by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 4, 2013 | People with trichotillomania
In talking with a colleague the other day, I was struck with a realization that I found very interesting. We have found a significant portion of the people we see with trichotillomania exhibit traits of a ‘Type A personality’ including being high-achievers. This is...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 21, 2013 | Support for trichotillomania
I get asked this question a lot. I believe there are a couple reasons, although I won’t claim to know the exact cause. First, not many people discuss trichotillomania with their medical professional. Doctors need to be up on the treatments and therapies that work for...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 14, 2013 | How to stop hair pulling, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you know that for most people trichotillomania the urges to pull are due to imbalance(s) in neurotransmitters. The solution, therefore, is to rebalance a person’s neurotransmitter levels. The exact methods used...
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 | Jan 31, 2013 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
We’ve been working with people with trichotillomania from all over the world for many years now and have shared numerous stories of their journeys, successes and setbacks in this blog. I’d like to know more about you – the thousands of people that read this blog every...
