Why did my mother stop chewing her hair?
She cut her hair short to limit the damage and says she was tugging and chewing it less. But within a year after the birth of baby Alice she was becoming desperately ill as a result of eating her hair for so many years.
What should I do about my 5 year old chewing her hair?
I am in desperate need of advice. My 5 year old daughter has become OCD with hair chewing/sucking. I have tried putting her hair back in a pony tail, she just takes it out when she gets to school. When I pick her up, the front of her hair is soaked because she has chewed on it all day.
Who is the mother who ate her hair?
A mother who pulled her hair out and ate it in her sleep was horrified to discover a giant one-stone hairball had been collecting in her stomach. Mother-of-one Sophie Cox, 23, struggled to keep food down and lost six stone in two years but had no idea why.
How did my son stop chewing on his clothes?
After the teeth came in, the dentist told me to offer him a wash cloth or something he could chew on next time. It worked. He stopped chewing on his clothes (at least at home). I didn’t trust sending the chew cloth to school as I could only imagine him cleaning the desk, the chalkboard… and then chewing.
Can a person pull out their own hair and not eat it?
While some trichotillomania sufferers just pull out their hair and do not eat their own hair, most sufferers from trichophagia start out as a hair puller and then develop eating hair disorder as their trichotillomania gets more serious.
What happens when you pull hair out of your head?
Hair pulling from the scalp often leaves patchy bald spots, which causes significant distress and can interfere with social or work functioning. People with trichotillomania may go to great lengths to disguise the loss of hair.
Can a person with trichotillomania stop pulling hair?
People with trichotillomania may go to great lengths to disguise the loss of hair. For some people, trichotillomania may be mild and generally manageable. For others, the compulsive urge to pull hair is overwhelming. Some treatment options have helped many people reduce their hair pulling or stop entirely.
Why do I feel like I am eating my hair?
You are eating your hair because you have a condition known as Trichophagia. Trichophagia is like trichotillomania. Many people mistakenly think that hair disorders, like hair pulling and eating hair disorder are nervous habits. Those close to the sufferer may say ‘Just stop eating hair!’.
