title: The therapeutic value of medical photography.
abstract: Medical photography is shown to have therapeutic value in illustrating to a patient a previously hidden clinical lesion. The sight of the extent and nature of a hole in her nasal septum which the patient had caused by picking her nose allowed her to stop this habit where previous medication and psychotherapy had failed.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Woolford
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lundall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D010781:Photography; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control