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11/20/09 8:33am
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Help!! daughter pulling her hair out |
i don't know what to do --- she has been pulling her own hair out for a while
me and my wife have tried talking to her .... at first she said she just wanted to see her hair folicles
now she has a bald spot in the front where her hair parts
she also pulled out are the hair over her ear to the back of her head ..... help !!!!!!
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Liquid741  Title: VN Sensei
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/trichotillomania.html
im not sure if this is it...but worth a read, nothing wrong with arming yourself with all types of information...
sad to hear that you guys are going through that..i know i would be just as worried, as you seem to be. hopefully you will find out whats wrong and remedy it very quickly.
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Ah-Schoo  Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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I'm not positive, but isn't that an OCD type of thing? (In that case you look for a therapist.)
Edit: Well, there you go. Beaten to it with better info.
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Date Posted:
11/20/09 8:33am
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Help!! daughter pulling her hair out |
How old is she?
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Gaevren Title: Wat do?
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Jennifer_the_Great posted:
How old is she?
That's what I was going to ask.
My oldest daughter did that for a little while, right on the top of her head where the hair swirl is. She had a nice little bald spot. Fortunately the rest of her hair combed over it but the short hairs growing back in made it look a little funky for a while. She was in the first or second grade at this point and it was just kind of a nervous habit for her. We just had to talk to her about it and keep an eye on her and interrupt her if she started doing it again. It didn't take long before she stopped altogether. I don't know what we would have done if she kept at it though.
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Date Posted:
11/20/09 8:33am
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Help!! daughter pulling her hair out |
she is 8
she started the hair pulling thing about a month ago
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Lyli  Posts: 215
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Talk to her Doctor
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myxomatosis8 Title: amateur zookeeper
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I'd definitely take her to see a mental health professional.
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Lynea Title: Dances with Trolls
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11/20/09 8:33am
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myxomatosis8 posted:
I'd definitely take her to see a mental health professional.
I concur. Be careful if they just want to push meds on her, though.
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GrimTempest Title: Board Manager
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Date Posted:
11/20/09 8:33am
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Help!! daughter pulling her hair out |
i had that when i was a kid. its usually stress related i believe, i'd talk to her and see if theres anything bothering her. my own take on it when i self analyzed myeslf back when it was happening was i was finding an external way to feel emotional pain the same way some people cut themselves or do other similar things to cause physical pain when their problem is a needed outlet for emotional pain or stress.
that may not apply to your daughter at all though, thats just the conclusion i came to for my own problem. like any obsessive action if you can stop doing it for a few weeks you can ditch the compulsion. try to get her to do some other harmless action with her hands to keep them occupied whenever she gets the urge to pull hair. mostly its just breaking the habit but if it is caused by stress you should really find out whats bothering her and help her resolve it. i'd check for other habitual things like nail biting too just in case.
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