My DS has ocd. He’s had a lot of treatment, over the years and we know that the next step is inpatient treatment. The is no unit locally so, he’d need to be in The Maudsley (London) but he has to wait til he’s 18. He’s 17 now.
Recently, he’s taken to scrubbing his skin with just about anything he can get his hands on. I removed anything potentially abrasive but, even a soft facecloth can be a weapon in the wrong hands.
He came to me on Saturday morning and said his skin was itchy and sore. “Where abouts?” I asked. “Well, all over, really”. I asked him to show me and was shocked to see there were big (side plate sized) parts of his body which had no skin at all. Groin, back of knees and inside elbows. He flatly refused the gp but agreed to my putting cream on. So Sat evening, Sun morning & evening, same Monday and this morning I slathered it on. This am, whole areas of skin that were burnt looking with the skin broken and bleeding, are pretty much healed.
I know it’s neither stylish nor particularly beautiful but AVEENO CREAM with COLLOIDAL OATS is a miracle formula. Better than anything the doctor gave me in the past and though it’s expensive for the amount I need to use am and pm, it works.
Just saying... 😊