JamWen wrote: > Anyone have any experience with children who chronically pick scabs. I > have a child who has been picking at the same scabs from last summer's bug > bites. They are unsightly and scar tissue formation is extensive. > This could possibly reflect some underlying behavioral/psychological disorder - excoriating oneself represents a form of self-destructive behavior that could represent unresolved stress, conflict, anxiety, etc......But then again, it could just be normal, albeit nonproductive behavior. Andrew MD