Help For Hair Pullers

This definitive new self-help guide offers help to the millions of Americans who suffer from trichotillomania, an obsessive-compulsive disorder that leads them to pull out their hair.

It is estimated that 2-4% of the American population is living with trichotillomania. Because so many cases go unreported, the numbers may be much higher. Living with trichotillomania can lead to feelings of shame, depression and anxiety. Some living with the disorder feel so much shame it leads to isolation. Many go to great lengths to hide a truth they feel ashamed of: They are pulling their hair. Some will not get treatment for fear of being judged and want to avoid feelings of embarrassment. It's time to let go of these feelings of shame. It's time to release the worry of what others will think and say. It's time to embrace the beauty that each and every one of us possesses. Let's believe we are beautiful - because every single one of us are. 15 contributors from around the world openly share their personal journeys. We're making profound discoveries together: There is hope. We are not broken. We are not alone. Read on, and find the next chapter of your story...

If you want to learn how to defeat trichotillomania to stop pulling your hair out, then this book is for you!Trichotillomania literally means an uncontrolled urge to pull one's own hair from any part of the body - head, eyebrows, eye lashes, etc. This psychological condition belongs to a broader class of mental ailments known as Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. This broad class comprises ailments such as hair pulling, nail biting, skin picking, and cheek biting. Some people may find such conditions bizarre and may think that only very few abnormal minds suffer from it, but this is not so. Between 2%-5% of the total population suffer from one of these Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. That's actually quite a lot of people! The implications and complications of this condition can only truly be completely felt and understood by those who suffer from it, or those who watch their loved ones suffer. If you are prone to trichotillomania, you know the fear of being alone, the shame of feeling like you must be "crazy," and the guilt of hiding something from your loved ones. This short book will help you learn about Trichotillomania and how to recover from this distressing condition.

Trichotillomania, one of the family of obsessive-compulsive disorders, may afflict as many as 6 to 8 million people in the United States. Now, a leading authority on obsessive-compulsive disorders, Dr. Fred Penzel, has written the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to this syndrome available, filled with reassuring advice for patients and their families. Endorsed by the Trichotillomania Learning Center, the leading advocate group for this disorder, this superb handbook includes all the information a patient or relative would need to understand this illness and to cope with it. Penzel provides a detailed discussion of causes and he reviews all the treatment options, describing the most effective medications and their side effects as well as the recommended cognitive and behavioral treatments. He shows patients how to design a self-help program and gain control of their compulsive behavior, how to prevent relapse, describes trichotillomania and its treatment in children, and suggests coping strategies for families at home and in public situations. He also provides a guide to all the resources available, including internet sites, recommended books, and videos, and outlines ways to start a support group. The appendix will include questionnaires, clinical rating scales, and the official DSM diagnostic criteria for the disorder, so readers can decide if they need to seek behavioral and possibly medical treatment. Dr. Penzel has helped patients with OCD and trichotillomania for over twenty years and is one of America's leading authorities on these disorders. Drawing on decades of hands-on experience, he has produced the most complete and scientifically accurate handbook available on this disorder, a comforting guide packed with information to help people with trichotillomania get well and stay well.

There is still scant clinical information on trichotillomania. This book fills the need for a full-length cognitive-behavioral treatment manual. The authors share their considerable expertise in treating body-focused repetitive behavior disorders (not only hair-pulling but skin-picking and nail-biting as well) in an accessible, clinically valid reference. This is the first comprehensive, clinical, and empirically-based volume to address these disorders.

This book was designed to help young people -- children, pre-teens, and adolescents -- who have trichotillomania. It can be used by young people alone, or can help young people and their parents learn about trich and work co-operatively in order to productively deal with this complex problem. But this book should also be useful to many others, such as adults with trichotillomania, relatives of sufferers, therapists, medical doctors (especially psychiatrists, paediatricians, and dermatologists), educators, and anyone who works with young people on a regular basis.

REVISED IN APRIL 2014 with over 100 additional pages. Written by Amy Foxwell, an 'ex eyelash puller', and after many years of research into why people pull out their eyelashes and eyebrows, and how Trichotillomania can be treated, this is a collection of proven and powerful help based on real success stories in curing eyelash and eyebrow Trichotillomania. These tools are immediately useable, and effective, and can be put to work instantly to help suffers stop pulling their eyelashes and eyebrows out, including: - Simple ways to identify when and why you pull your eyelashes and eyebrows - How to use a form of visualisation to stop pulling - How to use autohypnosis to alter your actions - Using a journal to relieve stress - Using secret weapons against your eyelash pulling condition - Diet and natural remedies to relieve irritation and encourage eyelash growth - Important facts about eyelash and eyebrow Trichotillomania and hair growth - And much, much more... Also includes the Trich Stop Workbook which gives eyelash pullers actual worksheets to help them work through their hair pulling condition. Reader reviews: "I've FINALLY stopped pulling and my eyelashes have started to grow back in! Thank you!!!" "You are making some great waves. I love that you've developed this as an ex-trichster... not just a counselor/scientist/person who has no idea about what the disorder is like. Thank you for bringing positive light to it!" Annelise "I'm almost 13 and I got your book last year. I think the journal has really helped. I also have your oil. I love it so much. I use it all the time. I'm doing really good at the moment I haven't pulled any eyelashes out ... I'm super proud of myself! I just wanted to thank you for creating all these tools to help people like me beat Trichotillomania!" Jenna "Thank you very much Amy. I have received your email, have read it and will heed your advice. Thanks again." DC "I'm on day 34 and my lashes and brows have grown in and I'm really excited." Marny "Thank you so much! This is such a beautiful thing you're doing, and it truly helps me: )" Alex "Many thanks for the oil and manual. They are very helpful. Keep up the good work." Katie

This book represents a simple, practical resource for all healthcare professionals working with dermatological patients with psychological aspects to their disease. The emphasis is on effective guidance rather than exhaustive case reviews, providing readers with a manual on the appropriate way to approach management of the patient in each case. Comprehensive in coverage, but concise in its delivery of information, Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice presents an idealized approach to management of psychodermatology patients within a global perspective, and provides practical tools to aid assessment of patients and in the decision-making process. It is suitable for dermatologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, dermatology nursing staff, primary care physicians and pediatricians.