I'm a little better these days. It takes a lot of mental bandwidth for a lot of time. I've retrained myself to just rub my fingers together or sth. Meds help to stay on it. Also lots of moisturizing, so 1) you get to do sth with your hands and 2) there's less stuff to pick at. I'm far from cured though- managed to grow my nails out, but still get my cuticles bleeding regularly.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had some success with N-Acetylcysteine supplements after my dermatologist recommended them. For me it was like a 75% reduction in urge to pick after 2 days of taking it. YMMV but it's worth the price of a bottle of NAC to see if it's helpful, imo

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

20+ years of unprompted advice (as in, when it's not the topic at hand, just a reaction toy body; your advice is appreciated!) and I have NEVER heard of this, thank you!!

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

The research on it is new and tentative but promising enough I thought it was worth a shot. Fingers crossed for ya :]