I also have this problem i started pulling my hair out when i was 5 yrs old and im now 26!!!! i thoughti was doing really well last year and had almost a full head of hair and felt like a normal person then i came under alot of preassure and now have practically no hair again and im so mad with myself over it but i just have to think i have done it before so i can do it again!!! every time i have been to the doctors about it to get some help the just look at me like im mad and say they have never heard of trich before i just wish i could meet a doctor that knew about it and could offer that little bit of extra help i need to kick this 4ever!!!!!!!

Hi I am 18 years old and have been pulling my hair out since I was aboout 14. I only pull the hair from my head but I do this every time i get stressed or when I am in convulsions crying.I will pull massive clumbs of hair out or run my hands through my hair, ripping out a lot of strands. I don't think I have any bald spots, well none that are noticable but my hair has got very thin. This will usually calm me down until i see the full extent of the amount of hair that i have pulled out in my hands and then I start to cry again.
I also run my fingernails down my face and pick the skin around my thumbs. I'm not sure if i have OCD but i also need everything to be tidy around me if I am stressed out or my mind goes 'fuzzy'.
I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to go bald or leave permanent marks on my face.

I really would like to hear of some people who have got over this horrible condition for good?! I've been doing it for two years now, i'm 17. I know it's comforting to know that there is actaully a name for this, but still, knowing what it is hasnt made it any easier trying to control it and stop it once and for all! It's taking over me completely now as i'm getting so depressed because of it. I dont want to never have eyelashes again, and would really like to hear about some people who have got over it, because im sure it CAN be done! Can anyone help here?!

i have been pulling my hair out since i was 14.im now 20. i started pulling big clumps from the back of my hair and soon moved on to my eyebrows.this lasted for a year or so. over the last few months i have started again and only have one area on the crown of my head where i pull from. i get a calming sensation when i pull from here.i am now trying to stop again.

Hi i am 17 now and i have been pulling my eyelashes since the age of 6. It has really got me down, as i can't go a day without wearing eyeliner. My boyfriend of nearly 2 years thinks i look stupid without makeup! I also been picking out my pubic hairs since i was 12 and now i have got ingrowing hairs down there from the constant pulling. I went to the doctor but the doctor never heard of it. I don't think it has anything to do with stress for me as i am not really stressed.
It's really upsetting me that i do this and i do not know how to stop it!
Please help me! xxx

I'm 16, and i've been pulling out my eye lashes for months now, it gets to the point where i have bald patches on my eyes.
My mum just thinks i'm being stupid and tells me to stop doing it, but she doesnt understand that i cant seem to stop it, i have no control over it.
i dont know how to tell her about Trich, because i feel she'll say i dont have it, and that i'm just being stupid again.
I need HELP!
please.

i am now 21 and i have been pulling my eye lashes out from the age of 12. i dont know how to stop but there is a huge relief that i am not the only one. i have read that this can be caused by depression or other related illnesses. i dont believe i have any of these but i just like the feeling of having root of the hair on my skin. i know that sounds wierd. does anyone know how i can get this sorted??

Hi im katie and im 14. Ive been pulling since i was 12 almost 13. I only pull at my hair. But luckily i have thick hair so no bald spots(: but since im 14 and just started high school i have semi in my school and im beautiful and i have to riddle with my hair to get it too look right. So 8 days ago i was determined to quit this nasty habbit i got sick of it. So now ive been pull free for 8 almost 9 days. And guess what for once i feel amazing(: the first couple days are hard but then you just stop its pretty sick!! But all im saying is if you really wanna stop just determine yourself to stop and you'll be able to do it. Just motivate yourself it works:) and when your laying in bed or watching tv just have something in your hands to riddle around with it helps! Just make sure your commited in stopping this filthy nasty gross habbit so just whenever your reaching to your head to pull just yell STOP! i hope this helps(:

Well I can't tell you why I started eyelash pulling I really don't think it was stress or depression but merely a nice sensation picking off mascara when I was a teenager, and especially if I was tired. However, I then started doing it when there was no mascara and especially when I could feel a short broken one even taking the tweezers to them if I couldn't pull them out. Also eyebrows and hair on my head, dragging my nails along the hair. I've always managed to slow down once gaps appear long enough for them to grow back. But I am now nearly 40 and the gaps aren't growing back anymore, I have very sparse eyelashes and can just about get away with eyeliner filling the gaps and a bit of mascara. I have read somewhere that putting vaseline on the lashes is helpful as you can't get a grip on them, or fiddling with something to keep your hands busy which I will now try as I am concerned that I will end up with gaps that never grow back. I am amazed how many other people are doing this.
Best of luck to all other sufferers!

hello :)
Im 18 and so relived that what i have been suffering with for the past 7 years is actually a condition. It started when i was going to sleep and was just feeling fidgity. i was just fiddling with my (once long and lush) eyelashes when a few came out. Thinking nothing of it i started pulling out more and there you go.. Right now i think its the worst its ever been. On both eyes i half my lashes are missing in the middle. It definately gets me down when i have no make up on as its very noticeable and thoughtless people who point it out to me infront of others makes me want to cry there and then, and im glad you guys understand that its hard to just wait till they grow back becuase its hardest to resist pulling them out when theyve just started to grow back. Its hard when im stressed or upset too but ive found a fantastic solution which i hope will help you guys. Theyre called MAC false eyelashes. They look totally natural and stay on all day and last me for around 8 weeks because i take care of them. Theyre around £8 from harvey nicks. My mum told me about them because her friend has cancer and uses them. Although i struggle whenever i take them off and am going to sleep, just knowing that i have them helps me alot. Plus you can choose from about 50 types! of different lengths, sizes and styles. Theyve made me feel gorgeous again and not like an alien lol good luck guys and keep resisting the urge to pick! xxx