This is an obsessive compulsive disorder called trichotillomania. He should see a professional about this. Constant reminders might not be the solution, but feel free to try.
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Many people who reported to me that they stopped pulling their hair out, were not being honest with themselves. The good news is that if I examine you, I can tell you if you have pulled hair out in the past 3 months. Minoxidil might help — try it for a full year before considering […]
What you describe sounds a lot like trichotillomania, a psychological disorder of picking at the hair/scalp that often produces significant balding. In general, hair lost from this picking does not grow back due to years of trauma, as the impacted hair has been killed off.
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It sounds like she might have a medical condition known as trichotillomania, which is a compulsion to pull hair out (which could also explain pain felt in the area). This can occur while your daughter is sleeping, and she is probably unaware that she’s doing it. If a doctor looks at it with magnification, he […]
Why don’t you stop rubbing your eyebrow? This habit can cause traction alopecia and permanent loss of some or all of the eyebrow hair. If you have an uncontrollable impulse, the condition is known as trichotillomania. Perhaps you need to consult with a doctor.
I’ve never heard of the ability to cause hair loss in a particular area (left eyebrow, in your case) just by focusing attention on it without some kind of physical contact to the hair. It sounds like you have trichotillomania. It is an obsessive compulsive disorder that needs professional help.
Perhaps you should stop pulling on your body hairs. If you cannot keep self control of doing this, it may be something called trichotillomania. Most people do not count the hairs that fall out and catalog them. I don’t know about your environment or hair styling methods, so I can’t really say whether losing 67 […]
If you’ve only recently been pulling your hair out it will likely regrow, but repeating this over and over will result in permanent loss. You’ll just need to have patience to see regrowth. At 13 years old, I would get your parents involved and see a psychologist or psychiatrist, as what you’re describing is an […]
Did you tell your doctor about your hair pulling before the Propecia was recommended? Propecia might help if you are a man with genetic hair loss, but it won’t stop you from pulling the hair out. It sounds like what you’ve got is an obsessive compulsive disorder called trichotillomania. I’m not an expert on OCD, […]
People with liver disease just need to take a smaller dose of Propecia and they can be on that medication. Without seeing you I can not make judgments. I’d see Dr. Bernstein again. I don’t know if you have a mild case of trichotillomania, but if you’re just gently pulling on the hair to see […]
I can not address the white bumps you are talking about without seeing you and them. It could be an infection, folliculitis, dermatitis, or even dandruff. You’ll likely want to see a dermatologist for that, as I can’t simply guess as to what it is or tell you how to treat it. The hair loss […]
What you are describing is a disorder called trichotillomania. We’ve written about this in the past. There’s been a small study about an over-the-counter pill that may stop you from getting the urge to pull out your hair, but that’s somewhere down the line and hopefully you won’t need it anyway as you’ve stopped the […]
Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Pill could end urge to pull your hair out If this is true, it would be a great, inexpensive way to treat this obsessive behavior. I’ll wait for the larger study to be complete, but the small 50 person study is promising.
Picking skin flakes is an OCD-like condition called dermatillomania (for pulling hair it is called trichotillomania). This picking produces traction alopecia, so there is little doubt that this is what is happening to you. If you stop picking and the hair returns, then you’re lucky… but if you continue to pick at it, the hair […]
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