by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 24, 2010 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
I came across a blog called It’s Trichy. It’s written by a person who suffers from trichotillomania. On one of the pages, the author talks about things she’s tried to resist the urge to stop pulling hair out. I thought her comments provided a perfect example of how...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 11, 2010 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
In a post on her Alternative Medicine Blog, Cathy Wong noted that the supplement N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) could help tame trichotillomania. She cited a study in which 50 people with trichotillomania took either a NAC supplement or a placebo pill daily. According to the...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 4, 2010 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
A recent article entitled “Trichotillomania & Treatment” appeared on eHow. The article provides a cursory look at both the condition and the treatments for trichotillomania. We bring it to your attention because it neglects to mention a therapy that gets at the...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 13, 2010 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Support critical for healing trichotillomania We’re writing this blog in response to a comment made on Daily Strength, in a trichotillomania support group designed to help people stop pulling hair out. The post was made in response to a paragraph written by Dr. Fred...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 7, 2010 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
We’re going to feature more stories about people with trichotillomania. This is a great news story about Valerie Vanone, who talks about her struggles with trichotillomania. Her most important message is at the end of the video, “You are not...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 21, 2010 | People with trichotillomania
We highly recommend Pass the Baton, a touching and inspirational film about a mother and daughter’s battle with trichotillomania. The film is directed by Suzi Landolphi, and written by Hannah Sussman and Michael Perricone. It’s the touching story of a mother’s...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 12, 2010 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Joyce Scarborough is a writer. Like 40 million people worldwide, she also suffers from an inability to stop pulling out hair – trichotillomania. But she’s not shy about the condition. In fact, she’s basing her new humorous novel on it. “See, I figured that if...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 1, 2010 | How to stop hair pulling, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
photo credit: Handolio The “stop pulling hair out” testimonials we receive are encouraging for anyone who has suffered through trichotillomania. This particularly case was extremely uplifting, particularly because of the severity of the client’s...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 1, 2010 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
photo credit: Hljod.Huskona In the first part of Natural Anxiety Treatments for trichotillomania, I discussed what happens when the body takes a medication called a reuptake inhibitor, which essentially traps neurotransmitters in the chemical synapse. If you need a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 25, 2010 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
photo credit: Mark Cummins We’ve touched on the Natural Way to Stop Pulling Hair Out. But let’s take an even deeper look into how the natural anxiety treatment works. Natural anxiety treatment all takes place in the synapse We’re going to delve into the nervous...