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Today I’ll be answering why do mental health patients have scars on their forehead?

• Table of Contents
• 1.1 Why do mental health patients have scars on their forehead?
• 1.1. Head Banging
• 1.1.1 Self Harm
• 1.1.2 BPS
• 1.1.3 BiPolar
• 1.2 Final Thoughts

Why do mental health patients have scars on their forehead?

Head banging. It’s a form of self harm that’s associated with BPS. There’s even some evidence that suggests it’s linked to bipolar disorder as well.

Self Harm

Cutting.

Scratching.

Burning.

These are a few of the known methods of self harm according to the Crisis Text Line.

But what we’re focusing on is different.

We’re focusing on another type of self harm.

It’s marks leave ugly scars.

Head banging.

Let me make this clear.

Head banging is a form of self harm.

It’s been linked to numerous head injuries.

A majority of them lead to internal head injuries, but they also leave skin injuries.

These scars damage the tissue to the point where after natural healing occurs it still leaves noticeable marks on the area.

Some of the damage becomes so hard to repair, the only way to fix it is cosmetic surgery.

Borderline Personality Symptomatology (BPS)

Bipolar disorder

Final Thoughts