by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 6, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
We talk at great length on this site about how neurotransmitter imbalance can greatly impact your urge to pull and that correcting underlying imbalances is the key for many people to stop pulling. I just came across an interesting article that may provide additional...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 29, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
If you have symptoms of trichotillomania you have a neurotransmitter imbalance. This means that serotonin (the main inhibitory neurotransmitter) and dopamine (the main excitatory neurotransmitter) are out of balance with one another, which causes you to experience an...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 22, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania
A search of the internet for ‘treatments of trichotillomania’ brings back over 335,000 results. This can make the search for a viable treatment option very difficult, if not downright impossible. However, upon closer investigation, you will find that there are really...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 15, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, What is trichotillomania
I am often asked if our approach ‘cures’ trichotillomania. The simple answer is ‘it depends’. The word ‘cure’ or ‘curing’ are used and strictly protected as medical terms, only to be used by medical doctors and other health care professionals that are licensed to...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 8, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
We just did a post on Stephanie’s story with trich and how amino acid therapy helped her ‘beat trich’ in her words. I wanted to follow up with a couple points regarding Stephanie’s story to point out a few things that we see often when working with people with trich....
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 1, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
The following is a compelling story from one of our clients: “I was diagnosed with trich in 1st grade and I’ve pulled every 1-3 days since then. By the time I found Dr. Oler I was 17 years old and had pulled out all my eyebrows, eyelashes and about 50% of the hair on...