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Cutting and Self-Harm Factsheet (for Schools) for Parents

What teachers should know about self-injury, and how to help students who do it.

To amputate something is to remove something by cutting.

An anal fissure is a cut or tear in the lining of the anus.

Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical that can clean your cuts and scrapes.

Minimally invasive surgery is a type of procedure done with smaller incisions (cuts).

A scar is a mark left on your skin from a cut or wound that has healed.

Cellulitis is a skin infection caused by bacteria entering the skin through a cut or scrape.

Many kids need stitches at one time or another to help a cut heal properly. Learn all about stitches and what they do.

Impetigo is a skin infection that can happen when bacteria get inside your skin from a cut.

Cutting and other forms of self-injury among teens have become more common in recent years. Learn how to help a teen who self-harms.