well and then BAM...hit a snag, literally. One scratchy piece of skin turned into full blown grooming. :( I am a little disappointed but on the bright side, my relapse helps to remind me how diligent I need to be AND thankfully, my relapse is less severe than last time. Maybe a step in the right direction? Less damage and pain, so less I have to heal from to try again. So, tomorrow is a new day and I will try again. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1392#post-1711 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:53:47 +0000 Mary 1711@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Thank you guys for the input. I think it was from stress and nervousness but grew into a habit. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1392#post-1710 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:33:06 +0000 haiparu 1710@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi Mary and JustMe,</p> <p>JustMe -- it's exciting to hear how you have planned for and now begun a new phase in your quitting process! The first 3 days were by far the hardest for me, so I can sincerely hope in a day or so you'll find it easier too. Can't help but ask myself, "hey, what's wrong w wearing driving gloves anyhow?" : )</p> <p>Mary -- Welcome, and thanks for posting here with us all. I think it Does help to declare an intention, even just to one person, even here to all. Even tho, like JustMe, my affliction is not mixed w nausea, I totally agree with them that it is worth looking into, as it very well may be somehow connected to what is going on inside you, related to picking. Or to issues that underlie the need to sooth via picking. ? I keep realizing that if this thing were easy, we all would have quit years ago. But even though it is breathtakingly hard, and at least for me involves using a lot of different helps and ways, it may be possible to actually stop doing it. I don't know about the others, but for me it turned out to be an expression of many many anxieties that I had to iron out one by one. So, in the end, I got the benefit of quitting picking and ALSO getting rid of tons of bothersome irritating fears, angers and dreads. And worries. And new ones sometimes show up, but so far they can't force me to pick anymore! so there.</p> <p>Wanted to write you both at once so I don't have to keep seeing my own sign in name on the front page of the Forums all the time.<br /> : )</p> <p>Very best regards,<br /> Laurie </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1392#post-1709 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:09:35 +0000 JustMe 1709@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi Mary -</p> <p>There are some really good ideas and posts on this website and knowing you are not alone will hopefully help too. </p> <p>I don't have the sick to your stomach feelings that you described, my issues are more related to over-grooming as a form of self-soothing (i.e. having control in a warped sense). Does the sick feeling come from negative emotions? You may have to dig deeper into those feelings....what triggers them, etc.</p> <p>I don't know how you stop or any of us stop. My approach lately is to keep trying different things and see what works, without beating myself up when I find something that doesn't work. </p> <p>There are a lot of good people on this board. I hope you can find some comfort here. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1391#post-1708 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:03:40 +0000 JustMe 1708@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Thank you! It is kind of silly to "declare" that I am quitting because I know there will be set backs and that the "quitting" is really a process....a journey from lots of picking, to less picking, and then hopefully a reduced, controllable urge going forward.</p> <p>This is day two and I am doing pretty good. I have a couple of areas where I overgroomed my cuticles but not to the point of bleeding. No blood, no foul. Seriously though, I am claiming these couple of days as little victory. Now I will continue to take it one day at a time.</p> <p>I have been very committed to wearing gloves while driving. That has helped and I hope in the long term, it will curb my habit without the need for gloves. </p> <p>Thanks for the support. I will keep you posted. :) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1391#post-1707 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:19:17 +0000 Mary 1707@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Good for you. I hope to quit soon </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1392#post-1706 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:18:00 +0000 Mary 1706@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>. I'm so new to this and I need help with my problem I try to not pick my fingers and I start to feel sick like I'm going to throw up and when I try to not think about it I end up finding my self picking them anyway. I NEED help so bad. I feel like something is wrong with me. But it seriously calms me down. I pick around my fingers towards the pad. And do it till it scans and bleeds and it just looks so ugly but I really can't stop doing it. How do I stop </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1390#post-1705 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:37:06 +0000 admin 1705@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the feedback. I can definitely make these enhancements:</p> <p>1) Add a new thread for "things that worked"<br /> 2) Enable a view of all a users posts<br /> 3) Picture uploads</p> <p>I'm also going to start a podcast/vidcast to drive more folks here. That should help with the slow pace around here, though it won't pay off for a little while.</p> <p>Anything else - let me know! </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1391#post-1704 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:29:17 +0000 JustMe 1704@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I am quitting today! I'm making this declaration publically and am mentally ready to commit to it. So I am going to re-direct my internal stubborness (I have a lot) to quitting. :) </p> <p>I am fairly healed with no open sores thanks to using hydrocortisone cream twice daily (during my commute) and using aquafor and cotton gloves to sleep in. I also painted my nails with clear polish because the smooth texture seems to help me since any roughness causes the "grooming" behavior to kick in. </p> <p>Wish me luck and I will keep you all posted!<br /> - JustMe </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1390#post-1703 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:25:08 +0000 JustMe 1703@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hey Ben - I can't remember think of anything to add to the website. It has been helpful to me so far. I wish we had a little bit more activity but I know people post as they are ready / comfortable.</p> <p>Maybe we could have an open thread to post "things that work" or advice, as a one-stop suggestion area instead of sifting through posts? That is my only suggestion.</p> <p>Thanks for creating this site.</p> <p>- JustMe </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1390#post-1702 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:57:57 +0000 haiparu 1702@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ben, glad to hear from you. I've been totally wondering how this site got here and what motivated the owner. How are you doing?</p> <p>I'm a low tech sort so it's worked well for me as is, here. I like the front pages w ideas and different modalities that might help us. I like feeling safe reading and posting here. I've looked at some of the pictures and appreciate those, too. Thanks for voicing in, and setting it up. It's the only online resource like this that I use. (Besides the famous free downloadable book!) </p> <p>Did we lose the feature where we used to be able to see a poster's accumulated posts in one place? I'm not finding that anymore, and I appreciated being able to use it, to follow a person's thoughts and feelings over time even though we don't know each other in person. </p> <p>By creating this place you have allowed us to talk about what's really going on, with people who hear and understand. I find myself in almost every post, whoever writes it. It's given me the heart I needed to realize the depth of my problem(s) and gumption to work towards my personal solutions/healing.</p> <p>Looking forward to reading more, about what people want here.</p> <p>Thank you, Ben. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1390#post-1701 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:04:12 +0000 Mary 1701@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Yes I would do pictures. I'm so new to this and I need help with my proble I try to not pick my fingers and I start to feel sick like I'm going to throw up and when I try to not think about it I end up finding my self picking them anyway. I NEED help so bad. I feel like something is wrong with me. But it seriously calms me down </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1390#post-1700 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:48:57 +0000 admin 1700@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi all - I'm Ben. I started this site 4 years ago to help fellow sufferers of this TOTALLY distressing disorder we call "finger picking".</p> <p>I pretty much set it and forgot it back then, but I'm back now and I want to give the site an overhaul, improve it, and provide a better resource for all you loyal members. </p> <p>So - what are your ideas? What's on your wish list?</p> <p>Pictures?</p> <p>Video?</p> <p>Social features?</p> <p>Lay 'me on me </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1385#post-1695 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:30:15 +0000 haiparu 1695@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://grossbart.com/" rel="nofollow">http://grossbart.com/</a></p> <p>Hi -- you can scroll down that link to free download and other forms of the book. p.s. if you missed it, I just posted on earlier thread about "Would really like medication." Hope something here will be useful --<br /> Laurie</p> <p><a href="http://grossbart.com/" rel="nofollow">http://grossbart.com/</a> </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1380#post-1694 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:16:40 +0000 haiparu 1694@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi love_spring (great name!) Can't find it now, used to have a feature on this site where you could see all the posts from each poster, by clicking on their screen name. Let me know if you find this again, ok? Meantime, since you asked and it's well worth our sharing our ideas that have worked, here's part of an earlier post.</p> <p>&gt;&gt; Zero Balancing helped me quit picking my fingers, as a whole process started to emerge, once I was able to focus on the problem of finger picking. After that, seeming "coincidences" accumulated, not the least of which was finding this web site early last year. And the free downloadable book, "Skin Deep," by Ted Grossbart. Imo, these aids are just that: aids. It still took hard work via concentration and a priority to stop picking and stay stopped even if I had lapses...</p> <p>So, love_spring, looking back, biggest helps were making a total commitment to myself that Nothing was worth pulling off skin about. Bodywork helped me start and deepen this commitment, and doing the exercises in Dr. Ted Grossbart's free book was invaluable. The exercises helped me find what would ultimately work -- which was using a guided visualization CD by Andrew Weil and Ross Martin, to deal, one by one, with stressors I could identify. I had to learn to notice what was going on around me and inside me when I caught myself drifting back to trying to pick again. You can find Ted Grossbart's web site. The book is old (30 years) and free, but it's solid self help of high quality. There are many ways of finding what will work for you and the book helps find out about them and about you.</p> <p>Found link:</p> <p><a href="http://grossbart.com/" rel="nofollow">http://grossbart.com/</a></p> <p>Ended up getting a used paperback copy too -- </p> <p>I miss hearing from others here, and hope more of us will chime in again, soon.</p> <p>Best regards,<br /> Laurie (still using moisturizer when I can get myself to do it -- liking Bed and Bath's formula w "cashmere" in it. Smells like vanilla cream frosting too) : ) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1384#post-1693 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:47:05 +0000 JustMe 1693@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I am working my way back to really trying to quit here soon. (quitting takes a lot of energy so I have to gear up for it.) My first step is trying to heal my hands so that I'll have less scratchy and pickable areas. </p> <p>I have found that applying hydrocortisone cream once in the morning in the car during my commute and then again on my drive home has helped. The hydrocortisone moisturizes really well and for me, I think the "anti-itch" / soothing ingredients help. Plus, the car is one of my favorite places to pick so applying during my commute has helped to lessen that. </p> <p>I have also been applying aquafor and wearing cotton gloves to bed. This has helped the sore spots to heal more quickly. </p> <p>I have done these two things without any committment to stopping the actual picking and my fingers have healed quite a lot, which in turn has led to less picking.</p> <p>So, I don't know. Just wanted to share in case anyone wanted to try the hydrocortisone and/or the aquafor at bedtime.</p> <p>Good luck everyone! </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1378#post-1691 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:23:49 +0000 love_spring 1691@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I like coconut oil and I have also had luck with Dead Sea salt oil (back when I was doing well). Also spending some time in the ocean always seems to help me. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1378#post-1692 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:23:47 +0000 love_spring 1692@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I like coconut oil and I have also had luck with Dead Sea salt oil (back when I was doing well). Also spending some time in the ocean always seems to help me. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1379#post-1690 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:22:47 +0000 love_spring 1690@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Keep it up! I can't break the habit right now...multiple relapses and it helps to read about successes! </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1380#post-1689 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:21:34 +0000 love_spring 1689@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>You are not alone, meow6152! haiparu--any tips for how you were able to break the habit? I'm sitting here with 10 bloody fingers and after 20+ years of picking, I'm worse now than ever. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1380#post-1688 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:50:17 +0000 haiparu 1688@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi meow,</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to write about wanting to quit some habits, and things that you have already tried. Like JustMe and others, I don't have experience using medications, either. For some writers here, picking is "Like" a drug, because it soothes and helps calm them. (Not me, it was a powerfully out of control expression of anxiety and unresolved emotional issues.) From what you have shared, maybe the psychiatrist you know could refer you to someone who could provide more successful ideas/techniques or drugs? Also, some drug reactions, like your over-sedation effects, might possibly wear off after several weeks (or months?) I found bodywork helpful as a starter, to set a firm intention to find some way to quit. It's not a pill but it set the healing process in motion for me. Within a week I found this web site and several other aides that, as a package, worked for me.</p> <p>OCD note: in earlier posts here, we were weighing names for a diagnosis for picking, and there was some thought that OCD might apply. I honestly don't know, but have been reading up on OCD and was surprised (and happy) to discover that current statistics suggest that less than 2% of the population fits the "official" OCD profile. So, it's unlikely for most of us, or else we are very rare flowers indeed. : ) Following our forums over the past 2 years, I don't think most of us would fit OCD, at least not from the posts we have put here. Just my opinion of course. : )</p> <p>Was gonna post last week but got busy, so will sign off today instead,<br /> Laurie<br /> 2 years on April 4th since I officially stopped picking, with a few blips and minor setbacks but no blood. This site has meant a lot more to me than comes through my notes here. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1380#post-1687 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:18:41 +0000 JustMe 1687@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi meow6152 -</p> <p>I don't have any experience with medications so I don't have any advice to offer but I did want to let you know that (1) you are not alone and (2) I totally relate to your frustration. :( I tried posting for a while to see if the "accountability" would help...it didn't so I am back to full blown picking again. :(</p> <p>Anyway, I am sorry for what you are going through and I'm interested in what others may have to say regarding medicine or other things to try. </p> <p>Take care and hang in there. </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1383#post-1686 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:40:35 +0000 caroline100 1686@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>What if you found a watch in the sand?: <a href="http://tiny.cc/7ai8bw" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/7ai8bw</a> </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1382#post-1685 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:37:00 +0000 caroline100 1685@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>The Myth that Sex on Tuesdays Is Harmful: <a href="http://tiny.cc/b6h8bw" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/b6h8bw</a> </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1380#post-1683 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:58:58 +0000 meow6152 1683@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I'm exhausted.<br /> I am a 20 year old college student and have been tearing apart my fingers and chewing the insides of my cheeks for years now. I also peel the skin off my feet and continuously bounce my legs up and down. If I am not doing one, I am doing the other.<br /> I wanted to ask if anyone has taken the medicated route.<br /> I was prescribed Zoloft last year, for reasons other than my finger biting.<br /> I honestly didn't know it was a disorder until recently. I just thought I formed a terrible habit that was beginning to drive me crazy. However, I do not remember if the medication helped my finger biting, etc. because I did not stay on it long. I found myself sleeping through classes and becoming careless with many things.<br /> This sounds so weak of me to say, but how I would kill for just a pill to make it all stop. To make me calm the fuck down, and stop tearing my body to shreds. My fingers constantly ache and the insides of my cheeks are blistered and torn apart. I considered going back to my psychiatrist because I feel so desperate and helpless, and I would like for it to all just STOP. I know you all feel the same way. My condition has currently spun out of control, possibly having to do with the stresses of my courses this year, but I am looking for a quick solution that has helped people in the past. I do not want to meditate. I do not want to continually work and work on my behavior just to eventually fall back into this hole. I feel as if I have tried everything. No matter how disgusting I make my fingers, I will bite anyway. If the pain is too intense, I will move to my cheeks, and once that gets too bad, my lips begin to bleed...<br /> I just want some help. Eventually, I would like to end this habit mentally for good. But in the meantime, I would just like some peace. If anyone has found a medication other than Zoloft or Prozac that has worked with them...what do you recommend? </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1379#post-1682 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:24:31 +0000 JustMe 1682@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Day #2:</p> <p>I cleaned up my cuticles last night while staying in check and not doing more harm than good. I have learned that I have to get rid of as many ragged edges as possible when I start to heal / quit. I used cuticle oil and Aquafor lotion over night with cotton gloves (Mickey Mouse gloves). So far today, I am doing well at work.</p> <p>Thanks to all you are listening. Writing this helps me so I appreciate it, :) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1379#post-1681 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:31 +0000 JustMe 1681@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I have fallen off the wagon and can't seem to get back on track. So, I came here to say it "out loud" to others to see if that will help me get back on track. I will try to provide updates in order to motivate myself and hold myself accountable...and to publicly celebrate my successes. </p> <p>Thank you for reading! :) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1378#post-1680 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:02:12 +0000 JustMe 1680@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>I feel like I have tried everything on earth and I haven't found anything that is magic. For me, it mostly comes down to using it consistently...whatever the product. When I am being successful in quitting, I find that I am using a lot of different products throughout the day....and using products A LOT. I have lotion in the drawer by the the kitchen sink for after dishes, I have lotion in my purse for anywhere, etc.</p> <p>I do really like cuticle oil pens at work. I have one at my desk that I can swipe on quickly and then continue to type without a greasey mess. The cuticle pen keeps the oil on my cuticles so I'm more likely to use it during a busy work day. </p> <p>I also like hydrocortisone once a day. I think the medicine in it helps me (anti-itch or something is soothing).</p> <p>I'm interested in what others suggest too. :)</p> <p>- JustMe (a.k.a. Sally) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1377#post-1679 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:53:32 +0000 JustMe 1679@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hey Pat -</p> <p>I'm right there with you. I posted a week ago too that I had quit as of the first part of February. It didn't last very long for me &lt;sigh&gt;. But you are right, we can't give up and we have to keep trying. </p> <p>It sounds like you are trying new things and continuing to try to find what works for you. Good for you! If you keep going, I will too. :) All of us on this website together! </p> <p>- JustMe (a.k.a. Sally) </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1378#post-1678 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:24:00 +0000 paffah 1678@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi:</p> <p>So what is the best mosturizer for smoothing out the cuticles to make them less attractive to mess with? Some friends of mine said that using something like Chapstick around the fingers for some intense softing is a good idea. Any suggestions?<br /> Pat </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1376#post-1677 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:17:51 +0000 paffah 1677@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>There actually is an endorphine rush you get from picking your nails. But if you don't realize it, think about when you are in an attack. I actually feel comfort when I do it. That is why it is so hard, you are addicted to the rush and you miss it. </p> <p>I can never carry a fingernail clippers-it starts an attack.</p> <p>I can carry a file or a toy for the car to play with. Wearing gloves works. I do crochet and knit and that helps.</p> <p>I have got it down to driving in the car being a hot spot for me. I am working on that one.</p> <p>Hang in there (laugh)<br /> Pat </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1377#post-1676 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:12:55 +0000 paffah 1676@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>Hi:</p> <p>So, I posted this determined "I am going to stop' post and now I have relapsed. I lasted about two weeks and I am going to try again. i am now going to go to a hypnotherapist who will teach me to do some self talk so that I can work on stopping for good.</p> <p>I have been reading some of your other posts were you were saying the trick is to not give up and to keep trying. Its so hard when you have a habit that has been ingrained in your mind for many years and you are trying to reprogram it to something else to solve your fears. I pick when I am worried and afraid of failure. Thanks for listening-Pat </p> http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/topic.php?id=1376#post-1675 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:35:41 +0000 sparky0823 1675@http://www.fingerfreak.com/forums/ <p>hi my name is lee . i cannot stop picking my fingers. ok done i admitted it , lol .i love getting that awesome pick and see how far it goes without bleeding. it makes me feel good. i have been doing this for about 30 years now. i used to have a bad habit of biting my nails until a few years ago i got a job cleaning toilets. that made me stop really quick. but now that i have nails it makes it much easier to pick my skin around my fingers.i carry fingernail clippers to cut around and try and even out the skin, but that just usually leads to picking another section. the sides of my thumbs and index fingers are the worst. i'm tired of trying to hide my fingers from people but thats almost near impossible. i really hate when my hands get wet and soggy then it really stands out. i just cant see myself stopping but i want to so bad. the only thing i try is carry clippers in your pocket and once you started a pick try to catch yourself and cut it off. well good luck to you and anyone else fighting with this issue . </p>