Do i have trichotillomania?!
Question: Do i have trichotillomania!?
within the past year or year and a half i have developed a habit of pulling my hair out!. let me explain: i have highlighted hair and sometimes, i'll find a strand that is particularly kinky compared to my smooth, straight strands!. this occurs when the hair is wrinked badly in the foil when it gets highlighted!. i absolutely cant stand it and began plucking them!. i didnt want these wayward, super frizzy strands!. they're rare on my head, but whenever i find one i pluck it!. i pluck them maybe once-five times per day!. i dont want to become addicted, and i havent thought about stopping but the thought makes me nervous!. i really hate feeling these rough hairs!
i think i could stop!. should i!? or is this harmless!? could i pluck a little or will it eventually worsen!?
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i think i could stop!. should i!? or is this harmless!? could i pluck a little or will it eventually worsen!?
serious answers only!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
BEWARE!
That is how I started!.!.!.!.with the rough ones, the really damaged ones!.!.!.!.now (5 years later) I have bald spots that are getting harder and harder to hide, my hair is probably 25% as thick as it used to be and I pick at my scalp until it bleeds!.
It may just be 1-5 hairs a day now - but it becomes a serious psychological condition!. It takes over, it's an obsessive compulsive disorder and now I don't just pull out the hair it isn't just a habit anymore it's in my head!.!.!.a lot of thought goes into it and what hairs I'm looking for!.!.!.!.!.GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN! Because I don't know how to stop now!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
That is how I started!.!.!.!.with the rough ones, the really damaged ones!.!.!.!.now (5 years later) I have bald spots that are getting harder and harder to hide, my hair is probably 25% as thick as it used to be and I pick at my scalp until it bleeds!.
It may just be 1-5 hairs a day now - but it becomes a serious psychological condition!. It takes over, it's an obsessive compulsive disorder and now I don't just pull out the hair it isn't just a habit anymore it's in my head!.!.!.a lot of thought goes into it and what hairs I'm looking for!.!.!.!.!.GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN! Because I don't know how to stop now!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes!.
Trich can be very particular!. You can pull anywhere from your head, eyelashes, pubic hair, etc!.
Some people go for the "Wrong" hairs, the ones that stand out!. Short, frizzy, differently colored, etc!.
I've had this for six years, I'm still fighting to quit!. It's an Impulse control disorder!. It's something you can't really "Stop" after it's developed!.
Check out http://www!.dailystrength!.org
Join the support group there! They really do help!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Trich can be very particular!. You can pull anywhere from your head, eyelashes, pubic hair, etc!.
Some people go for the "Wrong" hairs, the ones that stand out!. Short, frizzy, differently colored, etc!.
I've had this for six years, I'm still fighting to quit!. It's an Impulse control disorder!. It's something you can't really "Stop" after it's developed!.
Check out http://www!.dailystrength!.org
Join the support group there! They really do help!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Instead of plucking them, just use a small pair of scissors and trim it!. That way it should grow in healthy and you will be more tuned in to what you're doing!. My aunt used to pluck her hair, eyebrows, leg,arm, underarm and pubic hair!. She started when she was 16 and when she passed away at age 78 she didn't have nary a hair on her body!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
if you had trichotillamania you would also be going for your eyelashes, eyebrows, leg hair-any hair really!. That sounds more like OCDWww@Answer-Health@Com