Maggies Hair Pulling Blog

Since using twitter I haven't posted many updates. Twitter is quick and easily accessible from my mobile! My hair is still shit, the sides and front are bald. I'm now using tape at the front of my volumiser in an attempt to let it recover a bit. The connections used to pull my hair out and there was hardly any there anyway! I used to use Fullmore on the sides which helped but I have recently joined a hot yoga class and you sweat like a beast!! The dye in Fullmore would drip everywhere and I would get in a right state :/ I have no idea how to stop pulling my hair out. I have tried so many things!! I'm not pulling my hair right this second and so I know that I don't need to, or feel like doing it every second of the day! I just need to figure out the secret to the non-pulling state and keep it all day..... This is a bit weird but I sometimes think that if I broke my arms and couldn't touch my hair for several weeks then maybe that would break the spell! But I have n

I have recently been using Fullmore on my head under the volumiser to stop me from pulling my hair. After a few weeks some of the connections fall out that secure my volumiser in place and so I can get to the sides of my head! Fullmore is a coloured hairspray and before I had the volumiser fitted I used to use it to hide the bald patches on the side of my head. It stops people from being able to see your scalp. It is only temporary and washes out with water and if you touch it you get it all over your fingers! This is what helps put me off touching!! You can't really go around with brown stuff all over your hands!! :)

I have been using twitter for a few weeks to connect with other trich suffers and so far it has been quite good. I have been speaking to people from all over the World. There aren't many people who tweet about trich, I have only found about 20 which isn't many considering how many people use twitter! It passes a few minutes here and there and if I'm tweeting then I'm not touching my hair! :) With regards to trying to improve my hair I'm still using a volumiser to cover my own hair and I still go for appointments at Hair Solved every few weeks to have it tightened. This picture is of me the last time I went. They pull my own hair through a net and then clip it in place with little metal grips. All of the red colour is my pretend hair, it's real human hair but not actually mine! I do sometimes wander who is belonged to originally....... I enjoy going to the salon and its good that I can change the length and colour at any time too. I don't have to wait for

I was driving in to town today and saw a confused.com advert on the back of a bus. The main reason I noticed it was because it had a large logo of a cartoon character pulling at their hair. I know there is saying about wanting to tear your hair out but I guess most people have no idea that people actually do this. I'm not sure if people also tear their out out in a frenzy, I guess maybe they do. When you have trichotillomania you pull your hairs out one by one and so not quite in the same way that the confused.com person is doing it! This logo actually bothers me quite a bit, its a reminder of my problem and the character also has crossed eyes as if it is crazy as well. I know their are worse problems its just sad to be reminded of it everywhere you go, and you can't really escape advertising when it is everywhere around us!

I have started tweeting about trich! Twitter is easy to access from my phone & I'm hoping it will help me control the urges. I can tweet instead of pull. I'm hoping that it will also help me connect with other sufferers. Tweet tweet twoo!! :) http://twitter.com/#!/MagMop

Since having the volumiser I have become a bit lazy with regards to trying to stop pulling. Because I now cover my hair up I no longer have to really worry about how thin it is. Next weekend I am having the volumiser taken off and I'm going to see Dr Reddy to discuss possible treatments. Apparently he can also analyse my head to see what damage has been done! I don't expect any miracle cures but I always find it useful to see what's out there with regards to treatments. He is based in London http://www.theprivateclinic.co.uk  so I will spend the weekend there and also catch up with some friends! When I go to see him I will have no volumiser on which will be scary, Hairsolved are taking it off in the morning, I will then go for my appointment with Dr Reddy and then nip back to Hairsolved in the afternoon to have it put back on! Mission time across London :/