Has overcome tric and found pull-freedom I started to pull out my eyelashes when I was 7 years old. First of all it was just a couple before I went to sleep at night and it seemed to calm me down so I could sleep better. Then I realised I had started to do at other times during the day. Usually if I was feeling stressed or bored. I started to notice little clumps of lashes were missing but never imagined anyone would notice. Then one night I don't know why but when I woke up I had ... VIEW POST

Still on her journey to become pull-free Hey Guys, my name is Krystal. I'm 14 years old. I've been pulling my hair out for about a year now. My parents and I realized that I started pulling my hair out when I switched schools last year. But I made friends easily and had no problem with it. At first my friend showed me what split ends were. I started pulling out all my split ends. One time I accidentally pulled out the whole hair and saw the white root at the end. I thought it was cool ... VIEW POST

Now understands herself I have never been to the doctors because I didn't know I had a problem. I could never understand why all of a sudden I decided to pull at my eyelashes, and my eyebrows? Over time I still continued; at 13 I felt like a freak. It started to become noticeable, and people would always ask me, "Why don't you have any eyelashes?" I would think of all the most sensible lies, but I still never really knew. When I was 17, I worked at a hair salon, so it was less ... VIEW POST

Her journey has lacked support from everyone who should have been there People of all ages can be cruel, and it takes a journey, truly, to realize that, especially ones with trich. When I was only in third grade, I started pulling out my beautiful, long, thick hair ... for reasons I didn't know, for reasons then I didn't care to know ... But children that young are so unforgiving ... and it started to take it's toll. And the more they asked me, the more I ripped from me ... not just hair, ... VIEW POST

happy with where she is with Trichotillomania now  don't remember exactly when my hair pulling started. I do remember it didn't start with my scalp - it started, I think, when I was about 14 by plucking the hairs from my big toes - I hated the thought of having hairy toes. It progressed to my eyelashes, bottom lids only. It just felt nice, and then I didn't like to see stray lashes, so would pull them out. My best friend noticed and just thought it was odd, but I never spoke to her ... VIEW POST