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 | Jan 17, 2013 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Trichotillomania affects a lot of kids; conservative estimates place it between 0.6% and 2.5% of children, although the actual number is probably much higher. More important than the prevalence of trichotillomania in our children is the impact that trichotillomania...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 10, 2013 | People with trichotillomania
Children with trichotillomania are fighting an uphill battle. They often experience overwhelming urges to pull their hair out no matter how badly they don’t want to. Friends and family members start to shun or ridicule them. Parents tell them to “just stop”. They may...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Dec 13, 2012 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
Timmy’s parents came to us after their third unsuccessful trial with psychotherapy to help him stop pulling out the hair on his head; they had also tried several rounds of medications with no results. Timmy was a 9 year old boy and had progressively pulled back from...
