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My 15 year old son keeps eating the skin around his fingers until its raw ..help! i have no idea what to do i am scared for him he reached to get laundry and i noticed he is doing it again . he keeps eating his fingers raw he has no skin on his fingers

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Dr. Robert Gluck answered

Agreed : Agreed that this sounds like the symptom of something psychological that needs to be addressed. From a hand surgeons perspective, they fingers may in fact get infected as the mouth, as you probably know, if full of all sorts of bacteria. Best of luck.

Answered 10/4/2016

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A member asked:

My 15 year old son keeps eating the skin around his fingers until its raw ..help! i have no idea what to do i am scared for him he reached to get laundry and i noticed he is doing it again . he keeps eating his fingers raw he has no skin on his fingers

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