Willpower and a trich family=success!
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Hooraaaaay for mascara! You are awesome, miss Lovely Lashes. :)

Good job!!

My goodness, I have never, ever, ever, found a group that is this overwhelmingly supportive! Sometimes I feel like I am so alone with my Trich; nobody seems to know what it is or why I do it. Being a part of this group makes me feel accepted and normal. Thanks everybody!

Oh, and in two days, it will be a month completely pull free!!! I have never been so motivated to stop pulling. Seeing all of your success stories gives me strength to do it myself. Cheers!

This group really is fantastic, isn't it? Thank YOU for being a part of it! :)

And congratulations on your almost month! What a great milestone. You should celebrate with something nice.

What an utter disappointment. I was so close to 4 weeks pull free! I look at the few hairs I pulled from my head a few minutes ago, and I want to cry. Instead of the great tingly feeling I used to get, all I feel is ashamed and extremely sick to my stomach. I stopped myself before I could do any damage, but I cannot even be proud of that small accomplishment. All I can think of is how much of a failure I am. I wanted so much to make it a month pull free, and while all of my eyebrows and eyelashes are still in tact, I can't help but feel like I will never beat trich.

Thank you all for your continuing support- without you, I probably would have just continued to pull out all of my hair.

Oh don't be sad! It's just a few, just keep going!! You can do a month, just start again :) Come on, have you ever gotten that far before? You're doing so amazingly.

Especially the fact that you didn't keep going, and felt sick about it. PROGRESS! Really good.

Stopping at just a few hairs is NOT just a small accomplishment-- it's wonderful! Sometimes I think stopping at just one or a few hairs takes even more willpower than being completely pull-free. Intact lashes and brows are a big accomplishment, too. You're far from a failure. You should be proud of yourself. As Sam said, you've made amazing progress. Look how far you've come!

Think of it this way: You pulled one day out of the past 30. That's 29 out of 30 days, or 97% pull-free this past month. Even though that's not 100%, it's still a high A in pull-free, and it's still excellent! If you divide the days up into hours, it's 719 out of 720 hours, which is 99.9%, and 99.9% is NOT failing. It's absolutely fantastic. You're truly doing a great job-- keep up the good work! :)

The numbers don't lie!!! You had a small setback but you stopped and you are here, fighting it. We all slip up, it's the nature of trich. We are all here, in our virtual world, holding your hand!

Thanks everybody, so much. Your replies mean a lot to me. I have been pull free for 35 days with my lashes and brows, and a week with my hair. I guess ant progress is still progress, right? My eyebrows are looking fabulous, and I am so excited to be able to see them for the first time in 6 years!!! My hair, however, refuses to grow, and I am really worried that I did too much damage to let it grow back. Is it possible the hair won't grow back? Even though I only pulled the hairs once, I pulled the follicles out. Being pull free for my hair soesn't seem like so much of an accomplishment if I can't see any new growth, and it's been over a month.

You should be really proud for staying pull-free for so long with your eyelashes and eyebrows! And getting right back up and starting over with your hair.

From my experience - hair DOES grow back. Sometimes I notice it takes longer in certain areas, but I have gained (almost) full regrowth on my entire head and I've been pulling for at least 28 years. One side of my head is still a little thin, but with time, I'm confident it will fill completely in because it has in the past. Just give it time. There are also a number of things you can do to help with regrowth. I'm actually thinking of posting a thread of all the things I've tried (and I've tried A LOT) that has worked. Just a few are scalp massages and scalp brushing.

Keep going! It will grow back!

Wooohooooooo! That's really exciting, congratulations :)

About your hair, give it a bit more time. A month isn't very long for hair to grow back. Everyone is different, but (and I don't mean to scare you) it could take a few months.

:) Keep it up! And keep posting, and I can't tell you how much posting regularly here helps me stay pull free.

Yeah, I think posting reminds me that there are other people out there (like you!) who are pf and making it every day. I've been so excited to buy new makeup recently; I just purchased some blue mascara from Tar-jay and I am psyched that my eyelashes are getting really long.

Unfortunately, in my experience, scalp hair takes a looooong time to grow back. Several months. But it does grow back! Especially since you only pulled it out once. Permanent hair loss is possible with repeated pulling, but I'm sure yours will grow back. Unfortunately, it takes a good bit of patience and time.

I LOVE buying new makeup. Have you tried curling your lashes? It makes your eyes look really nice and open, and it has the added benefit of keeping the hairs from touching your face and driving you crazy.