Happy 2010! I hope everyone who reads this blog, or just stumbles across it, will have a great year ahead.
Happy New Year! Will 2010 Be the Year You Stop Pulling?
by mspennylane on 05. Jan, 2010 in Helping others with trich
The Ways We Stop Pulling Our Hair
by mspennylane on 15. Jul, 2009 in Featured Posts, Helping others with trich, Personal Stories
After a suggestion from @ Trichotillosis I gathered a list of a few ways in which those of us with trichotillomania try to stop pulling. These aren’t cures, simply day to day tactics that might help us to stop pulling our hair. I put them all in a PDF document for you to download – [...]
Children Hair Pulling – What To Do?
by mspennylane on 18. Jun, 2009 in Helping others with trich, Trichotillomania and Children
By far the most common question people ask me here is what to do about children hair pulling. I can understand how it must be shocking for parents to see their child pulling out their own hair, especially if it results in noticeable bald spots. I’m not a medical expert, but from my own experience [...]
Trichotillomania Support At This Blog!
by mspennylane on 09. Jun, 2009 in Helping others with trich, Personal Stories, Support
I have received some great quotes for trichotillomania support at this blog! I can’t tell you how much it makes me smile to read some of your comments when I login here! I received an amazing one lately, on my article about whether we should bother to try and stop pulling at all.
Ask Me A Question
by mspennylane on 19. May, 2009 in Helping others with trich
I know that many people who read this blog don’t leave comments, and that’s because trich is a very private thing. If you have left a comment or a question and I didn’t get back to you, I’m really sorry but sometimes I get quite a few emails at once and forget to answer.
Inspirational Photos of Trichotillomania
by mspennylane on 06. Feb, 2009 in Being honest about trich, Helping others with trich, Personal Stories
I have not been aware of Flickr for that long, but a few days I realised there was a trichotillomania group. I know how difficult it is to look at photographs of myself with bald patches, which is why I think it is inspirational that people post their own photos online. It is a great [...]
Trichotillomania Support Sites Available
by mspennylane on 06. Nov, 2008 in Helping others with trich, Support
If you have trichotillomania, or if your child or someone you know does, you will find that there is a wealth of support and advice online.
When I first had trichotillomania I did not know what it was. Even when I learnt what it was, I was too scared and embarrassed to force myself to think [...]
Does Childhood Trauma Cause Trichotillomania?
by mspennylane on 04. Nov, 2008 in Causes of Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania and Children
There are many theories behind the causes of trichotillomania, and I believe that there are different causes for different people. For me, I don’t know exactly why but having a hair braid led to me fiddling with my hair a lot, which led to me pulling.
However, psychoanalytic theories suggest that trichotillomania may be a way [...]
Does Your Child Pull Their Hair?
by mspennylane on 30. Oct, 2008 in Helping others with trich, Trichotillomania and Children
If you have noticed that your child pulls out their hair, maybe without noticing or even in their sleep, then
they may have trichotillomania. This is a big word but please don’t panic.
*If you have come to this page without ever having heard of trichotillomania it is basically the impulsive pulling of one’s own hair, from [...]
About This Blog
My name's Penny, and I started OnTrich (a trichotillomania blog) to try and raise awareness about hair pulling, and also as a way to help me deal with my own pulling. I'm a 22 year old girl from the UK and I've been pulling for 12 years. Get in touch if you want to chat or need any help - I love meeting people here.


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