I wanted nothing more than to go cold turkey with my pulling. With every hair I pulled I thought to myself, "this will be the last hair ever I pull." Twenty years of trichotillomania later, I can definitively say that there has been no "last hair."
Read MoreI can’t give you the secret tip to stop pulling, because I haven’t found one yet. I can help you change the way you view your trich, so your disorder isn’t a point of shame and embarrassment.
Read MoreThis week's blog is the second in a two-part series about staring at people who look "different." People with trichotillomania (or any hair loss) are often on the receiving end of those uncomfortable glances.
Read MoreWe’ve all done it. We see someone who looks “different” and we stare a little longer than we’d like to admit.
Read MoreAs I've started talking to people about trichotillomania, I've noticed there are a lot of misconceptions and myths about the disorder out there.
Read MoreI’ve gotten a lot of questions these past few weeks about trichotillomania, so this week’s blog goes into the basics of the hair-pulling disorder.
Read MoreI had one New Years resolution for 2018 - to stop pulling my eyelashes. We’re halfway into March, and I can say that allergy season has bested me once again in this battle.
Read More“How do you keep your hair pulling under control?”
Read MoreUp until recently, I believed my deepest (and I mean deepest) and darkest secret was my trichotillomania. I always shied away from questions or conversations surrounding secrets as a child.
Read MoreI shaved my head a month ago! After turning off the camera, sweeping up all my hair, and coming to terms with the fact that my hair wasn’t coming back anytime soon, my experience as a bald-headed woman quickly became centered around the sensation of having a naked scalp.
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