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Help with hair washing sensitivity

crazydarkside

Hi,

I have a 12 yr old with pronounced Aspergers, OCD and clinical depression.  He has always been reluctant to wash, esp his hair, and has recently verbalised that he finds it very incomfortable, as it is heavy and he doesn't like the feeling.  He won't get in the bath, and he won't wash it himself.  I put the shower on really soft, and not too warm or cold, and only use shampoo he has chosen, so he likes the smell  We are waiting for an occupational therapy appt to check his sensitivities.  Any suggestions??

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  • HI Intenseworld,

    Well that had been my other thought, up until he mentioned that it hurt to wash his hair, I had assumed that he had developed the usual allergy that boys get to water when they hit puberty!! I have joked that because we live in the countryside, what we need at home is a sheep dip, where I can push him in at one end and keep pushing, him under until he bobs up clean at they other end!!  It is very difficult with my monster to know what is genuine and what he is making up to his advantage!!!

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  • HI Intenseworld,

    Well that had been my other thought, up until he mentioned that it hurt to wash his hair, I had assumed that he had developed the usual allergy that boys get to water when they hit puberty!! I have joked that because we live in the countryside, what we need at home is a sheep dip, where I can push him in at one end and keep pushing, him under until he bobs up clean at they other end!!  It is very difficult with my monster to know what is genuine and what he is making up to his advantage!!!

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