Part 1 of How To Prevent Trichotillomania
Simple changes can help prevent you from pulling your hair:
1. Using rich hand cream that coats your fingers so that this, in turn,
makes your hair feel smoother. You informed me that it is the roughness of the
hair which creates this desire to break the
hair off.
2. Using rich conditioners which coat the hair making the cuticle
(outer protective layer) feel smooth to the touch.
3. Dressing aids such as gels, mousses, waxes, hair sprays and leave in
conditioners as these are also good for coating the outer cuticles.
4. Wearing your hair up and using dressing aids so that you cannot get
your fingers into the area to break hair off.
5. Change the seat that you sit in whilst watching television or
relaxing as it appears that it is always your left hand that goes up to the
left and rear of your scalp.
Tomorrow we will continue with the rest of the strategies to help combat Trichotillomania.
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