Anne Started Eyelash Pulling at 12 or 13
I Started Eyelash Picking At 12 Or 13 Hi, I’m Anne from Essex, England, a teacher with eyelash pulling disorder Trichotillomania. I have been pulling out my eyelashes since I was about 12 or 13. My older sister used to pull out her eyelashes and I remember being about 8 or 9 when she was […]
Janice started Eyelash Pulling at 14
Janice Started Eyelash Pulling at 14Ignored the condition for 15 years I just came across your website. It is the first time I’ve done a search. The only other time I’d even heard of Trichotillomania was in a hair salon — reading some women’s magazine with the description of the disorder and treatment at […]
Am I Different
Am I DifferentBy Rachel, Trichotillomania Support Volunteer I have also suffered and still suffer from anxiety, but I don’t understand what my ‘triggers’ are. Why do I can feel fine one minute and not the next? I’ve had to learn how to make myself feel better. This can best be described as my SAFETY BLANKET. […]
Cathy
Cathy Has Been Pulling Since She Was 12 Hello, I am 58 years old and have been pulling my eyelashes and brows since I was about 12 years old. Some months it would get worse than others and on occasion I have stopped pulling and let them grow back out. I’ve had almost a complete […]
Athena
Athena And Trichotillomania I decided to write in after viewing a programme on 20/20 on trichotillomania. I’m 17 and found out I had this disorder at the age of 11. I discovered my younger sister had two huge bald spots on both sides of her head. She loved to eat the white roots of the […]
Alpa started hair pulling at 10
I started pulling my eyelashes when I was about 10. I can’t remember the first time I did it. At 14 I started pulling my eyebrows too, and soon I had to start pencilling them in. I often thought about the “right” time or how I could tell anybody about it. I genuinely thought I […]
The John Kender Diet For BFRBs, Adapted Vegetarians And Vegans
Support for You Parents of Children with BFRBs Supporting a friend with a BFRB Treatment options for parents of a child with a BFRB Medication Professional Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Trichotillomania Stress Relief for BFRBs Self Care For BFRBs Discover Effective Self-Help Strategies: Survey Insights on Overcoming BFRBs Healthy Habits: Managing Diet and Body-Focused […]
BFRBs and Sugar
People with trichotillomania and other BFRBs may have difficulty in metabolising sugar or glucose. Attention Deficit and Glucose Tolerance In 1990, Zametkin discovered that people with A.D.D metabolised glucose at rates 8% lower than those without A.D.D. The strong associations between A.D.D. and BFRBs lead us to believe the same is likely to be true […]
Understanding BFRB Triggers: Insights from Survey Respondents
Support for You Parents of Children with BFRBs Supporting a friend with a BFRB Treatment options for parents of a child with a BFRB Medication Professional Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Trichotillomania Stress Relief for BFRBs Self Care For BFRBs Discover Effective Self-Help Strategies: Survey Insights on Overcoming BFRBs Healthy Habits: Managing Diet and Body-Focused […]
Discover Effective Self-Help Strategies: Survey Insights on Overcoming BFRBs
Support for You Parents of Children with BFRBs Supporting a friend with a BFRB Treatment options for parents of a child with a BFRB Medication Professional Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Trichotillomania Stress Relief for BFRBs Self Care For BFRBs Discover Effective Self-Help Strategies: Survey Insights on Overcoming BFRBs Healthy Habits: Managing Diet and Body-Focused […]