Maggies Hair Pulling Blog

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 :/

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 cl...

I had a hair makeover at the weekend, new volumiser colour and extensions! I now have long hair again :) I couldn't decide whether to go blonde or dark but the salon lady helped me decide and I opted for dark! I was nervous about going in to work but actually got a really positive response and just told people that I had had hair extensions! My article has also been out for a few weeks now and no one at work has seen it which is great! I didn't want any questions from them. My friends have seen it and they all think it's good which i'm pleased about too. Overall a positive few days. I am also going to try again with my pulling urges. Motivation comes and goes but at the moment I am feeling positive! :)

Hair picture from July 2010 taken in the bathroom. I have decided to take some more pictures, they help keep me focused and remind me of what my hair is really like :/ This picture was taken when my volumiser was due for a tighten, I lifted it up so I could take a picture of my hair underneath. Compared to how it has been it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't good enough to leave it uncovered! I might start a picture book as well, follow my progress! At the moment I can't imagine having a full head of hair but maybe one day!

My hair story has been published! November's 2010 issue of Psychologies Magazine. It's weird seeing myself in a magazine! :) I have told a few people but I'm not going to advertise it too much as there are still people who don't know I have trich! My main concern is always work people. I guess I'm worried that they will think I'm weird!

I have had a bad few days of pulling, the volumiser is annoying me and I want it gone!! It can't be taken off though :( My hair is still thin at the sides and I have recently pulled from there! Luckily I have left the front and top alone though because I really need that to grow! Decided to keep a hair diary in my bag and to put gloves in the car again, it's too easy to slip up in the car and if I feel like pulling I will use the diary to scribble in instead. I haven't pulled any so far today which is a positive start, I will forget about the last few days and start from now!!