HAIR HABIT CAUSING BREAKOUTS

Dear Jellybean,

I always want to flip my hair or play with it in some way and it makes my forehead break out... what should i do? i try to keep it up but then i still play with it or take it out and put it back up. HELP.
-Hairy Gurl

Dear Hairy Gurl,

If your habit is causing breakouts, you definitely need to learn to stop it. Have you tried putting up your hair in complicated updos? I'm talking French braids, etc. If it took you ages to get your hair looking good, and pulling it out messes up the whole effect, it might help deter you from pulling it undone.

Since your hands seem to always want to be busy, you might also try finding them something else to do, besides playing with your hair. Wearing an elastic bracelet with beads, that you can fiddle with and snap, might help. Or take up doodling in the margins of your notebook. The idea is to replace a habit that's causing problems, with another one that's more innocuous.