A CD or an MP3 player, a little free time and an ambient, calming relaxation recording, all recorded by Neo, who used it herself to stop hair pulling (and six years later is still pull free!!!) You too can be.

This recording does require some of your precious time. Our research has shown results are optimized by those who play the recording once a day, daily for 30 consecutive days. It can still work if you fall asleep as it plays, so relax and let it work for you.

What if you've tried and tried to stop pulling and always find yourself back there, with hair in your hands, feeling helpless and unhappy? What if you're just too exhausted to pick yourself up yet again? That's when you really need to move heaven and earth to get help; and ideally not from just one individual, but from a secretly strong community of caring people who give their all to help each other to achieve practical, pull free results.

There's always hope for hair and eyelashes. Other websites might imply that trichotillomania is incurable and trichsters will pull their hair or lashes for life. The truth is, some will : some won't. You could be the one that will ... and we can help.

Research into Trichotillomania Treatments

OCD compulsions are often the result of compulsive thoughts, such as "I must do this to prevent that"; by contrast, hair pulling is not preceded by such thoughts or cognitive problems. Trichotillomania symptoms most often begin in early adolescence (9 - 13), while OCD usually begins in late teens ( Himle et al., 1995). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and exposure treatments are effective for OCD, but have not been shown to prevent pulling. For our own research, see Medication Section

Many trichsters become what we call trichSTARS (permanently pull free ex pullers). You could be one too. Here are the tools we recommend you use to achieve this.

Therapy	Rewards		Diet
Laughter	Herbal help	Inositol	Distraction
	Online Coaching	Mutual support	Sexual Abuse Recovery
Skincare	Relaxation Tools	Tools for Change	Tips from Trichstars