Top Tip: Desensitisation is often most effective if you try a gradual approach from the border zone of hypersensitivity

Do

• Explain what you are trying to achieve
• Encourage short periods of desensitisation regularly throughout the day
• Encourage daily practice
• Use different textures and temperatures
• Reassess response in terms of mapping regularly
• Support with patient information leaflet

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Don’t

• Assume the patient is desensitising appropriately: Massaging or only touching the most sensitive area is not effective