Since many people find my site to help answer the question of why they pull their hair, I thought I should mention pulling eyebrows. Most of the time I talk about pulling out the hair on my scalp, but trichotillomania also includes pulling eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic hair or any other body hair.
This post serves as an introduction for anyone who has found my site looking for an answer as to why they pull their eyebrows.
Pulling Eyebrows – What Is It?
Pulling eyebrows is also trichotillomania, which means compulsive hair pulling. If you pull your eyebrows you may do it without realising, or find it very hard to stop. It might seem ‘weird’ but it is actually quite common, and you aren’t alone.
When I Used to Pull My Eyebrows
I started pulling eyebrows around the same time as I started pulling from my scalp. I don’t know why, but I liked the way it felt and pretty soon one of my eyebrows was pretty much bald.
In my case I stopped pulling my eyebrows and they grew right back to normal. In fact many people compliment me on how nice they are. It really is odd, and I can’t explain what made me stop.
If you pull your eyebrows you might not find it as easy as me to ‘just stop’ but there is a lot of support available. Sometimes it just really helps to know that there are a lot of others who do the same thing as you.
hey everyone i just found this site and ive been reading through its nice to know im not the only one with this problem ive been pulling out my eye brows for about 9 yrs now i cant even remember what i look like with eye brows i hate how it looks and im sooo embarrassed about it but i just cant stop….i just wish there was something to make all of us stop
it makes me so mad that i do it but i just can’t stop. i really need people to talk to about it . im a sophomore in highschool and i’v been do it since 7th grade.
ive been doing it to and find it extremly hard to stop even when i look in the mirror and im missing a FUCKING EYEBROW !!!
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I’ve been picking my eyebrows for about 10 yrs now. Started when I would get made fun of about my bushy and semi unibrow. Now I’m 20 and I want to stop soooo bad. I don’t know what id look like with eyebrows now. Cause u change so much between age 10 and 20 I hate it!! Sometimes I know I’m doing it and just can’t stop and other times I don’t even realize it till its to late. I don’t do anything special like makeup or anything to replace them so I just have some random hairs and blank spots where they should be. And the really sucky part is my hair is pretty dark brown so its very noticable. And always wear my bangs long and covering my face because of it. I wanna stop! How can I do that? I wanna be able to show my whole face without be ashamed!
it makes me so mad that i do it but i just can’t stop. i really need people to talk to about it . im a sophomore in highschool and i’v been do it since 7th grade. please hellp
I have been pulling out my eyebrows for years and most of the time don’t realize it. The only thing I have found to help is cutting all my nails down and keeping them that way. It’s very hard for me to grab my eyebrows with just my fingers.
I pull my eyebrows. I’m 31 and I’ve been doing this since I was 12. I started the day that a science teacher made fun of me in front of the entire class for using a word she didn’t know the definition of. I innocently assumed that an adult would know what “iridescent” meant but I guess I was just a big fucking nerd.
Anyway. I’m getting married in a few months, and my eye brows are treacherous. They hurt because the skin is all sore from hairs being constantly yanked out. I’ve tried so many things. SSRIs, numbing cream, distractions, cutting my nails, telling people about it so they slap my hand away, etc. I used to have really nice eyebrows and I’m getting sick of people telling me I need to stop pulling them. I want people to understand that when I say “I can’t stop” it literally means I can’t stop. it’s an automatic thing. I’m not lazy. I don’t need an incentive to stop. i’ve got all the incentives I need, living a normal life notwithstanding. I don’t want to be standing there in my wedding gown with eyebrows that have whole chunks missing. I’m so depressed. Seeing a psychiatrist in a few weeks, thankfully, but I’m not expecting a miracle.
I just found out I suffer from this. I have been pulling out my eyebrows and picking my face since I was 18 and I’m 28 now… I was able to stop for two years but I know I destroyed the follicles or whatever because it never grew back in right… I couldn’t fight the urge anymore and I have completely pulled every hair out and I hate myself for it… It’s a vicious cycle, and I wish I could stop…… My eyebrow skin is damaged, I have created craters in my chin from pulling and picking… I wish I could stop so bad… I used to have full, beautiful eyebrows
I have done this since i was 4 i am now 23 eyelashs brows nose hair pubic hair,but i dont touch my scalp!? Ive found i cant have have on my lower arms so i shave them hairs off, im so mad with myself my eye brows nearly grew back after years of not being there i wiped away my brow pencil n looked proudly at them jus a small patch to go n i sat on the sofa n started stroking them n ive found mmy self pulling one then.saying to my self one more wont hurt and one more and one more now they are nearly gone again i am so mad with myselfim sick to death of having to get up early to draw them on n always wear eyeliner which has aged my eyes so badly,ive bitten my nails so far down i cant actually pull so i use twizzers… my eyelids are complty bald and now my eyebrows again too:/ i read further up someone told them to ‘just stop’ people have said that to me too but its impossible especially when the urge comes on then theres no stopping me some one pleasebhelp me im tired off looking like this with people stairing at me and me having to explain myself all the time
I have pulled my eyebrows for almost 30 years now… i have felt everything each of you has said… about 2 months ago I started applying a THICK layer of body butter on my eyebrows before bed, and that really stopped the night time pulling, and softened the skin and hairs, so that they felt different. I can hardly believe it but I actually have brows again!! I have no idea if it is the creme, or the softened skin and hair, or just serendipity, but I don’t care. i have [almost] stopped completely… just had to let you know there is hope.