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Trichotillomania (pronounced 'TRIK-oh-til-oh-MAY-nee-ah'). Any idea what it is? If you don't yet, you will, if Charlene Blacer
has anything to say about it – and she has plenty to say about this devastating disorder.
Ms. Blacer, a hair augmentation specialist and entrepreneur, founded HelpMe2Stop.org, dedicated to providing recovery
assistance for sufferers through beauty. Trichotillomania, known simply as 'trich', is the official term for a behavioral compulsion
in which the affected pull their hair to breakage.
Blacer explains: “I saw how for those who've experienced hair loss through medical treatments like chemotherapy, insurance
coverage is possible to help pay for expenses – including hair replacements. But not for trichsters.”
A direct observer to the positive life changes that happen through hair augmentation and regrowth, Blacer recognized the
opportunity to make a difference with it on a larger scale – by using it to help children in financially disadvantaged situations.
This is the segment of trichsters who lose out the most and get stuck attempting recovery sans professional assistance.
“Those children are the reason I started HelpMe2Stop,” says Blacer who began consulting on trich cases in 2004.
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Through her hair restoration services, Blacer has assisted in growing back hair up to a length of 12’ inches. Through post-treatment follow ups, a client reported she is
“over 4 years pull-free” – no reoccurrence of the behavior.
The mission of HelpMe2Stop.org is threefold:
- To stop hair pulling through a variety of treatments
- To help grow the hair back and/or provide cosmetic hair pieces/replacement
- Via events like Salons for the Trich Cure raise funds to provide financial grants when insurance coverage is unavailable.
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