I am a man and I enjoy plucking my face

It's a relief to get to this forum as I thought only I did this. Am in my 40's now but still pluck my facial hairs every day as I have done since I was about 18. Have Atopic eczema since a child & I hate having hairs grow on my face. I have always suffered from stress & anxiety, feels great once the hairs are gone....skin feeling smooth is what I prefer so I don't itch as much. I kinda live in hope that they will never grow back but sadly they do.

wow.......just wow

i remember being 17 and stonged and watching tv in a friends basement.  i was allergic to his dog or cat........and mu eyes were getting so itchy.   i don;t know what i thought,... but i just started pullin on my eye lashes...and i noticed it felt releifing when one would come out.   before i knew i had ripped my bottom lashes off of one eye ........... that is where it all started.

for a while i was just using my finger tips i soon learned there has to be a better method.  tweezers came about and the next three years i went off on my eye brows and eye lashes.  every day.  it was really bad.  i was doing drugs and smoking tons of weed. i noticed i would get into a trance starring into the mirror just plucking away ......... losing track of time.

there was a period of time i did some what stop

but it seem to manifest its self again but only on the middle part of my eye brows,,,, areas of my chin..... and nose....

and rub them on my lip, between my fingers, on the mirror sometimes all over the tips of my fingers and touch my face with it...

 

real wierd i know.         i have wished for one super think one to grow that gives me the ultimate fight to get it out by the root ...

 

I have the exact same problem terrible dry skin and pulling them out is painful but i enjoy it but i need help to stop

Wow that's sick! I do it 2 but I think it makes you'd nosterls bigger. Actually if u have a problem like me you have to look in the mirror & u can c your nose is bald! I know it's not good we need the hair.

I've got this disorder and it drives me mental sometimes.

I only pluck the hairs from my chin/cheek/beard - usually when they're JUST long enough to reach with my fingernails - about 2 days after my last shave - the shorter they are, the more rewarding it is to get them, because once they're out you can see how deep they were in the skin

I know that this is a disorder, because for me it is unwanted behavior. In fact, if I had my way I'd grow a neat beard, but because I pluck, I get distinct bald spots that last weeks, so I never have a chance to grow one properly. It's interesting to observe these distinct bald spots and see the paths and clear zones - this aspect seems to affirm the fact that this must be some kind of distinct lesion or anomaly in the brain/DNA, or something

Furthermore, I know perfectly well how much easier it would be to just hop into the shower and shave it all off in less than 2 minutes, and how retarded it is that I can waste hours on end just sitting there doing nothing but plucking.... but like any anxiety, acknowledging the abnormality is the easy part - defeating it can be a mountain that may seem impossible to climb. And indeed, it seems even though I can acknowledge this problem and intend to overcome it for the sake of my own health and future, I will inevitably find myself lying in bed, sucked back into the trance of plucking again, whether I like it or not

Unlike other users' reports I've read here, I don't use tweezers. In fact if I use anything other than my bare fingernails, it seems to diminish the quality/reward of the plucking experience. As someone has mentioned, it feels as if there is a 'patch' of hair that the body is indicating to the brain just doesn't belong there - like, they're hairs your own body grew, but they need to come out. Targeting and removing those hairs brings great therapeutic relief. Everyone on here so far is describing this as "I LOOVE TO PLUCK" - I don't love it, in fact I hate it, but I think 'RELIEF' is a more fitting word than 'LOVE' to describe the feeling, although it's not just relief. Removing any other hairs except those ones, hurts. And once I start, I can't stop for potentially hours - it's an extremely powerful urge. Sometimes in the heat of an 'attack' of the urge to pluck, it can get so intense that I feel like I'm about to have some kind of fit, but it's never gone beyond that, thank goodness

Another thing - once I pull them out, I examine them and then eat them (no mess, feels good to chew between incisors). I seem to be the only person who eats them? Everyone else just seems to collect or discard, but for me sampling the taste/texture is an integral part of the experience

I can't understand how people pull hair out of their head, pubes, or underarms, that would be too painful for me - but I guess our bodies are all different. For me, plucking the beard hair does not hurt - it just has that satisfying 'plucking' feeling, which for god knows what reason, drives me to keep doing it until I realize what harm I've actually done.

Stopping it is not easy, and most times I start doing it without actually realizing it. It's like a compulsive tic that will happen naturally unless you actively and consciously intervene to stop it. It's not a choice to start, rather a choice to stop - and once you've decided to stop, you have to put tremendous energy into keeping your hands still, and hope that you don't find yourself doing it again just minutes later

When I was young, I used to pick my fingers too (dermatillomania) and pluck my eyebrows - this leads me to the conclusion that this is somehow related (so too is nail-biting), and hereditary/genetic.

Every few months I also get another similar urge, to nibble/bite the lateral sides of my tongue. Again, this 'feels right' until it reaches a point of real pain or starts to bleed -- its as if our bodies are mistaking mild pain for pleasure, and only when you've caused significant damage does your body recognize it as actual pain. I have not found anyone else who has the tongue-biting anomaly, but it seems to be closely related under the greater umbrella of OCD

Been plucking my chin/ neck/ mustache hairs for about 6 yrs, at one point i started putting the hairs in a jar,occasionally messing around with the hairs using my fingers, got to collecting at least a thousand or so b4 my missus thru them away in disgust....she thinks I'm nuts..... i think i am aswell for all this time wasting! i go to the mirror first thing in the morning,after a pee, pluck at least 15 to 20 hairs before heading to work....when i get home i continue the saga until any sign of facial hairs around my neck are removed! I like having a goaty but have defo noticed patches where the hairs have not grown back, also the moustache area because of the friggin plucking! i cant grow a goaty for longer than say 3 to 4 days b4 i start pulling the hairs out with my fingers(between my middle finger and thumb) .it does my F__kin head in!! TBH im sick of this sh*t, i want to be cured!! how much goddamn time i have wasted in front of the mirror plucking !! i also chew/ grind down the damn things aswell like u , actually ur the first person i have read on this posting topic who chews the hair! ive been chewing the hairs for that long that it has ground my front teeth down and also moved my teeth on the lower section because of the grinding.Basically i chew the hair until its broken into nothing !! Im sure i have swallowed the bits on plenty of occasions! that cant be any good for u! some body pleeeeeeease help me !! MAN I WANT OUT!!!!!

I do the same thing every other night.  I get my wife to puck all my chin hairs and moustache hairs.  I find the chin hairs easier to remove out with less pain.   I'm not sure why I enjoy this but I think it is tricholomania and also may be hereditary.  My father and uncles are all asian and they all did the same thing when I was younger.   The feeling is absolutely euphoric and I often end up falling asleep when my wife plucks out my chin hairs for me.   What I feel is that there is a deep satisfaction in a clean and smooth chin,  no embedded hairs.  Plus the hairs don't grow back until 2-3 days later which take longer when shaving.  In addition, I find it most enjoyable because there is an "itchy tingle" feeling right after pulling the hair and that can be satisfied by a nice light scratch.  Sometimes the roots of the hairs are left over, but they can easily be popped out by squeezing the pores as you would for blackheads.

Same thing for me. I have eczema too and I do the same thing.

I know that feeling, the one about chewing on the hairs. I don't know that I worry about taste. I've had tricho..... yeah for 12 years. I started out by pulling my hairs from the back of my head. Then I started picking at my facial hair as I got older. Haven't been able to stop yet. The obsession is terrible. Even worse when reading or studying. The only downside to me is that I've been known to pick the skin until it's raw trying to get that ONE specific hair, and I know exactly which one it is. I can generally stop for a while after that sucker is gone.

You have Trichotillomania

So ive been plucking hair sense i was a little girl...... i love the feeling of it especially when it stings it gives me a feeling of pleasure which sounds wierd i know.... mostly i just pluck my body hair like hands stomach neck chin and feet my favorite spot to pluck now is my stomach and most of my hair grows as an ingrown hair which leaves bumps or marks on my skin but its like i cant help it or resist it i dont pluck from my head or eat the hair im prettt happy about that but i go for the bold dark black hairs i believes those type of hairs have the most feeling i can pluck the smallest hair too i have became a pro at it over the years..... i even lik tp pluck hair off other people especially if its bold i feel lik it doesent belong there.

Anyone try NAC?

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I do the same thing but I started with my eyebrows first. Then my chest and abs. Then I shaved off my pubic hair. Then started plucking them. Then my balls and now I'm so doing my ass hair. But they're hard to see. Anyway I've started growing a patch on my face and shaving didn't do justice. I pluck each hair to get the shape I want. My face come ion is so much softer and not a wrinkle. Is it just me or is there men out there that does this?

I love doing this as well.. I do have OCD I beleive.. And I'm a wierd person.. but smart:p Like, my body has to be super balanced, If i hit myself on my left arm I wud have to do this same to right.. If I step on a stone with my left leg, I do this same with my right. If I itch the left side of my face, I have to do it to the right side AND IF I DONT, UUGGHHH I GET SO ANNOYED TILL I DO IT..!!! :( I HATE THIS.. If I

I understand how you feel. I have been plucking my facial hair for years. I also enjoy the split second pain. Now, I have moved from face to underarms, to stomach and my private parts. I sought help, but medication is what they offered. Today I still pluck my hair. I just choose which days i am going to spend 3 hrs in the bathroom.