Hypnotherapy for Oral Lichen Planus. Patients with Clinically and Histologically Confirmed Oral Lichen Planus Would Be Randomized for Hypnotherapy Vs Psychoeducation About the Pyschoneuroimmune System. Follow Up Would Be Done At 2, 6, 12 Weeks After.

60 patients with clinically and histologically confirmed Oral Lichen Planus, which are are typically followed up at our oral mucosal disease clinic with a standing diagnosis for at least 1 year would be randomized. 30 would undergo a session of psychoeducation and hyponotherapy and 30 would undergo psychoeducation alone. This would be done by the PI who is an oral medicine specialist and licensed for medical hypnosis. Patients would be instructed to practice self hypnosis and would be followed up by their original oral medicine specialists who would be blinded to the intervention the had recieved - follow up would be done at 2, 6, and 12 week intervals. Patients would be asked to fill 3 standardized questionnaires (translated to Hebrew and verified): PHQ-9, OHIP-14, ERQ . The clinical appearance of their lichen planus would be documented using a standardized semi-quantitive method as described by Piboonniyom et al, OOOO 2005