Trichotillomania

Hair pulling and resultant hair loss

Trichotillomania (TMM) is a condition where a person has an irresistible urge to pull out their own hair. It is believed to affect up to 2% of the population and most sufferers with Trichotillomania are female. The hair pulling may provide a short term distraction from immediate worries such as depression, anxiety or anger but the pulling will most likely then fuel a new cycle of all of these feelings.

Videos on Trichotillomania

In July 2010 Channel 4 featured a documentary about the specialist services offered by Lucinda Ellery for clients with Trichotillomania.

Girls on the Pull tells the story of two of our Trichotillomania clients – Harriet and Amelia.

On our Videos page you can watch a series of videos featuring four of our Trich clients discussing the condition with Lucinda and talking about how they lived with it and what helped them to overcome it. You can also see a Daybreak interview with India Barnes who sought our help after suffering from the condition since her early teens

Trichotillomania - Before and After Library

Before and after images of women using the Intralace System™ or Medi Connections™.

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This lady first visited Lucinda Ellery when she was 11 years of age and then again in her late teens and is now pull free!

 

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In less than a year this client managed to control the urges to pull out her hair with the use of the Intralace System™ (cranial hair prosthesis) and experienced almost total hair regrowth.

 

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This form of mild Trich can have the same psychological effect as the more severe cases of Trich. Often Trich is most difficult to control with exam pressure as this client experienced.

 

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This client has an aggressive form of Trich, currently there are no medical catagories for the different levels of this disorder. Mild Trich, generally affects a small area of the scalp, whereas people with widespread hair loss have stronger urges to remove the hair.

 

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This young lady with the use of Lucinda Ellery Consultancy management system did experience considerable re-growth within eighteen months. However, six months later had a difficult personal time and as a result had a setback with further hair loss. This is quite possible with this difficult to manage condition.

 

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This client achieved impressive regrowth after two years of using the Intralace system™ the mesh was reduced by 80% to just a small area of the scalp. She continues to manage her Trichotillomania successfully.