[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

I say talk to her Dad.

I think some of us, the minute we get in college, think we've got to cut all ties with our parents. We figure we're supposed to be adults now, so we force ourselves to deal with all our own problems, with NO outside help.

The great thing about parents is they usually WANT to help, and better than that, they have experience both (a) with life and (b) with us. Who knows what DGQueen's friend's history is like? Maybe she did this when she was younger, too, and her dad got her the help she needed then -- but if he doesn't know the problem, he can't help.

Additionally, she's probably still on her parents' insurance if she's in college. Which is going to be important if the cuts get any worse and she needs medical attention.

Co-sign what sugar&spice said. And James -- please keep your comments to yourself when you don't know what you're talking about. Suggesting that self-mutilation "might not be that serious" based on a bystander's description of events (condensed to fit on an internet site, to boot) is at best irresponsible. We have no idea what the whole story is. And if that IS the whole story -- she's cutting her own skin. How much more serious can you get?