Trichotillomania And Hair Regrowth Posted: 06-09-06 20:26pm
Hi,
i have trichotillomania and pull my
eyelashes and leg hair. Now, i'm a guy,
so the eyelashes aren't a big deal, but
the leg hair is. It's really embrassing
that the insides of my legs have no hair,
while the outsides have a ton. When I
pull my eyelashes, they grow back quickly,
within a month or two. Now my legs are
different. I haven't had hair on them
for a long time, for years actually, but
that's of course because i've been picking
hair on my legs continually throughout
that time. There's always freshly grown
hairs on my legs, but I pick those out
before they have time to really get thick.
I've been picking for a long time, and I
just stopped a couple of months ago. My
leg hair hasn't grown back, some places I
think I can see hair, but it's not above
the skin yet, and in some places there's
nothing. Does leg hair take longer than
other hair to grow back? Like I said my
eyelashes only take a month or two to come
back. One area of hair grew back rapidly
on both my legs, but not the entire area.
One thing I was thinking too, my
eyelashes get plenty of sun, but because I
never wear shorts anymore my legs never
see the light of day. Could this be part
of the problem? I really want to be able
to enjoy swimming and stuff again. Any
advice?
Thanks
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xxx02taxxx
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-31-07 21:43pm
Over 6 months and no answer? Does anyone
have any ideas?
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Shawnda
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Location: Jackson, MI
Posted: 03-19-07 17:19pm
I've been pulling for 9 years. Mostly my
eyelashes and eyebrows. My eyebrows in a
lot of the area won't grow back at all. I
was told that its probably because you've
pulled the roots out so many times. Also,
regarding never wearing shorts.....i don't
think that only wearing pants would stunt
the growth.
