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I started pulling my lashes sometime in Middle school. My first memory of it is looking at the lashes i had pulled out scattered on the lab table in 7th grade science, and wondering what one would look like if I looked at it with a...

I don't do exactly what everyone else does, though. I don't pull out the hair on my scalp, or my eyebrows or eyelashes. For a long time I've been obsessed with plucking out the tiny hair follicles on my chin... and to do this I use nail...

My name is Michelle, I have Trichotilomania.  I delveloped this horrifying, self destructive habit when I was 29 years old.  My belief was that I developed is as a result of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Dissorder).  I was...

Interested if anyone out there rubs their eyebrows obsessively like me. I was hoping if anyone knew the secret to stopping this silly habit...

I’m 19 years old and I plug out my eyebrows. Most of the time I felt like I was the only one in this world with this problem until I started getting the urge to take out my eye lashes. So I went on and searched in Google “I plug out...

Each thread of hair feels as soft as silk as I play with it with my fingers. I touch the root of one hair I have been dying to pull. I reach the root and dig my nails into the skin and there is a slight pop. I slowly part it...

Hey, my trichs-in-law. Today, I am going to share my entire story of Trichotillomania and how I have managed to make a great recovery (for those of you who have trich, you will know what a task this is).
I know exactly where it all...

Hey fellow pullers I just wanted to post this so that everyone can put in the tips and tricks they have used to stop pulling, the things that didnt work and the things you want to try but want to know if they worked for anyone elce...

Like many of you, I had no idea that Trichotillomania had a name. I've been pulling since I was a teenager. I only pull my eyebrows and nose hair, and generally can keep it under control.
When I've had an especially stressful day...

I started pulling my eyelashes the summer before I entered middle school. I am almost 27 now and I have not changed a bit. I know people have noticed, but no one has ever mentioned anything except my mother. I know deep down she thinks...

So I have never told anyone about my pulling before, and I'm a little nervous about sharing my experiences but I need to stop and cannot do it on my own. My parents know about it, and it upsets them to the point where they walk out of a...

First, I would like to name some things that I wonder may be the contributing factors to my problem.
     I have abandonment issues for starters. My mother left me to be take care of by my grandparents...

trichotillomania is when you pull out your hair.  believed to be a "cousin" to OCD.  i remember pulling out hairs to make my hairline straight at 15.  this came back later in life but i wouldnt pull from...

Where to begin. Im a female in my young 20's, I have my first child on the way, and I am ready for change. I have had Trichotillomania since I was three. However, it began differently then most cases, I would lie in bed at night and...

i can remember the very first time i started pulling from my eyebrow; i was in third grade, at a new school and it was the day after my grandfather's funeral. after a while, i started pulling my eyelashes and i'd make...

Um, Hi. well i started pulling during 6th grade. its weird because i can actually remember the exact moment that i did it for the first time. for me, it wasn't a compulsive thing, i just had an issue about being perfect i guess. anyway...

I have Trichotillomania for 3 years since I was 16 and I have only told one person. My boyfriend. We have been together for 3 years now and I had to tell him because he lives with me and see's me in the morning before anyone else does...

I pull from the pubic area....only when I am alone...usually when I am reading a book in bed before going to bed. I don't always do it. Generally I just pull from the area covering the lips.

I know this is categorized as a disorder...

I know it's a bit TOO long of a story. I'd be very thankful if you gave me some advice.

It all began in 2003, when I was only 8.

I was diagnosed alopecia. My mother and father did everything they could to cure me. They spent...

ive been having it since im was 14 years old and i am now about to be 17! ive been suffuring so much its been a real tuffs years especially at school ive always tried to cover it up it use to be jus a small little bald spot and now its...