by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 21, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I just got off the phone with the mother of one of the young women we are working with for trich and wanted to share her story. Carmen is 11 years old and started pulling in March 2012; she was completely bald before she started working with us and had tried many...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 14, 2013 | People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
I recently spoke to a mother that was at the end of her rope; her 12 year old daughter had been pulling for several years and they had been doing everything possible to try and cover up her bald patches and missing eyebrows so that other people – friends and family...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 7, 2013 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I just got off the phone with a young woman (13 years old) and her mother. The young woman, let’s call her Angie, has been suffering from trich for a couple years but seeing great improvements with amino acid therapy. In the course of our conversation, I found out...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 8, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
We have talked a lot about the wide ranging effects that neurotransmitter function can have on various aspects of a person’s life (here is a short list of symptoms that are related to neurotransmitter imbalance). A recent client conversation highlighted this in...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 25, 2012 | People with trichotillomania
I had an interesting conversation with a family last week that sparked an interesting question: Just because someone has trich, does it need to be corrected? A little background might help. The call was in reference to a 14 year old girl that has trich; she mainly...
