Every three days or so I get an emergence of chin hairs that I have to pluck out with my fingernails. Electrologist, please?
There aren't that many that sprout up, but I didn't have to pluck anything until I turned about 24 years old. Well actually everything in the jaw/chin area went south around that time. Before then I had problems with acne but it was usually on my forehead and my cheeks. As I got older the acne problem moved down to my jaw and chin area--and on top of that I have these hairs that just exacerbate or may be the cause of the problem.
I didn't know there was a term for people who removed hair by electrolysis. They are called electrologists. Inventive, eh? I found out on salary.com that electrologists only earn about $21K a year. I don't think that's fair. With all the hairy women walking around having electrolysis done, these professionals should be making a better living.
Anyway, I need one. I think that touching my face and squeezing and plucking on chin hairs creates the acne problem and keeps me looking like I have a slight beard (even without the hairs). Not to mention the hairs that curl under and grow under the skin.
Also (OMG) if Eating my Scabs isn't weird enough, I also eat the hairs I pluck from my chin--Especially if they have a bulb at the end. You know something else that's weird? Sometimes I've plucked a chin hair and it's had a split end! Now that's sad. I need to get to an electrologist badly.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
I Pick my Skin and I Eat My Scabs
I EAT SCABS.
Yes, i peel off my scabs, put them in my mouth, chew them and eat them!
That sounds so gross and I would never admit that to anyone I know. But it's true.
I have been picking my scabs and eating them since I was about 4 years old. I remember the first time. I had a big, hard scab on my knee. I looked at it, not quite knowing what it was. I can't say that I had ever noticed scabs before--maybe it was my first. But I picked at it and realized it didn't really hurt, as it was almost healed, and I was able to pull the big chunk of scab off.
I don't know what made me decide to put the scab into my mouth and eat it--but I did. And I liked it. It doesn't really taste "good," but it has a distinct taste. I've been eating most my scabs ever since.
Whenever I've had a sore on my face, legs, arms, hands, I pick the scab as soon as it's formed and sneak it into my mouth. It just doesn't feel right to pick it off and throw it away. And it surely doesn't feel right to just leave the sore alone and let it heal! Sometimes I've noticed that my body seems to get tired of me picking at the scab like i have some kind of disorder, and the new scab that forms becomes very flat, thin, almost inverted so I can't pick at it any more. The human body is so intelligent!!! When I was a teen I would pick my skin on the face so much that I looked like I had the chicken pox or something all the time.
So that's my confession. Don't tell anybody.
Yes, i peel off my scabs, put them in my mouth, chew them and eat them!
That sounds so gross and I would never admit that to anyone I know. But it's true.
I have been picking my scabs and eating them since I was about 4 years old. I remember the first time. I had a big, hard scab on my knee. I looked at it, not quite knowing what it was. I can't say that I had ever noticed scabs before--maybe it was my first. But I picked at it and realized it didn't really hurt, as it was almost healed, and I was able to pull the big chunk of scab off.
I don't know what made me decide to put the scab into my mouth and eat it--but I did. And I liked it. It doesn't really taste "good," but it has a distinct taste. I've been eating most my scabs ever since.
Whenever I've had a sore on my face, legs, arms, hands, I pick the scab as soon as it's formed and sneak it into my mouth. It just doesn't feel right to pick it off and throw it away. And it surely doesn't feel right to just leave the sore alone and let it heal! Sometimes I've noticed that my body seems to get tired of me picking at the scab like i have some kind of disorder, and the new scab that forms becomes very flat, thin, almost inverted so I can't pick at it any more. The human body is so intelligent!!! When I was a teen I would pick my skin on the face so much that I looked like I had the chicken pox or something all the time.
So that's my confession. Don't tell anybody.
I Cry When I Poop. Anyone Else?
Why do I cry when I poop?
Sorry. I know it may be TMI but I am the only person in my family that does this. I go to the bathroom, do what I have to do and I come out looking like I've been crying--and it's because I have been.
For as long as I can remember, back to when I was a kid with my legs dangling as I sat on the toilet seat, I've done this. I sit down, let it roll, and likewise my eyes water and huge tears fall down my face. It's kind of funny because I'm not an emotional person and so I'm not normally a crier. But if you see me right after doing a #2, you'd think I go to the bathroom to hide away and cry in private.
And the tears don't come from pain. I don't have hard stools or hemorrhoids or anything like that.
Someone once suggested that maybe it's a reaction to repressed childhood bathroom memories. For example, maybe as a kid my parents forced me to sit on the toilet until I did something. I don't think that applies to me at all.
Another site claims that Dr.Oz says that the tear ducts and the "bottom" sphincter are both controlled by the parasympathetic system and sometimes the signals get crossed. Which could explain it, but I read somewhere else that although the parasympathetic does control the release of the "bottom" sphincter, it causes a DECREASE in tear production.
So I don't know. Crying while pooping isn't something that needs to be fixed: I'm used to it. *shrug*
Sorry. I know it may be TMI but I am the only person in my family that does this. I go to the bathroom, do what I have to do and I come out looking like I've been crying--and it's because I have been.
For as long as I can remember, back to when I was a kid with my legs dangling as I sat on the toilet seat, I've done this. I sit down, let it roll, and likewise my eyes water and huge tears fall down my face. It's kind of funny because I'm not an emotional person and so I'm not normally a crier. But if you see me right after doing a #2, you'd think I go to the bathroom to hide away and cry in private.
And the tears don't come from pain. I don't have hard stools or hemorrhoids or anything like that.
Someone once suggested that maybe it's a reaction to repressed childhood bathroom memories. For example, maybe as a kid my parents forced me to sit on the toilet until I did something. I don't think that applies to me at all.
Another site claims that Dr.Oz says that the tear ducts and the "bottom" sphincter are both controlled by the parasympathetic system and sometimes the signals get crossed. Which could explain it, but I read somewhere else that although the parasympathetic does control the release of the "bottom" sphincter, it causes a DECREASE in tear production.
So I don't know. Crying while pooping isn't something that needs to be fixed: I'm used to it. *shrug*
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