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How Can Dermatillomania Be Treated?

I have a friend that smokes meth in a pipe once a week, She constantly picks at her skin she says its glass coming out of her skin from a serve wreck that happemn 10 years ago. I have taken a sterizedd needle and took ot what i thought was glass this picking seems to get worse whe her nerves are bad are people call attention to her picking. how do i heip her
Mon, 30 Apr 2018
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Hello,

It is a drug effect called sand under the skin. People get feeling that insects are crawling on their skin and they keep picking them.

He needs drug de-addiction center admission. Please, take him there, this is the only way, you can help him.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Varinder Joshi
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How Can Dermatillomania Be Treated?

Hello, It is a drug effect called sand under the skin. People get feeling that insects are crawling on their skin and they keep picking them. He needs drug de-addiction center admission. Please, take him there, this is the only way, you can help him. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Varinder Joshi