'I pulled out all my hair'

So the magazine article came out! It was my story but written by a lady called Dawn who is a freelance writer, it didn't go on the web so I have scanned a picture of it! Hopefully it is readable if you can zoom in. A few people I know have read it and I had one message via Facebook from an old school friend who stumbled across it! Feedback has been positive from friends and no one from work has read it which is great. I didn't want them to see it as they don't know I wear a volumiser.

One thing I found rather strange was that my parents read it but apart from saying that they had read it, they didn't discuss it any further. They haven't made any comments at all! :/ I expect they discussed it between themselves but I don't know what they think about anything that was written. Never mind though.

The main aim of me doing this was to help raise awareness and so hopefully someone out there will have benefited from it. Another positive is that a lady from a hair clinic in London read the article and I am now in the process of setting up a meeting with a consultant. I'm not sure what they will advise but it might help! I quite enjoy trying different 'cures'!

Comments

  1. Tricia Pull31 March 2011 at 02:52

    My parents have never talked to me about my Trich, and I have been pulling for 27 years. I know they have noticed.

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  2. Maggie Valentine31 March 2011 at 23:06

    Isn't it strange how trich is hardly ever mentioned by anyone! I know I used to get angry sometimes when they tried to talk to me about it, but it should be different now! People talk about nail biting without any problem...

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  3. Tricia Pull3 April 2011 at 00:23

    You know I have never ever thought about how similar nail biting and hair pulling are. Thanks for saying that!

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