Comments on: The Terrible Toll of Trichotillomania http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ashley http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/comment-page-1/#comment-68787 Ashley Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:08:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/#comment-68787 im Ashley and im 12 years old TTM started happening to me was over christmas break. I started going to the bathroom pulling out the hair on the top of my head, i ate the rots. When i wore my hair in a ponytail a week after my head band came off wear it was covering the bald spots and my grandma told my mom to look at my head so she did and she said "ashley what happend to your head" i just said i thought i had liece so i pulled out the area that was itchy and so every time my mom would look at my head she would see it get worse every day. So she keeped on yeeling at me to stop! but i couldnt do it so we went and looked it up TTM and she started crying. We got braclets, toys, stressballs, journal all for me to keep me ocupied to not do that it didnt work at first but i started getting a ruteen and i went 1 month and 1 week without doing it im so proud of myself. im Ashley and im 12 years old TTM started happening to me was over christmas break. I started going to the bathroom pulling out the hair on the top of my head, i ate the rots. When i wore my hair in a ponytail a week after my head band came off wear it was covering the bald spots and my grandma told my mom to look at my head so she did and she said “ashley what happend to your head” i just said i thought i had liece so i pulled out the area that was itchy and so every time my mom would look at my head she would see it get worse every day. So she keeped on yeeling at me to stop! but i couldnt do it so we went and looked it up TTM and she started crying. We got braclets, toys, stressballs, journal all for me to keep me ocupied to not do that it didnt work at first but i started getting a ruteen and i went 1 month and 1 week without doing it im so proud of myself.

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]]> By: Tammy Wilson http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/comment-page-1/#comment-62674 Tammy Wilson Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:32:12 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/#comment-62674 I am 47 years old and have suffered from Trich at 2 separate times in my life where it was severe with bald spots. I want to say that I found my problem was in relation to hormonal changes but I wish to offer some advice to all sufferers of Trich. I cannot find the original website that I found this information on but I suggest that you try these tricks because they have helped me tremendously. The first trick I use is White Rain shampoo. I am not sure why it works but it does. Keep your hair clean this also helps. I never use any shampoo but White Rain to this day. Also when I have severe itching I take Acidophilus which I keep in the refrigerator. There is some allergens to yeast I believe in Trich sufferers and this will greatly reduce your itch. I hope this helps somebody. God bless. I am 47 years old and have suffered from Trich at 2 separate times in my life where it was severe with bald spots. I want to say that I found my problem was in relation to hormonal changes but I wish to offer some advice to all sufferers of Trich. I cannot find the original website that I found this information on but I suggest that you try these tricks because they have helped me tremendously. The first trick I use is White Rain shampoo. I am not sure why it works but it does. Keep your hair clean this also helps. I never use any shampoo but White Rain to this day. Also when I have severe itching I take Acidophilus which I keep in the refrigerator. There is some allergens to yeast I believe in Trich sufferers and this will greatly reduce your itch. I hope this helps somebody. God bless.

]]> By: Brooke http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/comment-page-1/#comment-61248 Brooke Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:25:49 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/#comment-61248 I have recently started pullin out my eyelashes and eyebrows. I only pull them out because they "hurt" or get "sore" and I feel accomplished after pulling them out. I am 16 years old and I do get made fun of, people will see me pickin at my eyes and then notice that I dont have hardly any eyelashes left. I dont pull out my hair as much, but I honestly have a lot of hair, more than the average person. I dont brush my hair. Only when i take showers, when I wash my hair I run my fingers through it and get the hair out then instead of with a brush. I also get grey hairs, which freaks me out. I'm always on the look out for them and once I see them I pull and pull. My scalp also itches and the only way I feel it will stop is to wash it or pull some out. I don't have bald spots on my head, just my eyelashes and somewhat if my eyebrows. I think I'm developing TTM. I'm scared and I don't know what to do. I have recently started pullin out my eyelashes and eyebrows. I only pull them out because they “hurt” or get “sore” and I feel accomplished after pulling them out. I am 16 years old and I do get made fun of, people will see me pickin at my eyes and then notice that I dont have hardly any eyelashes left. I dont pull out my hair as much, but I honestly have a lot of hair, more than the average person. I dont brush my hair. Only when i take showers, when I wash my hair I run my fingers through it and get the hair out then instead of with a brush. I also get grey hairs, which freaks me out. I’m always on the look out for them and once I see them I pull and pull. My scalp also itches and the only way I feel it will stop is to wash it or pull some out. I don’t have bald spots on my head, just my eyelashes and somewhat if my eyebrows. I think I’m developing TTM. I’m scared and I don’t know what to do.

]]> By: Victoria http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/comment-page-1/#comment-59969 Victoria Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:55:35 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/19/the-terrible-toll-of-trichotillomania/#comment-59969 I've been pulling out hair for about nine years. When I was younger I used to twirl my hair into big knots and then pull it off, or just pluck them out. I did them constantly, especially in school, and my favorite part was (and still is) to pull of the hair follicle with my nails. I didn't have eyebrows for a year when I was in 7th grade (which EVERYBODY noticed), and I also tend to pull my eye lashes. I still pluck my eyebrows like crazy, but I can satisfy myself with just the sides and leave the majority now. I love plucking hair from my toes, my legs (only for a bit, because it starts to hurt), and several other parts of my body -- I LOVE tweezers. Over the summer I started pulling off hair like crazy again. What I do is search for hairs that have a certain texture, sort of like the grey hair texture, and I pull them out from the top of my head and then take off the roots. My therapist was able to get me to stop by using a certain type of string, but it has recently come back and I've been pulling out several huge hairballs a day. I don't have any bald spots yet, but that's simply because I literally have at least 3x the amount of hair as the normal person. I also have OCD, social phobia, and dissociative amnesia, so having this doesn't surprise me. I don't really know why I do it, but I physically can't stop, even when my scalp is super sore. My family and friends don't understand it and they tell me to stop....but I can't. It's all I can focus on. I'm on zoloft 150 mg a day for OCD and social phobia, but my psychiatrist recently put me on an anti seizure pill because they've been shown to help stop urges like this in the brain. I've only been on it a few days, so I don't know if it's going to work, but here's to hoping! Good luck to you all. I’ve been pulling out hair for about nine years. When I was younger I used to twirl my hair into big knots and then pull it off, or just pluck them out. I did them constantly, especially in school, and my favorite part was (and still is) to pull of the hair follicle with my nails. I didn’t have eyebrows for a year when I was in 7th grade (which EVERYBODY noticed), and I also tend to pull my eye lashes. I still pluck my eyebrows like crazy, but I can satisfy myself with just the sides and leave the majority now. I love plucking hair from my toes, my legs (only for a bit, because it starts to hurt), and several other parts of my body — I LOVE tweezers. Over the summer I started pulling off hair like crazy again. What I do is search for hairs that have a certain texture, sort of like the grey hair texture, and I pull them out from the top of my head and then take off the roots. My therapist was able to get me to stop by using a certain type of string, but it has recently come back and I’ve been pulling out several huge hairballs a day. I don’t have any bald spots yet, but that’s simply because I literally have at least 3x the amount of hair as the normal person. I also have OCD, social phobia, and dissociative amnesia, so having this doesn’t surprise me. I don’t really know why I do it, but I physically can’t stop, even when my scalp is super sore. My family and friends don’t understand it and they tell me to stop….but I can’t. It’s all I can focus on. I’m on zoloft 150 mg a day for OCD and social phobia, but my psychiatrist recently put me on an anti seizure pill because they’ve been shown to help stop urges like this in the brain. I’ve only been on it a few days, so I don’t know if it’s going to work, but here’s to hoping!

Good luck to you all.

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