There are two main approaches to treating trichotillomania: medication and behavioral therapy. Medication alone, such as antidepressants, has shown low success rates. The most effective treatment is behavioral therapy like habit reversal training, which teaches patients to monitor their hair pulling and replace it with healthier habits. This type of therapy has shown success rates over 90%. Alternative therapies may include hypnosis or biofeedback.

1. Can You Treat Trichotillomania ?

2. Treating trichotillomania can basically be done from two
major angles; through medication, and through
behavioral training. Reports of using medication, as a
stand alone form of treating trichotillomania, show a
very low success rate. Antidepressants with serotonergic
properties, such as those used for people with obsessive
compulsive disorders, are among those most typically
used for treating trichotillomania, Clomipramine (also
known as Anafranil) being the most effective in these
cases.[]

3. This person must be evaluated by a medical
professional. A full physical and diagnostic testing of
hormones and neurotransmitters must occur. This
patient must be evaluated for AIDS and a brain tumor.
There are several diseases that are severe enough to
result in very irregular symptoms. It is extremely
important to be very aggressive in treating this disease.
Amino acids therapy for this may be useful and could
include 5-HTP, theanine, GABA, and phenylalanine.
Chinese herbal patent formulas may be considered along
with Chinese liquid herbal extracts. Scalp acupuncture
may be very successful in treating this type of illness. It
should be done with larger needles for this type of
disease.

4. Scalp acupuncture treatments last about thirty minutes
to one hour. It may take nine treatments in order to see
results. Laser therapy using a cold medical grade laser
may work well on this patient. You may need several
sessions of cold medical grade laser therapy before you
see a significant change.

5. This is mainly done by focusing on the person's
childhood experiences and/or any unresolved issues or
conflicts that had initially been experienced during the
early developmental stages of the individual's life.
Treating trichotillomania with behavioral therapy, such
as with habit reversal training, teaches the individual to
monitor their hair pulling behavior and begin to replace
it with healthier habits. It is with this type of therapy
that the most successes occur. Some alternative means
of treating trichotillomania can include hypnosis and
also biofeedback therapy.Pulling out eyelashes is a form
of Trichotillomania. This disorder sees the sufferer
compulsively hair pulling or plucking

6. hair from the body and head. The urge for pulling
eyelashes or any bodily hair can begin at any time and is
normally a symptom of anxiety and stress. As a result of
this condition, the sufferer is left with no eyelashes or
bald patches.Doctors will primarily prescribe drugs such
as Prozac and Zoloft as treatment for Trichotillomania.
These Seratonin reuptake inhibitors have been proven to
be effective in treating the possible cause of pulling out
eyelashes that is a Seratonin difficiency.

7. For a trichotillomania treatment to be effective there is
a need for perseverance. There is no magic pill to take
care of this problem as a cure, as the condition doesn't
stem from a biochemical cause. There are medications
that are geared to alter behavioral patterns, but this
only creates a temporary fix (if even a working one at
all) for the situation, only creating an effect while you
continue to take them. This only seems to post pone the
situation, not improve it. Needless to say, this isn't the
most desirable course of trichotillomania
treatment.Other means of trichotillomania treatment
involve different types of psychological methods, which
for the most part, actually work quite

8. well... though according to each of these specific
methods, they tend to work better for some than others.
Still, since this condition has its roots not in
biochemistry, but psychologically, manifesting as
emotionally triggered behavioral responses, it is with
the use of psychological methods of trichotillomania
treatment that we can properly attack this problem at
its source.

9. The development of a universal trichotillomania
treatment that works for anyone has had some recent
breakthroughs, using more archetypical psychological
methods which have an effect on everyone. Putting
these methods to use and applying these techniques
with diligence, sufferers everywhere have been
completely curing themselves of this condition and
regaining higher quality of life. These techniques are a
simple and well structured plan of trichotillomania
treatment which usually takes less than ten minutes to
implement with effects which last life long.For a
trichotillomania treatment to be effective, you need to
attack the cause. There's no miracle cure-all pill to take
care of this

10. problem, and that is due to the condition not stemming
from a biochemical root. There exist some medications
which are engineered to change certain behavioral
activities however this merely produces a temporary fix,
if indeed a functional fix at all, for the situation. One
should well note that this only produces an effect while
you continue to take the medications, only seeming to
postpone the condition, not improving it. Obviously, this
wouldn't the most prudent course of trichotillomania
treatment.

11. The onset of the symptoms is between the range of ages
from nine to fourteen. Reports claim that more than 75-
95% patients suffering from hair pulling disorder are
females. The primary symptoms might lead to several
other secondary symptoms like depression or panic
attacks. The main root cause of pulling hair disorder is
still unclear. However, many people believe that it is a
genetic disorder. There are several other people who
believe that trichotillomania is a learned behavior
thereby refuting its genetic basis.

12. Trichotillomania (or trich for short) simply means
'compulsive hair pulling' from anywhere on the body. It
is classed as an impulse control disorder, which means
that many people find it very difficult to stop pulling.
Pulling out your hair could be done from your scalp,
eyebrows, eyelashes or anywhere else on the body.
Many people who suffer from this condition will go on
to develop bald patches.Although it's hard to stop there
are a number of psychological as well as physical
trichotillomania treatment options available.Many
doctors will want to provide drugs, such as
antidepressants, to treat this condition. While it does
help some, many do not seem to respond well to these
drugs and

13. would prefer to seek alternative methods of
treatment.This is a good way of helping you to cope with
the condition. It doesn't work for everything, but many
people have reported a reduction in hair pulling after
attending counselling for a few months.

14. However, behavioral trichotilllomania therapy reports
show long term success rates of 90% or higher. This can
include multiple means of therapy of both generally
accepted and controversial types. Among the more
controversial variety are the punishment procedural
types of trichotillomania therapy, which can include
mittens placed over the hands, topical creams used to
increase pain, and even electric shock treatments. While
these procedures are very intrusive, they are most often
used with individuals who may be unable to consent,
such as those suffering from serious developmental
disabilities and young children.The more widely
accepted forms of behavioral trichotillomania therapy,
which

15. reports the high success rate number mentioned earlier,
are of the type known as habit reversal training. This
educates sufferers more on this condition and teaches
them to monitor their hair pulling habits while
substituting them with more constructive, healthier
habits. Some alternative forms of behavioral
trichotillomania therapy can include hypnosis and the
use of biofeedback mechanisms.

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