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as a sleep aid. Now I have realized that I also suffer from OCD and dermatillomania in my daily life. The dermatillomania is from the last few years, but I see signs of OCD from my childhood. What do you ... View answer
I am obese and trying to lose to weight. I get my period every two weeks. I will not take hormones or birthcontrol. I have a had two cousins who have had strokes while on birthcontrol... View answer
i am a virgin and I have two periods a month. Other than birthcontrol what can help regulate periods. I am overweight as well. My cousin took birthcontrol and had a blood clot. I am petrified... View answer
[Dear Dr. I am newly married and we are planning for kid after 2year. Now we are using condoms and worried about certain times not in a position to use condoms. Would be needed your recommendation for postponing the same... View answer
Hello! What was first diagnosed as a rash due to severe seasonal allergies has now been identified as something called dermatillomania , (pls forgive the spelling)...What is it? Where does it come ... View answer
[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... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Varinder Joshi
( General & Family Physician)
I suffer from Dermatillomania, or the compulsion to pick and and pull on the skin on my thumbs. I peel the skin off my thumbs up to several times per week, tear at my cuticles and often cause my thumbs ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney
( Dermatologist)
[I have become a compulsive skin picker and can t stop. I found when I dig under the first later of skin it is very fibrous like hairs that are really strong and have no feeling. Is that normal? I have taken a picture if... View answer
Answered by :Dr. TINU VARGHESE
( Ayurveda Specialist)
[Female patient aged 96 (moderate dementia) was prescribed lorazepan (1/2 mg twice daily) for compulsive skin picking. After a week the picking is worse than before? Are there any other mediations routinely indicated for... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal
( General & Family Physician)
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