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I Have Dermatillomania

Scalp

By: woochip
Written on December 21st, 2007
I pick at my scalp, so while I do get big red welts, no one sees them, and no one knows I have a problem.  I used to have trichotillomania, and I thought I'd beaten it, but really I think I just moved from plucking hair to plucking the skin at the base of the hair.
By: woochip
Age: 21-25 , Female
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    belisma
    belisma

    I had a teacher in 2nd grade notice the scab on my head (I had done the same thing as Gregssis) and I was SO embarrassed! My scalp is the hardest not to pick! I have several places I pick, but that one is the hardest to stop. Also because I do it when I am sitting and not doing something with my hands. Even if other people are around. I used to knit and it helped a lot! I would do that to keep my hands busy during class in college (only one professor ever had a problem with it), actually before that in high school too. And then if watching TV, etc., I would knit. I injured my arms/hands at a job and so it is painful now to knit for any length of time. Maybe other people should try knitting...

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    Gregssis
    Gregssis

    I started with the scalp. When I was little I dug a nice little hole in the top of my head and I would peel the scab off of it when I was lonely/bored/nervous/etc. Now that I'm an adult I've moved on to picking at my neck, which is worse because now people can see the bruising and scars.

    Nov 2, 2010
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