Pulling Out Your Eyelashes: Why It Happens and What Helps
Pulling out eyelashes? Why it happens, if it’s trichotillomania, whether lashes grow back and how soon, what helps, and whether lash serums are safe.
Read article →Information about Trichotillomania
Research and practical articles about trichotillomania — understanding it, help for parents, treatment, and living with hair pulling.
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Questions to Ask a Trichotillomania Therapist Before Booking
Questions to ask a therapist about trichotillomania before you book: what to ask, which answers are good signs, the red flags, and a printable checklist.
Read article →Skin Picking and Hair Pulling: When You Have Both
Skin picking and hair pulling often happen together. How common it is to have both, why they overlap, which approaches help both, and where to get support.
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How to Help and Support Someone With Trichotillomania
How to help someone with trichotillomania: what to say, what to avoid, whether to point out pulling, and how partners and friends can support without watching.
Read article →How to Talk to Your Doctor About Trichotillomania
How to talk to your doctor about trichotillomania: what to say about hair pulling, what they may ask or check, and what to do if they haven’t heard of it.
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What to Say (and Not Say) to a Child Who Pulls Their Hair
How to talk to your child about trichotillomania: how to bring it up, words that help, what to avoid saying, and whether rewards or consequences make sense.
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Toddler Pulling Hair: Is It Trichotillomania?
Toddler pulling hair? Why it happens, how it differs from trichotillomania, whether children grow out of it, gentle things that help, and when to see a doctor.
Read article →Trichophagia: Eating Hair and Rapunzel Syndrome
Trichophagia means eating hair, often the hair you pull. How common it is, when it becomes risky, the warning signs of a hairball, and when to see a doctor.
Read article →Trichotillomania and ADHD: Is There a Link?
Trichotillomania and ADHD often go together. What research shows about the overlap, why it happens, whether ADHD medicine affects pulling, and what helps.
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Trichotillomania and Anxiety: The Link and What Helps
Is trichotillomania an anxiety disorder? Why stress makes hair pulling worse, why you may pull when calm or bored too, and what helps with both.
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