Thank you everyone for you input. Now I know what to ask her when we talk about it again. She has not had a check up in ahwhile, only gets them 1x a year now, but I will ask her if it is itchy. I did ask her why she was doing it, after I told her it was not bad to do, she was able to talk to me a little bit. At first she shrugged her shoulders, then she said when she is cold it warms her up. I am thinking of asking her how often she does it. When she first started doing it, I would catch her in the living room. I was able to tell her it is something that needs to be done privately, and she understood that. Maybe talking to her about it will help me with my inhibitions about it. and I will google it from my home computer tonight, and try to find some books. I never expected to be dealing with this at this age, I am totally unprepared.
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