I used to pick pimples alot when I was really bored, such as sitting in class. In these situations, keep an object in your pocket to fiddle with and keep your hands occupied. This helped me alot. Once you break the habit it gets alot easier and eventually you'll have no urge at all to pick them.

Instead of picking them- try carrying a small tube of something to treat them and use that every time you think of picking them. Part of my answer really came from the poster oregom who said to keep something in your pocket to fiddle with. Then I thought that a particular pimple may treated with a drying creme or a moisurizing creme or makeup to cover up the pimple. Sometimes I carry a small tube of skin colored makeup to cover the nicks of my shaving my face. Girls taught me that.

Wear gloves. Pimples are part of life.

cut off your hands.

well~ i've been doing this since i was 12. I am now 16, and it's just awful. I've done it so much that having cuts and open sores on my face is a normal everyday thing. I had clear skin twice between my 12-16 year period. ONLY TWICE. and now, i just want to cry every day because I have all of these horrendous scars that I just need to get rid of, but i'm just so nervous i can't. It's truly depressing to know I did this to myself. I went to a dermatologist for the 1st time, and he's like, i'd hate to see your face get scarred, you're such a pretty girl. This just made me so upset. And like, i'd obsess over tyring to cover up my skin with makeup. I'd bring a makeup studio to school and spend as much time as possible trying to cover my blemishes. IT'S RIDICULOUS! and quite honestly, at times, the makeup makes it look worse cause I have a lot of dry skin as well~ so all i have to say is.. F&*K. But,i'm truly learning to just not give a crap if I have a pimple or not. I'm very self conscience, but if you look at people around you, a lot of people have a small amount of acne and most people have blemishes, and quite honestly, I don't think twice about what their skin looks like. Like, if i don't care what their skin looks like... then I figure they must not care if i have a zit or 2, you know? So, i'm just working on self control. I have found a regimen that works. Clearasil, the old basic bottle, i put on some benzoyl peroxide, and put on clean and clear advantage moisturizer over that (it's great cause it makes your skin soft and smooth and moisturises, while it's a got a littly itty bitty bit of salicylic acid in it to prevent pimples. I just need time to heal, i really do. Starting now, i'm not popping any zits, just putting on some cream to get rid of them. I'm going to work on a lot of moisturising, and wean off the makeup. I want to go out in public and know that my skin glows by itself, not with the mask of makeup. I also want to be more social, extroverted, and not worry about my skin, and never have to be so afraid to do the things normal people would do. Like, going swimming, going on roller coasters, and just seeing people period. Time is the only thing that will heal me. I want to be the person I've wanted to be for the past 4 years. Feel like a kid again, where you never cared about the way you looked. You just went out and had fun and did your thing.

By remembering that if you pick at it they will scar!

put hot sauce on the tips of your fingers

Please go buy some Melalueca Tea Tree oil and treat your pimples with it :))

PUT POOP ON YOUR FINGERS