Can Stretchy Skin Be A Sign Of ADHD? What Experts Want You To Know

There are an estimated 3 million people with ADHD in the UK.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

A viral video of a person’s skin stretching and contorting as they use a hand dryer is doing the rounds on social media right now.

Text overlaid reads: “If your skin does this under a hand dryer, there is a statistically massive chance you also have ADHD [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder].”

At the time of writing, the video had been viewed over 630,000 times.

The caption suggested that super stretchy skin could be a sign of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) – and pointed to a study which found people with hypermobility are 5.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.

But as the two are very different conditions, experts are cautious about people taking this to mean stretchy skin is a sign of ADHD.

Here’s what they want you to know.

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