My friend is burning herself w/salt &ice?!


Question: My friend is burning herself w/salt &ice!?
She also cuts!. She's 23 and has been hurting herself since she was 14!. Everyone knows!. We can't get her to stop!. We have tried everthing!. My question is can it do any harm!? This is how she does it!. She puts salt on her skin then ice&more salt on top of the ice!. She leaves it on her skin until it melts!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Holy hell that would hurt!. The salt reacts with ice in an endothermic way!. It pulls heat away from your skin fast enough to give the feeling of being burned!. Kind of a mild form of frost bite!. It might look swollen or puffy!. I don't really know how to treat it!. Sorry!. She's going to have a nasty scar after it heals!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I didn't even know salt and ice burned!. What the hell!?

Well if she cuts then it sounds like it's just another way for her to 'cut'!.

Just like cutting, there's emotional problems causing her actions and she needs help plain and simple!. Is she willing to go to therapy or anything!? Don't give on her, keep pushing and let her know you care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

She needs to get over herself and quit being a drama queen!. She's only doing this crap to get attention from you and her other "friends"!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

She's a nut job she needs professional helpWww@Answer-Health@Com





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