Does anyone else suffer from trichotillomania?

I do too. Right now it’s plucking leg hairs but it used to be eyebrows and short hairs on my head. I have also always picked at my face and body. Part of it is because I see those things as being imperfect but with my legs it’s also the ritual of finding a hair and the relief of pulling it out slowly. The pain quiets my thoughts for that short second. There’s an experimental treatment that might help and is worth asking your doctor about. I tried but couldn’t stick with it long enough to know if it would help.

I’ve never talked about it with anyone or seen a doctor, but I do. It started in high school when I would obsess over my eyebrows and tweeze them, then I started cutting my baby hairs, and now at my hairline. I still have to tweeze my eyebrows every single day even though there’s no more hair, it’s terrible but I just get this urge and I can’t stop. I know for most people it’s pulling out their hair but for me it’s plucking and tweezing anything & everything.

@Becky, what’s the experimental treatment? I do the same things with little hairs everywhere, legs, arms, face, etc. and it’s like a good kind of pain. I hate that I like it. ?

My eyebrows. I have a huge spot without nothing?

I have it too

@alexalex Just sewing this now, sorry for the delay. It’s a combination of Nuedexta, which I believe is typically used to treat pulmonary conditions, and a type of vegetable based supplement but unfortunately I can’t remember the name. I’ll see if I can find anything about it. Do you pluck more when you are stressed? I had a really crappy day yesterday and got into a pretty intense session.

*just seeing this now

@alexalex the over the counter supplement is NAC