Pulling out hair might seem like a weird habit, but the truth is that around two percent of the population also do this. Pulling your hair from any area of the body is known as trichotillomania (or trich), which is a disorder causing you to pull out your own hair.

Trich can have terrible effects, both physical and emotional, for those who suffer with it. Here are a few things to think about if you want to stop.

1) Find the Cause:

There are many common causes of trichotillomania:

* A method of dealing with stress, *Being bored, *Experiencing some sort of trauma during childhood, * Diet, *Being tired, and more.

The more that you are able to find out about the reasons for pulling your hair, then the easier it will ultimately be to improve things.

2) Finding Ways to Deal With Stress:

No matter what the underlying cause of your trich, learning how to handle stress will help you to handle your hair pulling.

Learning to handle stress better is a lot easier said than done, but in time you’ll get better and noticing the kind of stress that can trigger trichotillomania. You should try to talk about them with family and friends, and you might even benefit from counselling.

3) Drugs:

Taking drugs is not going to magically cure your trich, unfortunately. So don’t just rely on your doctor. He or she may not even understand the condition fully – and could even prescribe Prozac which is unlikely to work. Try to use the other methods mentioned here.

4) Hypnosis and Meditation:

These are just two examples of alternative therapies that can help you cure hair pulling. They help for a number of reasons:

* They can help you to relax, * They can help to clear your mind of all that stress, * They can help to stop you from blaming yourself for your pulling, * And they can help you to understand yourself a little better.

5) Accepting Trich: You can put yourself in the very best position to stop pulling out hair when you accept this as part of you, and that there are many other people who also do it.