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kitkat77 · 03-29-2005, 12:23 AM

Picking scabs is not necessarily an OCD. I have a friend picks all her scabs but this is all she does and has never been diagnosed with OCD. She wants her skin level and smooth -- she just wants it that way. I have OCD and I NEED it that way. This is not to say that you do not have OCD but it is possible that this is just a nervous habit you have acquired. OCD is thought fueled -- the reasoning behind the behavior is more important than the behavior itself.

I have heard that hair will not grow back in a scar, but am not positive that this is true.

03-29-2005, 12:23 AM	#5
kitkat77 Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 944	Re: Hair plucking Picking scabs is not necessarily an OCD. I have a friend picks all her scabs but this is all she does and has never been diagnosed with OCD. She wants her skin level and smooth -- she just wants it that way. I have OCD and I NEED it that way. This is not to say that you do not have OCD but it is possible that this is just a nervous habit you have acquired. OCD is thought fueled -- the reasoning behind the behavior is more important than the behavior itself. I have heard that hair will not grow back in a scar, but am not positive that this is true.