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Trichotillomania & Hair Growth

Posted by HLP on Friday, March 20, 2009

I am recovering from trichtilomania and the hairs that are gone that place stopped growing hair all together and you can see the scalp, I was wondering if there is a miracle to help me regrow or start regrowing my hair…my currant shampoo is nioxin and nizorel…

Patients who’ve suffered from trichotillomania for awhile may damage or even remove the hair roots by excessive pulling, making non-surgical hair regrowth next to impossible.
Hair transplants will restore the hair, but it is very common for those with trichotillomania to resume pulling out the hair after the transplants begin to grow.Hair growth after trichotillomania
First strp will be to address the trichotillomania from a medical/psychiatric medication or therapy approach and solve the underlying problem. Once the patient knows that the cause of the trichotillomania has been fully addressed (fo a long period of time, then the reward can be a hair transplant to put their hair back.

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  • Why type of therapies are available to treat trichotillomania? Is there a cure?
  • Quick search on wikipedia brings this:
    Habit Reversal Training (HRT) has the highest rate of success in treating trichotillomaniaHRT has been shown to be a successful adjunct to medication as a way to treat TTM With HRT, doctors train the individual to learn to recognize their impulse to pull and also teach them to redirect this impulse. In comparisons of behavioral versus pharmacologic treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (including HRT) have shown significant improvement over medication alone. It has also proven effective in treating children.

    Medications may also be used. Treatment with clomipramine (Anafranil), a tricyclic antidepressant, was shown in a small double-blind study to significantly improve symptoms,[16] but results of other studies on clomipramine for treating trich have been inconsistent.[2] Fluoxetine (Prozac) and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have limited usefulness in treating TTM, and can often have significant side effects.[17] Behavioral therapy has proven more effective when compared to fluoxetine or control groups.[2] Dual treatment (behavioral therapy and medication) may provide an advantage in some cases, but robust evidence from high-quality studies is lacking.[3]

    Reports that hypnotherapy may improve the effects obtained by other treatments were published in the 1980s.

    Originally posted on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania#T...
  • Site_Admin
    The hairloss with trichotillomania is permanent, the damage is so great that hair is not gonna grow again.
    It is actually in the first sentence of the article:
    "Patients who’ve suffered from trichotillomania for awhile may damage or even remove the hair roots by excessive pulling, making non-surgical hair regrowth next to impossible."
  • how can one determine if a trichotillomania patient is cured if she has no hair left?
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