Stop, if you are one of the two to four percent of the population who consistently suffers from the habit of pulling out eyelashes or other body hair. This habit of hair pulling is known as Trichotilomania. Trichotillomania is a hair pulling habit which causes people to engage in the activity of pulling own hair.

Symptoms include the act of eyelash pulling, and pulling other parts of your own hair out. The question that many people who suffer from the disorder have is how do I stop pulling out hair? The unfortunate truth is that there aren’t many options available who want to stop pulling out hair.

Currently, the most accepted method used to stop pulling out hair is known as habit reversal training. Habit reversal training is any type of training derived for the purpose of reversing a learned habit.

Generally, the steps used to help patients stop pulling out hair involve identifying the common causes of the condition and then developing non destructive methods which patients can use in order to avoid pulling own hair.

Despite the success of this type of treatment it suffers from the problem that success is largely based on the patient’s own ability to not only find new methods of coping with difficult situations, but to actually utilize these alternative methods. It involves a fair degree of will power and conscious thought in situations in which people generally react instinctively.

There are other methods which are occasionally used to help patients stop pulling out hair. One method which has experienced some use is prescribing Prozac. This method is widely considered ineffective as most studies suggest that a hair pulling disorder is rarely caused by depression.

Some studies have actually gone as far as to suggest that Prozac can actually increase the odds of people affected by this disorder pulling out their own hair. Another drug which has had a little more success in helping people to stop pulling out hair is Clomipramine. To date, one study did indicate that this drug can effectively reduce the occurrence of this condition.

Unfortunately, at this time there have been no further studies in the use of this drug as a treatment. This lack of extensive study has lead many psychologists to discount this as a proven method to help people stop hair pulling.

The best course of action you can take if you want to stop pulling out hair is to consult with your personal doctor and discuss different options. Your doctor can likely recommend a specialist who may be able to assist you in treating this disorder so you can live a normal life and stop pulling out hair.

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