Grooming is allowed. It's when you pull for that sensation of pulling and not those stray hairs that its a problem.

I suggest tho that you have someone that you have told about your Trich to be with you when you groom. Either have them do it for you or have them talk to you while you do it so you don't zone and go to far.

If you don't have someone then get a timer and set it for 5 minutes. When it goes off then that is it for that session. Only groom every other day or every third day. Be sure to draw on your brows and stay OUTSIDE the area.

You can do it. Other times try to stay away from mirrors and ignore the little strays you can get them the next grooming session.

Good Luck ((HUGS))

Yes, I still groom my eyebrows....I have a lot of strays and if I don't pull them, then my thin brows look funny. But I do it with some SERIOUS boundaries in place! Because, for me anyway, tweezing at bedtime gets tempting, so I tweeze first thing in the morning, when it's less tempting.

When I did stop I went to go have them waxed every two weeks because if I did it myself I'd sit there for an hour doing things I shouldn't do. That was only when I had stopped though. I'm not normally an eyebrow puller. But for me, yes, the temptation was ridiculous.

I've often gone to get fals eyelashes and still have the urge to pull them until I remind myself that they are not mine and I won't get the same feeling.

Not a good method. Made the urge greater because it made me more aware of my eyelashes.

Good luck to you.

i think it's about the obsession rather than the grooming. i haven't pulled from my eyebrows in years, but went through stages last year where i'd get up and go to the mirror every 10 minutes or so to tweeze a particular hair that was annoying me. i never went too far, but wasted soooo much time! i ended up giving my tweezers to my boyfriend, so i was only able to groom once a week when i saw him on the weekend. you can do it, but need to set boundaries depending on how tempted you are.

Yeah it's good to groom yourself, becaude you're putting yourself in a position where you might start again and if you resist the urges and neaten our eyebrows then (a)you can give yourself a big pat on the back and (b)you'll look nice!

but if you wanna tame your eyebrows and are scared you might pull then get it done in a salon (you can get them threaded, waxed, plucked...) - that way you won't pull during, and afterwards you wouldn't want to because you'd feel all nicey (like after i get my haircut, I don't pull for a while because I don't want to look bad)

hope this helped xx