Trichotillomania A Hair Pulling Gene

Compulsive hair puller? NOT YOUR FAULT! Trichotillomania could be caused by GENETIC FACTORS researchers say!!

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• Trichotillomania
• trich
• hair
• pulling

[StarStella1987]

I can't believe she showed everyone her head. I had trich since i was 9 and i have never never been able to show or tell my doctor about trich. May God give her strength to stop pulling.

[JustBeingMeNdUBeinU]

please listen all trichitillomania sufferers!!! I have found a way to control my urges, I have been pulling my eyelashes and eyebrows for 10 years, now like most of you, I guess, it is down to stress! I have found that a course of acupuncture really helped, I went to a chines medicine shop I have regular acupuncture , maybe once a week for 6 weeks, and a course of de-stressing tablets that I took everyday for the entire course that she recommended, I can honestly say it changed my life!!!!

[popprincessaa]

i have had this syndrome since i was 10 years old...and now i am 14. im in theropy and doing well....but i still pull. i wear wigs. i was just like this girl in middle school.

[purplerainlily74]

like spider legs, very frustrating condition.. :-c

[purplerainlily74]

I've had this condition since my teen years, I'm now in my 40's, I also yanked the thick hairs on top of my head, eyelashes and eyebrows.... several years ago when Lilash came out on the market I tried it and it worked beautifully, then I got a condition called Blepharitis and could not do Lilash anymore due to the irritating effect it had; I am right now on antibiotics topical and oral, also Latisse this one is to replace the lashes, it has not worked like Lilash does, lashes grow like spider

[Auree96]

First step to try fight trich is by accepting that you have it! It took me three and a half years. And I doing sooooo much better. I really hope that you can also accept it and just stay positive, tht is the MOST important thing to do :))

[nicolemp]

@StarBoy62 I use a tangle therapy. It keeps my hands busy and hightens my brain function.

[StarBoy62]

I have trichotillomania with autism and it just makes thing a lot worse for me. I just don't get why when my parents tell me to stop, it doesn't help at all. -_-

[lunarfoxie]

I do it. But I like to find thick hairs (I have thin hairs) and rip them apart like split ends :-0

[theredstarsoldier]

@jodirene I feel ya on the military thing, unfortunately it flared back up during my mos qual; I even got a couseling statement for it... Pretty embarrassing to be put on blast likethat by the platoon xP. Just give it time, as the hair grows back it thickens again

[cowtipper222]

Mandy you are beautiful inside and out and so brave for doing this. You are right, your identity os not all about hair that is only apart it! Much love!

[babygirll3914]

I'm 14 years old and I have this/: I pull in the back of my head on top I always wear a puff for my bangs to cover it in the back because I am so embarrassed to wear my hair down): it's not big it's not small , but it's the size of a quarter and I've tried alot of different hair styles): can someone please please tell me some techniques I could use): I really want my hair back so I can feel pretty again):