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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read about body focused repetitive behaviors. There is very little you can do until/unless she wants to stop. Drawing attention to it makes it worse. Being embarrassed by your teen's appearance is itself embarrassing.[/quote]
Fair but whether or not anyone will admit it, they are judging. It’s not hygienic and she’s going to end up with scarring on her face from it. [/quote]

If she doesn't want to fix it but it's important to you, I would bribe her. You can say "hey, I get that this isn't important to you. And it's your face. And I love and support you no matter what you do to your face. But I am your mom, and I'm worried about the scarring and people judging you and I just feel bad about it. Is there anything I could do to incentivize you to try to stop?"

Alternatively, I think you could require her to go to therapy. Say "I know you don't care about the face picking, but I think it's a symptom of a problem and I need to you to at least be meeting with a therapist about it regularly because I'm your mom and that's what I need to feel like I'm taking care of you."[/quote]

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