How do I use my own picture instead of an avatar like on the old messenger?

This is a question for yahoo webmessenger

also as my profile picture

I'm not that much of a fan of the avatars they make us use. I know you can change your profile picture to anything you want, but can you do the same with the avatar on Messenger too?

i keep being asked to use my profile picture; instead of avatar or grey box, when chatting in yahoo messenger. how can i do this?

I have pictures stored to change my picture besides my avatar on yahoo messenger. I can only use my avatar or the picture thats on there of me. It will not let me change my picture. No matter how many times I try it goes back to the same picture. Please...

I have a picture of my 2 children i want to use for my avatar,i finally figured out how to use the picture i choose for Yahoo messenger,and the pic i want to use is also in my choices,but when i went to edit my profile it give me 3 choices 1)No Picture...

I asked this question once before but I did not get the right answer. Note that I am talking about Yahoo Messenger and not the Yahoo website. I am wanting to use a custom picture for my Yahoo Messenger avatar that shows up in Yahoo Messenger chats and...