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Hair care

Former Member · 2020-09-14 21:02:08

Looking for some good tips for keeping hair in good condition - my hair has just regrown for the first time since I was a young teenager (6 ish years) and I never went through the female teen obsession with their hair. I never learned how to deal with it because well, I never thought I'd have any. I'm looking for advice on…

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Former Member Obnoxiously Large Anchor Posts: 1,201 Wise Owl

January 2021

Well that went well. I'm literally considering shaving it all off. It's not even the stupid alopecia this time.

Tw I guess it's classed as self harm

I've also got trichotillomania which means I pull my own hair out. It started when I was in P4 so about 7/8? It's the most horrible thing in the world, there's no treatment and it makes me want to die. I'm so ashamed of myself and wish I didn't have it. Nowhere has been able to help me with it because there's no research on it and I literally want to cry. It's making me so fucking depressed, I worked so hard and now I've ruined it. Wish I didn't have to have this shit, it just brings me right down. Nobody I've ever met has had the same thing and I can't even talk about it because people would be freaked out. I'm literally scared to even mention it to people. Matt knows and so does his mum but my god it's so embarrassing and frustrating.

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