What a MANIA – TRICHOTILLOMANIA !!! | Hair Pulling Disorder -Dr.Sulata Shenoy | Doctors' Circle

Dr. Sulata Shenoy | Appointment booking no: 74838 99538 & 080-41210399
Consultant Psychologist | Turning Point Psychological Centre Jayanagar, Bengaluru
Hair pulling or Trichotillomania is one of the disorder that is classified under psychiatric disorders. How it manifests is a person may be increasingly pulling out hair, either from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes or plucking out of skin from the finger tips or any other part of the body. Mainly it refers to Hair-pulling disorder. Is it a disorder or is it a habit? It become a disorders if it is extreme in form. I have seen children who have had no eyebrows, eyelashes . So the child starts to develop bald patches.
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[annmarielhue]

I'm 16 right now ma'am, I started pulling out my hair when I was 15, months passed and still couldn't control myself. I remember that it started due to the stress I'm having from school. I don't want my family to spend money for me because they've already cared and sacrificed for me for raising me well. Now, I'm still fighting, there are times that I really wanna stop, but it kept getting back, I don't know what to do. I just want to be normal again. I'm now embarrassed to stay in public areas afraid that they will criticize me. I just really wanna stop, but I can't. Sometimes I just wanna shave my hair, or cut my fingers. It really hurts me. Relief for now but more severe pain later. Please, I wanna stop, I'm praying to God that someday I'll be able to forget it and stop pulling my hair. I miss my hair so much.

[kamellebutler]

the best explanation ever everything she said was right

[coreycampbell]

I have trichotillomania I don’t want to pick it out but my brain is telling me to

[angelicapanican]

pls help, even it hurt i can't stop pulling out my hair 😭 then if i stop i'm going to rub my skin hard 😭😭😭

[sanyasoni]

Mam I have been also suffering this problem from last 25 years when I was only 23 years I started it....now I m 47 years old but I can't stop it...I tried it many times ...but scalp is totally bald and i have to hide it from scarf everytime....there is also one more thing....in this age i have a grey hairs...that itching me very much....due to this i also pulled the white hairs ...it gives me relief from itching....i don't know how can i stop it...is there any medicine for it...i have then plz give me the detail of medicine....I m from Punjab....

[Chungjayle]

I have also same problem ma'am iskai leyai kya kare?

[joytalemwa]

Thank you this helps alot .my parents keep asking if I am ok and if I am a night dancer or something in short they are ignorant

[teclanayomiperera]

Thanks Doctor..simply I could understood why I’m doing this.. simple vedio but it has everything!

[katielomax]

I pull out my gray hair does that count?

[vidhi-trials]

Okay it mean I am with focused tricotillomania

[Tangentbordsblues]

Thank you, dot-head, im suffering from this

[chillimili]

From what I understand about trichotillomania, the most effective way to avoid it is to shave your head. If you start shaving your head without caring about what people say, then this habit will go away very soon. In this condition, you always end up shaving your head. I have 5 years of experience with this. At first, my hair would regrow in a month, then it took two months, and now it takes three months with constant oiling. That's why I immediately shave my head so that the follicles don't get damaged and bald spots don't appear.

[xldjcjl]

mam kya ye hair pulling ki medicine se roka ja sakta hai.