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Help with Dermatillomania (compulsive picking of skin)

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My wonderful 16 year old autistic son suffers with Dermatillomania.  He picks at the skin on his hands, feet, chest, legs, arms and around his fingernails until they bleed.  He is on Fluoxetine for anxiety which has helped a lot but he still picks, makes himself bleed and in turn is leaving scars.  I have read about the benefits of Vitamin B Inositol and was wondering if anyone has tried this or has any other offers of help.  

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  • Trying to identify why he is picking might help, I used to do it too as I constantly needed something to do with my hands, if that's the cause trying to find a stim toy/fidget toy might help, personally I do origami and have a tangle toy.

    If there is another reason behind it, perhaps something like stateofindependance mentioned then being able to identify that will help a lot too.

    Also if the scars are an issue then I have found that bio-oil works wonders at reducing them.

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  • Trying to identify why he is picking might help, I used to do it too as I constantly needed something to do with my hands, if that's the cause trying to find a stim toy/fidget toy might help, personally I do origami and have a tangle toy.

    If there is another reason behind it, perhaps something like stateofindependance mentioned then being able to identify that will help a lot too.

    Also if the scars are an issue then I have found that bio-oil works wonders at reducing them.

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