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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAm I the only one whose face itches all the time now that I'm told not to touch my face?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Erasers don't work. The sticky stuff bankers use doesn't work.
I went on-line and ordered a box of finger condoms.
LuckyCharms
(17,459 posts)msongs
(67,443 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)if I get within 5 inches of my face I can smell it and down goes my hand.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)I've started washing my hands - again - so I can scratch my face.
Wednesdays
(17,412 posts)TomSlick
(11,109 posts)I'm doomed.
mitch96
(13,925 posts)A friend who was/is an alcoholic said it's the same thing when you try to stop drinking..
Don't think about drinking and that's all you think about...... is drinking..
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Aquaria
(1,076 posts)Sort of like that scene at the beginning of Huckleberry Finn where Huck is hiding from someone in the woods and has to be still so he's not found. But then his nose starts itching, and it starts driving him crazy to itch it. Haven't read the book since 1979, and I still remember that scene. Probably because it happened to me when I was playing hide and seek, and the "it" person was only a few feet away. Then my fricking face started itching enough to drive me I-N-S-A-N-E. Your skin can have prickly sensations when you're under stress like that, which causes the feeling of needing to itch. My mom the RN told me what the biochem process is called and how it works, but I can't remember it anymore.
To combat it, distract yourself, occupy your hands with something else, or use some avoidance techniques like bad-smelling lotion or hand sanitizer when you get the urge to itch. After a while, you'll psych yourself into not wanting to touch your face. Sometimes an anti-itch cream, anti-anxiety meds or a beta-blocker can calm down sensations like that. I don't get that stress reaction anymore now that I take a beta-blocker. So if you have any of those, give them a try.
If none of that works, then it may be an allergy or other serious issue that you need to get checked.
The problem, of course, is going to a doctor's office during a pandemic.
Wash your face thoroughly OUTSIDE a bath or shower, and then moisturize well. Sometimes dry skin can cause that sensation.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)KT2000
(20,588 posts)I was in a dr.'s office talking with the dr. and thought I was going to go crazy because of face itches. I finally tried to scratch with my shoulder. I didn't work and the dr. probably thought I was nuts.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Callalily
(14,895 posts)I was my hands before I itch my face! It's those stray hairs that are the culprit.
Nay
(12,051 posts)poison ivy, I wanted to scratch so badly.
Fla Dem
(23,753 posts)Since we were kids. Have to do what we were to not to do.
marlakay
(11,498 posts)But i have been fighting early spring allergies. Using kleenex towipe eyes.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Now, imagine spring allergies while wearing hard contact lenses.
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