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| Successful Hair Regrowth from Trichotillomania Here are some of our before and after makeovers using our hairpieces as shown on the left tables. Successful hair regrowth are shown on the right tables. No hairpieces, hair extensions or any other forms of hair augmentation are used unless noted. Click here to see our other before and after makeovers. ... more images coming soon... These images are the property of CyberMane Inc Copyright© 2000-2008 All Rights Reserved |
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| Nov 2006 to July 2007 |
| April 2006 to October 2007 |
| Aug 2007 to January 2008 |
| Jessica Aug 2007 |
| Feb 2008 to August 2008 to March 2009 |
| December 2008 to March 2009 |
| March 2009 with some extensions on the bottom. Jessica's Testimonial |
| Jessica May 2008 all natural hair re-growth |
My 10 year struggle with Trichotillomania by Jessica, 17, New York
Well to start, im 17 years old and I live in New York. For the last ten years ive been on a
Trichotillomania rollercoaster. It all started when i was seven. Sometimes i caught myself picking at my
eyelashes, and then eventually i started picking at my hair. It wasnt a serious problem . . . . well at
least until my parents got divorced and I got really stressed. My mom took me to all these doctors and
it helped for a little while, but not for long. Everyone told me to "just stop" but nobody realised how
hard that is, id be pulling my hair and not even realising it until i look at the ground and see a clump of
my own hair. My parents didnt even understand my problem, so i promised myself that i wasnt ever
going to tell ANYONE. I was so ashamed that i refused to go to a hair salon to get my hair cut or
anything, and thats when i learned how to cut my own hair. The Trich problem contunued and before I
knew it, I was 50% bald. I was always wearing headbands and bandanas, !
but it never covered the problem completely. Making friends was hard since all these crazy rumors
circulated, its pretty crazy the things that people come up with. When i was 11 i made these little
homemake extensions out of barbie doll hair to cover up my problem. Supprisingly, it worked pretty
good. I would tie the section of doll hair into a ponytail and then tie that into a ponytail of my own hair
(that was only about an inch or two long) and then ta-da! It was the best i came up with. My problem
continued through the years, and i improved my doll hair trick a little. I also learned a few tricks to
keep me busy, such as making braclets and putting crazy glue on my fingers and then picking it off. I
know it sounds crazy but it actually worked wonders, it kind of felt as if i was picking hair, but i was
actually picking glue and it kept me busy. After my 10th greade year, I realised I needed change, I
couldnt live like this forever. I looked online for wigs and hair pieces! but nothing really caught my eye.
After searching for weeks i came across this woman Charlene who owned some salons that specialized
in Trich. I was soo excited. I didnt know what to expect but I was hoping for the best. I ended up
buying a hairpiece from her that covered my entire head, making it impossible to pull my own hair. I
had this piece installed for about a year and a half, and eventually i took it off and bought real
extensions and put them in myself, And now about 80% of my hair is real and nobody will ever notice
my problem. I now only pull when im extremely stressed and my newfound confidence motivates me to
limit my pulling as much as physically possible. I know that this disease is hard if not impossible to
control and i thought that i would ALWAYS have this problem, but in the last year or so i realised that
you can take control of it, and you dont have to let it take control of you. I now realised that I have a
talent in puting in hairpieces and extensions, so im planning on going to school for cosmetology so that
I could! eventually help Trich sufferers just like me. I advise anyone with Trichotillomania not be
ashamed about this disorder, its nothing that you can just stop overnight and it makes it so much better
knowing that youre not alone and that theres millions more struggleing in the same ways that you do.
Well to start, im 17 years old and I live in New York. For the last ten years ive been on a
Trichotillomania rollercoaster. It all started when i was seven. Sometimes i caught myself picking at my
eyelashes, and then eventually i started picking at my hair. It wasnt a serious problem . . . . well at
least until my parents got divorced and I got really stressed. My mom took me to all these doctors and
it helped for a little while, but not for long. Everyone told me to "just stop" but nobody realised how
hard that is, id be pulling my hair and not even realising it until i look at the ground and see a clump of
my own hair. My parents didnt even understand my problem, so i promised myself that i wasnt ever
going to tell ANYONE. I was so ashamed that i refused to go to a hair salon to get my hair cut or
anything, and thats when i learned how to cut my own hair. The Trich problem contunued and before I
knew it, I was 50% bald. I was always wearing headbands and bandanas, !
but it never covered the problem completely. Making friends was hard since all these crazy rumors
circulated, its pretty crazy the things that people come up with. When i was 11 i made these little
homemake extensions out of barbie doll hair to cover up my problem. Supprisingly, it worked pretty
good. I would tie the section of doll hair into a ponytail and then tie that into a ponytail of my own hair
(that was only about an inch or two long) and then ta-da! It was the best i came up with. My problem
continued through the years, and i improved my doll hair trick a little. I also learned a few tricks to
keep me busy, such as making braclets and putting crazy glue on my fingers and then picking it off. I
know it sounds crazy but it actually worked wonders, it kind of felt as if i was picking hair, but i was
actually picking glue and it kept me busy. After my 10th greade year, I realised I needed change, I
couldnt live like this forever. I looked online for wigs and hair pieces! but nothing really caught my eye.
After searching for weeks i came across this woman Charlene who owned some salons that specialized
in Trich. I was soo excited. I didnt know what to expect but I was hoping for the best. I ended up
buying a hairpiece from her that covered my entire head, making it impossible to pull my own hair. I
had this piece installed for about a year and a half, and eventually i took it off and bought real
extensions and put them in myself, And now about 80% of my hair is real and nobody will ever notice
my problem. I now only pull when im extremely stressed and my newfound confidence motivates me to
limit my pulling as much as physically possible. I know that this disease is hard if not impossible to
control and i thought that i would ALWAYS have this problem, but in the last year or so i realised that
you can take control of it, and you dont have to let it take control of you. I now realised that I have a
talent in puting in hairpieces and extensions, so im planning on going to school for cosmetology so that
I could! eventually help Trich sufferers just like me. I advise anyone with Trichotillomania not be
ashamed about this disorder, its nothing that you can just stop overnight and it makes it so much better
knowing that youre not alone and that theres millions more struggleing in the same ways that you do.