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Can someone educate me more about this practice of scratching the skins with a metal object to the point where it is very red to allay pain?

Is there any merit to this?

Or is it simply causing an overload of sensory input to the brain so that the original ache / pain is "forgotten" by the brain? (my guess)

Someone once mentioned that it might increase white blood cell production in the area. Is there any truth to this?

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