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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Expert Clinic on mind and skin
- Topic: Skin picking
- Replies: 2
- Views: 74
Re: Skin picking
Thank you for your question. Psychological intervention can actually help you reverse this habit/behavioural response. Please seek referral via your GP to NHS services. You can also observe via a log/diary what drives this behaviour and collect some more information around when you pick your skin an...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Expert Clinic on mind and skin
- Topic: Skin flare ups seemingly caused by stress
- Replies: 2
- Views: 72
Re: Skin flare ups seemingly caused by stress
Thank you for your question. My advice will be to encourage your son to seek psychology referral via his GP to address his feelings and relationship with his skin disease but also get coping strategies for stress.
The combined approach has shown benefits for well-being and skin disease.
The combined approach has shown benefits for well-being and skin disease.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Expert Clinic on mind and skin
- Topic: Psoriasis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 63
Re: Psoriasis
Psoriasis is considered a long-term condition that one can manage well but not cure.
Please ask your GP for referral to seek advice on treatment options with a Dermatologist.
Please ask your GP for referral to seek advice on treatment options with a Dermatologist.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:32 pm
- Forum: British Skin Foundation - Mental Health & Skin Conditions
- Topic: Mental health and psoriasis
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2534
Re: Mental health and psoriasis
The situation all we are living at present with social distancing and isolation is very challenging and a certainly very stressful experience. We do also know that psoriasis is reactive to stress and stress can exacerbate it. It is worth considering identifying what is stressful to you and how you c...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: British Skin Foundation - Mental Health & Skin Conditions
- Topic: Red raw face
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1734
Re: Red raw face
Dear Tracey, Thank you for writing to us. Skin picking is an emotion-regulation coping strategy that people often use to manage their di(stress). It could be related to your emotional state and it might worth considering a talking therapy to manage your depression but also your skin picking behaviou...