by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 16, 2014 | Amino Acid Therapy, How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by recurrent, often irresistible urges to pull hair out from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes or other areas of the body despite trying to stop. Many of our clients with trichotillomania have shared tricks and tips they have...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 17, 2014 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I received an interesting email the other day that highlighted some of the misconceptions about using amino acid therapy, so I thought I would share it with you. The author, we’ll call her Jane, was explaining to me how she had “experimented with amino acid therapy...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 20, 2014 | Managing Trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
What is Methylation? Methylation refers to the process of adding a chemical structure known as a methyl group (CH3-) to another molecule or atom. Many processes in the body depend on methylation to function properly, including the removal of heavy metals, regulation...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 23, 2014 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I just spoke with Sabrina’s mom (for previous updates, see https://stoppullinghairout.com/2013/11/28/a-work-in-progress-update-2/); she is still mostly OCD and urge free. In fact, she hasn’t pulled at all in the last 3 months and rates her urges to pull a “0” on a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 28, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I have given a couple updates over the past year about a client of ours with trichotillomania named Sabrina (see A Work in Progress – An Update and A Work in Progress – Sabrina’s Story. I have spoken with Sabrina’s mom several times over the past several months and...
