Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group

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shaved my head a week ago..

jessicalatessa
jessicalatessa
I've been shaving it since November and it got a few inches and I started pulling. I just shaved again a week ago and notice my hand making it's way up a few times :( I keep trying to notice it and to look at old photos of my hair and plan on what I will do with it when it grows back and it seems to help a little but im thinking about shaving again to see if my urges will completely stop. What do you think?
deleted_user
deleted_user
hey jessica,

have you checked out the beating trich forum on dailystrength? if you are looking for daily support on trich as you commit to learning more about what your needs regarding trich support, opening up a thread for yourself there might be really useful. thought i'd through this out there bc it's helped me a lot. strongly recommend checking beating trich and opening up a thread there: http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/beatingtrich
BKC
BKC
In my experience, shaving my head helps to keep me from pulling when it's really short, but once it's long enough to get a hold of, I start to pull again. It's never completely stopped the urges, but has given me a break from pulling which definitely helps.

I have been shaving my head for the last four months and have replaced the habit with a massage brush. Whenever my scalp itches or I want to pull, I massage my scalp with the brush instead. I have been using this scalp massager for about two months now, so I'm hoping that this replacement will continue to be satisfying.
csteen
csteen
Hey. I just wanted to add some support to your situation. Ive been shaving my head for just over three years now. Hoping tht everytime i shve my head that the urge would go away finally. But everytime it gets long enough to grip onto and pull. Well i pull. But itsdifferent with everyone. So if you think it will help its definetly worth the try. Because everytime i do shave myhead it does get a little better. But thats justmeme. Just keep your head up, hands down and a smile on your face. Good luck.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi, i'm 16 and it's so good to know that I am not the only one suffering this problem because I honestly thought I was the only one. 4 years ago I started pulling my eyebrows which made me look like a freak, so i was actually able to stop that. Then i started pulling my eyelashes which is still currently going on. Everyone notices, but i just say it was a firework incident. I realized today that if I want to meet girls in the future, I wouldn't want the question of my eyelashes to always come up, so I need to stop. I hear it can take up to 4 months for lashes to grow back, but it's worth not having them at all. Good luck o everyone else out there!