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I have a question about this. If you specifically like to pull out your stronger hair like eyebrows, eyelashes, a.... certain arm hair and leg hair... then eat it. Is... it also fatal or to small a scale to matter.
Would anyone who suffers from this want to start a group chat with me and we can try and work through this together and hold each other accountable for quitting?
thank you for spreading this awareness to me, i’ve been trying so long to stop and i just can’t i never knew that this was an actual thing i’m so insecure about it. i just hate myself to much i hate looking at my hair i end up isolating myself and it get worse. i think of it and it bothers me but i just can’t stop please help
Hey I have been having Rapunzel syndrome for the last 2 years...I have done tests since then and even with ultrasound no hairball was found in my guts...I'm aware of the gravity of this condition and I'm trying to overcome it
Great to hear that you understand the condition and actively trying to overcome it. Giving up an addiction occurs in stages, knowing the harm is the first step, seeking medical help is the second (preparation phase) and stopping is third (action phase). You are already in the preparation or action phase. The final stage is the maintenance. I'm sure you will successfully recover from this condition.
Soo I wanted to dye my hair today so I told my mom about it, keep in mind that she knows about my "condition" (trich) then she said that how can you dye your hair when you're bald then I said It's great because this way I could give myself the motivation of self discipline on stopping myself from pulling my hair. She replied with "I've been giving you motivation for months now and you're still like this." I was stunned so I said is the constant comments on me being bald the motivation you're saying? And my mom said yes. I guess it's true what everyone says, people who never had trich will never understand what it feels like, because I WANT to stop. She doesn't know the battles I face everyday because eventho I want to stop, I CAN'T. I don't want to pull my hair out but I'm doing it because I want to, that doesn't make any sense but maybe to some who has trich understands. But whatever, I'm gonna dye my hair anyways who knows I might actually stop for real this time because who doesn't want pretty hair? I sure do.
this sort of made me cry because it's exactly how I feel, I hate when my mom makes comments like "well just stop it" or even hits me when I do it because I WANT to stop it but I can't. I hope you get to dye your hair! (if you haven't already)
@@TinyMedicine can you poop it out if it gets caught up with the food? I’ve eaten little amounts of hair for 1 weeks will the hair inside my stomach go out? If I stopped eating my hair for at least 1 year?
I got this when I was 12 and got bullied pretty hard for it (I had a pretty big bald spot) and only realized a year and a half later that I have trichotillomania. I’m 13 now and I can’t wait to go back to school to tell the people who bullied me for having a bald spot that it is disorder and I have a hard time controlling it, usually I need someone to tell me I’m doing it to realize. I’m doing better know but the anxiety of having to return to the stressful conditions of school have me doing it pretty bad again.
I have the same thing and I was going through the same things as you and I still have it due to the stress of my old school and my anxiety of the presure of the school
Mine started when I was around 11-12 years old ( I'm 15 rn). It affected mostly my eyebrows and eyelashes, I tried to relocate it to my armpits and it helped a little. Thanks for spreading awareness btw
This is the first video I have seen that isn't completely wrong. I have my experience with it(actually, I'm lying in the hospital because of the Rapunzel Syndrom), so thank you for your video 👍
@@hermioneysabellebuensuceso7018 swallowed hair can accumulate, no matter how small. But it will take longer (if at all) to form a hair ball of significant size. The odds of developing Rapunzel syndrome is very small, but it's not zero. I'm sure you'll get over this habit which is temporary for most people.
@lal choshma Relapse prevention is as important as habit reversal. A good therapist can help you prevent the relapses. But again, breaking a habit is a long journey and a few relapses can occur in the middle way. So don't give up mate. You can do this.
@@TinyMedicine do i need to Go to a Doctor If I bite only small pices of my Hair? ... I feel ashamed to Tell it a doctor...because i dont want that People hate me
I can't remember a time where I haven't had Trichotillomania, though, I didn't know there was a name for it. I just pull out my hair(still dangerous, because hair may not grow back) I don't fall into the category of swallowing my hair that I pull out. It mostly affects my eyebrows and eyelashes, though occasionally I'll notice afterwards that t affects my scalp too, and it mostly happens when I get stressed or anxious. I didn't know it was called Repunzel Syndrome though, interesting.
Same here. I think it started when I was a child. I knew there was something wrong with me and I thought I was a freak, a weirdo. Then I figured it out. It was so easy when I knew that other people had it too.
I've had Trichophagia since Covid started, ad its starting to get hard to cover my hair up, for a year people thought my hair was falling out because of a disease, but I've been pulling it out and can't stop, but recently instead of only pulling it out I've been eating it and telling my self "Stop eating your hair!" but it's hard, I've looked up ways to stop an addiction but none of them helped. And I just found out about this disorder, thank you.
Yes I'm 26 years old and I've been eating my hair for as long as I can remember I don't remember and exact age but I know it's been forever the last 2 days jive been getting really bad pains and I looked iit up and I'm so scared it's because of this I'm scared embarrassed and everything else to tell anyone or to go to a Dr about it i have 3 kids and scared for them to catch on I don't eat full strands of hair but I'll bite pieces off or if I know I've been eating to much lately I'll bite pieces and spit them out I was on and off for years eating my hair I'd be good for a long time not eating it then out of no we're back at it in 2018 when I had my first kid it was so bad to the point I made myself a bald spot and when my husband and sister asked about it I said it was because of my pregnancy my hair was falling out I've been able to get away and hide it from other but man it's so frustrating and It makes me more scared and nervous to bring it up to a medical professional because I have my kids I don't know what to do it's so frustrating and confusing
@@Ana-babe18.I relate soo much to you even though I am just 16 . I had trichotillomania and then I slowly developed into trichophagia. I don't know how to control it. And i feel so embarrased talking about it to anyone, that's I didn't tell about it to anyone. No matter how hard I try i just keep coming back to it. All of the stress of studying just overwhelm's me and i start doing it again. It has really affected my self esteem and soooo frustrating that i just can't stop. Can you tell me how you coped with it.
I'm doing research on my condition because I always thought It wasnt a big deal until it began to become more severe and now its effecting my body and my personal life. Growing up, when i was around elementary school age, I would pull out strand after strand of hair and eat it. It was to the point that I was (btw gross warning) shitting out clumps of hair. My condition got better, and it lessened to me just pulling out my eyebrows and eyelashes and eating them. Eventually my home life got a lot better and while i still have ptsd from childhood trauma, its not nearly as bad. However, lately i've been under a lot of stress worrying about school and my condition just came back and its to the point where I cant wear shorts or t shirts around my house. I dont pull on my head hair, but I spend hours out of my days just plucking hair from my arms and legs and occasionally chest. My arms and legs are covered in scabs and are littered with bald spots. I spend so much time during class plucking hairs from my arms and legs that my grades have dropped substantially and im failing nearly every single one of my classes. My knees are the worst part of my body, every square inch of my knees are covered with multiple scabs and even scars from digging into my skin to pull out hairs. Is there any kind of treatment I can get for this without having to inform my parents? They dont trust modern medicine, especially treatments for mental health problems. My mom took me off my lexapro as soon as I ran out of my dosage that I got from my stay at a psych ward and she would always tell me since I was little that pills for mental health are nothing but placibos and that ADHD wasnt a real mental disorder.
As someone who has gone through this I will agree this is a horribly bad habit. But maybe I could spread a little more awareness. I promise this isn’t to scare anyone but show the possibility of not stopping. I needed to be take to the ER one day because I could no longer handle the abdominal pain I was enduring. At that time I didn’t know it was because of this condition, I originally though maybe food poisoning or a bad stomach ache. But thankfully they were able to find out what it was, and what to do after a few tests and a confession. And the only remedy, either endoscopy or surgery. I got surgery. Post operation, I was feeling a bit better. Minus the usual pain that comes with surgery of course. For many it ends there they go to doctors have visits, and wait to be discharged. Not me. I ended up taking two steps back. That included: Not being able to eat (due to a feeding tube) Having to use oxygen, Having a secondary surgery, And having to be put in a feeding tube. This habit started when I was around 11, and now I’m currently 20. Thankfully the feeding tube was taking out on October. And I can currently eat full meals (within reason of course). It may be rare, but the process is a big thing. If you have questions or want to ask anything, let me know.
Hi 26 and I've been eating my hair I can't even tell you I don't even know lately I've been having really bad stomach pain I've always got it but the last 2 days and I'm scared and embarrassed to tell anyone none of my family know my husband doesn't know I have 3 kids and don't want them to catch on I looked it up and read about the hair ball and I know I have to and want to but I don't know I just don't gwt the courage to go to my Dr and let them know this stomach pain has been really bad lately and I'm super scared it's because of this I always would be on and off through outall these years I would be good a long time not eating my hair then I'd start again in 2018 when I had my first son it was super bad I gave my self a bald spot and when my husband and sister asked about it I said my hair was falling out crazy due to my pregnancy and all that I just I don't know it kinda scares me and knowing I have my kids idk
I've been pulling since i can remember its gotten worst over the years now I'm wearing a ball cap all the time I'm so embarrassed i don't know where to turn any info would be great
i’m eleven. i started developing trichotillomania around nine or ten, but slowly made myself stop. i’ve now started to chew hair, and it’s horrible. i’m scared of hair balls, and it gets stuck in my teeth leading to me causing my teeth to be sensitive because i can’t get the hair out. i often cry out of fear of the complications this could cause.
I have this problem since I was 11 and it’s so bad I’m so tired of pulling and eating my hair . I’m 32 at this moment and my psychologist and Psychiatrist just don’t seem to understand
I have severe trichitillomainia. I pull out my eyelashes, I don’t eat them but put them In my eye. I pull it out over and over. I have no eyelashes now. this came from me being bullied and put under so much stress.
I have had this habit for so long, that I chew and eat my hair without even paying attention. And it’s so aggravating. But the most bothersome thing, is that no matter where I look, I can never find something that tells me how to stop. My mom keeps saying “just don’t chew your hair” but it’s not that simple. It’s hard to stop a habit you have been doing for years. Does someone have any tips?
Try to be socialise as much as possible...it hard for you to get comments on ur behaviour but it reduces ur habit then u have to control your self ....it go away
i am thirteen0 i have done stuff slightly like this for years-but recently its been horrible- i havent told my parents andi feel so disgusting. how do i tell them?
Ive been pulling for 5 years. I also eat my hair. I get yelled at and beaten by my mom for it. She doesn't understand when she beats me it makes me sad and angry and to cope i have to pull my hair. I also get made fun of. You're not alone if you have this disorder.
My mom does too. She was the first person I told. Now that I was short hair she just says how she liked my long hair even though I start this because of my long hair. Everyone makes fun of my hair and my sister points it out every time. I have stopped pulling but whenever my mom tells me that my long hair was better I get sad
hey, my habit is that suddenly, out of nowhere, i'd collect few strands of my hair, get them to my mouth and start biting a bit, without realizing, i have probably eaten a lot of my hair, and my hair are a bit shorter than before now. how to stop this? i'm so annoyed with this!
I dont pull out my hair or swallow it but i do suck on it and bite it but if hair comes out i spit it out so is it still the Rapunzel Syndrome,plus im only 9 so if i dont stop right now will i get it when im older?
Nope. If you don't pull out hair you don't have trichotillomania. If you don't swallow, there's zero chance of developing a bezoar. So you don't have Rapunzel syndrome either. However, if you think your current habit is problematic, try to break it.
I've had this disorder since I was about 13 years old. I used to eat not only hair from my scalp, but body hair from other parts: my eyebrows, my arms, and even my pubic hair. I just couldn't stop it and I can't stop it still, even though I've learned to notice whenever I do it there's still sometimes where I snap back to the real world and find out I've been pulling my legs' hair.
@@chandbutt3731 It can be corrected and treated with constant therapy and reducing stressful situations in one's daily life. Try booking an appointment with a professional.
I have been having this habit of pulling my hair and eating only the root part of it since I was kid. Can this be treated since it had been so long and I kinda lost hope on it
I have this habit of eating hair since last 10 years now I'm twenty.because of this habit I'm suffering a lot with lots of weight loss, diarrhea,and I also I am in depressed now .what to do I'm not understanding.which doctor is best for this
i used to pull from the root but now i just pull the bottom and i don’t swallow i just put it in my mouth and then spit it out but i got diagnosed with trich
I don't pull out my hair I grab the end of my hair (a few strands) and just nibble on it... and because I have braces it gets stuck and my orthodontists keep on telling me and my family but I can't help it.
Omg sameee... for the past 4 years I’ve been trying to figure out what that is and i thought i was alone, but looks like not! Usually when I’m stressed out or bored i would just take a piece of my hair and bite of the ends... now my hair has ,,layers”.... its really uneven and not pretty.. i keep cutting my hair but then when it grows out i still do it...
when i was younger i felt that i was super hairy and always looked at my pits and tried to pull my peach fuzz out and pull i put it in my mouth and eat it i dont do it on my head but on my arms legs knees and my parts because its mostly when im nervous im 11 i think ive been doing this since i was nine i also think i have body dysmorpia and thats why i do that i see myself diffrent than others see me im very hard on myself i see myself having a longer face and being too pale and chubby and i pull very anxiously
I pull out my hair, chew it and swallow it. i started it when i was young, then stopped, and then i started again a couple years later and now i can't stop... how do i break the bad habit
If i only chew my hair and don’t voluntarily swallow am i still at risk? Honestly i’m freaking out that i’m going to die from this but theres no indication that there’s any stomach problems my digestive system works normally
I eat my hair after pulling but I’ve always used my teeth to break the hair into tiny pieces because I like the feeling and sound so I don’t think it can form a ball hopefully (I’ve been pulling since like 5 - I’m 15- but I’ve never been to a therapist so I can’t self diagnose)
I've been doing this for a little over a year, I hadn't known it was dangerous before. I already have other forms of ocd so I can get very worried easily, and I've been TERRIFIED about the dangers of doing this since I heard about it a few days ago. Is my worrying irrational? (I know I should stop and I will, but should I be concerned about what I've already done?)
If you can stop this behavior, then you can stop worrying about it. If you have been doing it for a long time, then you can consult a doctor to see if you need a check up for complications. Don't live with the fear my friend, if it's not serious the doctor will reassure you.
I have a tiny bit of trichophagia and I definitely know I have Trichotillomania…I got bullied constantly for this ever since 2020/2021, I still have it but it only got worse as I got older…
Im 21, and ive been doing it since i was 14!! I cant help it, whenever i want to stop i just pull it faster, and eat it , i want to stop , but i dont know how,
I definitely have trichotillomania which leads to trichophagnia. I had no idea what I've been doing for so much years was fatal. I'm definitely going to stop this shit. UPDATE: Actually, I honestly cannot stop. 😅 I probably will have to shave off all my hair then. 🤷🏿♀️ I already have bald spots.
I don’t have a habit pull out until being bald. But I bite my hair in small pieces chew and throw. Any one tell me how can I stop. What to do? My hair used to be long and soft but now I can’t grow my hair long coz always biting it n have short hair
I think I might have slightly less extreme of the first 2 Disorders... At first it was more of the pulling part but now I think it's becoming both especially when I'm more stressed... Can someone help me on how I shoud stop doing it 🙏 I don't know what to do 😭
hi Im janna I'm from Philippines I'm 13 yrs old I have been doing this since when I was 12 I had a long beautiful hair and then I suddenly started to pull my hair now I have a big missed hair on the side of my head and I don't know why I keep eating it sometimes I get dizzy sometimes I can't sleep the worse thing is mom keeps scolding me pls I need help pls
I used to bite on my hair and then i started creating knots and pulling them out idk why but it got kind of bad there was hair all around my room I used to start eating my hair and I hated it but i couldn't stop i still eat little bits of my hair i didn't know eating hair was a disorder too any tips on how to stop it?
i also do the exact same thing i chew my hair, make knots and pulling them out i don't know how to stop that either just think about what may happen to you and maybe you will stop
I have trichotillomania since i was 12 years old, I can't stop it, i already lost a lot of hair, and when it's crispy the hair, I'm getting more used to eat it
at first when it started, i told my parents maybe it is spiritual problem but now that i have seen it is a mental disorder how do i tell them please help me
so what if they were small hairs i for sure have trichotillomania and Trichophagia i dont think i know if i have developed trichozobear i dont eat long hair i pull from the pubic and eyelashes and legs and this has been going on for two years
i actually have this i'm trying to stop but i can't i'm very scared what if this could lead to killing me can anyone tell me how to stop this it still didn't affect my health like body pain etc but i want to stop so it doesn't affect me
My English is not good very well but you can avoid eating your all hair but you can cut them short piece by your first two teeth that makes it short and this can save you but I advise that avoid th hair pulling because if you don't do it your life is gonna be ruined please please don't pull your hair my life has already been ruined by this disease 😢
I don't eat hair but i do eat the white thing covering the hair root.....im suffering from trich for more than 12 yrs and i can't still control it..my parents won't understand it's a disorder and only thing they do is yell and slap me nd tell my relatives who also make fun of me..plz anyone tell me how to control it..i tried a lots of things but it won't work
@@alora9829 keep ur hands busy..try doing something every time. Don't loosen ur hairs just make a tight high pony. I am suggesting u since I also went through this phase and now its getting better.
@@alora9829 hi I’m sad to hear that you don’t have support from your parents and family. This is a disorder and not your fault. It’s usually triggered by being stressed or anxious, so try and find something that helps you relax. You may have to try lots of different techniques before you find something that works for you. Keep your hands busy, fidget toys are good. You can overcome this, find your inner strength. My 16 year old daughter has trichotillomania, though only pulls her hair and doesn’t eat it.
same i have thick long hair i always tell my mom i wan't to cut my hair because of this but she says i don't have to she tells me i can stop it without cutting my hair
I’ve been eating my heat and I’m really self conscious and I’ve had suicidal thoughts.... I’m past that but I’m not comfortable knowing I can die from waiting my hair
There is also a case, that munches on hair and bites them into little pieces and swallows after. So the hair does not solidify in the stomach. Instead, it stabs your inner mouth space in all places possible, hide beneath the gums and cause a whole different load of problems. Well, at least I'm not dying anytime soon, I guess... :D Oh, how do I know? I'm that case. Have been for 20 years now. And I'm going to make videos about it, pretty soon. Awfully (or not at all) edited and non-medical. Just plain experience-based.
hi i hope you see this bc i have no one else to talk to nor a comment i could relate to more, i have a habit of biting my hair into TINY peices and eating it :( for about a year and im scared can i talk to u about it ?
i have hair like a old man i only picked the top of my head. and i cant wash it becauase the scabs hurt. ive had it all my life and i only eat the root and folicle
Eating small hair pieces will block my stomach... I have been eating my hair from like 19months maybe ... But small pieces... Like short about 1 2 cms... And sometimes 5cms max
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I have a question about this. If you specifically like to pull out your stronger hair like eyebrows, eyelashes, a.... certain arm hair and leg hair... then eat it. Is... it also fatal or to small a scale to matter.
Would anyone who suffers from this want to start a group chat with me and we can try and work through this together and hold each other accountable for quitting?
Yes yes yes please
Okay I’m up for it
Yes please
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thank you for spreading this awareness to me, i’ve been trying so long to stop and i just can’t i never knew that this was an actual thing i’m so insecure about it. i just hate myself to much i hate looking at my hair i end up isolating myself and it get worse. i think of it and it bothers me but i just can’t stop please help
You have a disorder and need help. Consult a Psychiatrist! its worth it- trust me!
Hey I have been having Rapunzel syndrome for the last 2 years...I have done tests since then and even with ultrasound no hairball was found in my guts...I'm aware of the gravity of this condition and I'm trying to overcome it
Great to hear that you understand the condition and actively trying to overcome it. Giving up an addiction occurs in stages, knowing the harm is the first step, seeking medical help is the second (preparation phase) and stopping is third (action phase). You are already in the preparation or action phase. The final stage is the maintenance. I'm sure you will successfully recover from this condition.
Plz tell me what happen if I eat hair by mistake?
@@ritumeshram4180 probably nothing. youve also probably mistakingly eaten more hair than you think you have
Soo I wanted to dye my hair today so I told my mom about it, keep in mind that she knows about my "condition" (trich) then she said that how can you dye your hair when you're bald then I said It's great because this way I could give myself the motivation of self discipline on stopping myself from pulling my hair. She replied with "I've been giving you motivation for months now and you're still like this." I was stunned so I said is the constant comments on me being bald the motivation you're saying? And my mom said yes. I guess it's true what everyone says, people who never had trich will never understand what it feels like, because I WANT to stop. She doesn't know the battles I face everyday because eventho I want to stop, I CAN'T. I don't want to pull my hair out but I'm doing it because I want to, that doesn't make any sense but maybe to some who has trich understands. But whatever, I'm gonna dye my hair anyways who knows I might actually stop for real this time because who doesn't want pretty hair? I sure do.
Dye your hair Queen!! You can overcome trich!
this sort of made me cry because it's exactly how I feel, I hate when my mom makes comments like "well just stop it" or even hits me when I do it because I WANT to stop it but I can't. I hope you get to dye your hair! (if you haven't already)
Did u ever stop
can this still happen due to pulling and eating eyebrow hairs, and eyelashes?
Theoretically possible. But it will take more time to develop a bezoar of significant size.
Thank you so much for the information! :)
@@TinyMedicine can you poop it out if it gets caught up with the food?
I’ve eaten little amounts of hair for 1 weeks will the hair inside my stomach go out? If I stopped eating my hair for at least 1 year?
@@Naif314 great question
Will recommend to my patient . Good job
Awesome. Thanks a lot.
I got this when I was 12 and got bullied pretty hard for it (I had a pretty big bald spot) and only realized a year and a half later that I have trichotillomania. I’m 13 now and I can’t wait to go back to school to tell the people who bullied me for having a bald spot that it is disorder and I have a hard time controlling it, usually I need someone to tell me I’m doing it to realize. I’m doing better know but the anxiety of having to return to the stressful conditions of school have me doing it pretty bad again.
me too
Yeah same i don't even know im doing it, im so sorry.
I have the same thing and I was going through the same things as you and I still have it due to the stress of my old school and my anxiety of the presure of the school
Mine started when I was around 11-12 years old ( I'm 15 rn). It affected mostly my eyebrows and eyelashes, I tried to relocate it to my armpits and it helped a little. Thanks for spreading awareness btw
This is the first video I have seen that isn't completely wrong. I have my experience with it(actually, I'm lying in the hospital because of the Rapunzel Syndrom), so thank you for your video 👍
I have trich, but I just bite the ends a little not all the hair.. so do I have it?
So you swallow as well? Then there's a small risk.
@@TinyMedicine yes a little tbh.. I'll try to stop! Tysm 🥺🥺🙏
@@hermioneysabellebuensuceso7018 swallowed hair can accumulate, no matter how small. But it will take longer (if at all) to form a hair ball of significant size. The odds of developing Rapunzel syndrome is very small, but it's not zero. I'm sure you'll get over this habit which is temporary for most people.
@lal choshma Relapse prevention is as important as habit reversal. A good therapist can help you prevent the relapses. But again, breaking a habit is a long journey and a few relapses can occur in the middle way. So don't give up mate. You can do this.
@@TinyMedicine do i need to Go to a Doctor If I bite only small pices of my Hair? ...
I feel ashamed to Tell it a doctor...because i dont want that People hate me
Your videos are so underrated
Btw I have just found your channel and I absolutely love it...pls try to post more often to get a larger audience you're great and you deserve it 😉
Thanks a lot for the kind words. 😀😀 This made me happy and motivated. I will work harder to get there..
I can't remember a time where I haven't had Trichotillomania, though, I didn't know there was a name for it. I just pull out my hair(still dangerous, because hair may not grow back) I don't fall into the category of swallowing my hair that I pull out. It mostly affects my eyebrows and eyelashes, though occasionally I'll notice afterwards that t affects my scalp too, and it mostly happens when I get stressed or anxious.
I didn't know it was called Repunzel Syndrome though, interesting.
Same here. I think it started when I was a child. I knew there was something wrong with me and I thought I was a freak, a weirdo. Then I figured it out. It was so easy when I knew that other people had it too.
I've had Trichophagia since Covid started, ad its starting to get hard to cover my hair up, for a year people thought my hair was falling out because of a disease, but I've been pulling it out and can't stop, but recently instead of only pulling it out I've been eating it and telling my self "Stop eating your hair!" but it's hard, I've looked up ways to stop an addiction but none of them helped. And I just found out about this disorder, thank you.
i'm 29..i'm suffering this illness since i was a kid.this shit is real.and it's very frustrating but can't help it😪
Do you eat hair by chewing
Yes I'm 26 years old and I've been eating my hair for as long as I can remember I don't remember and exact age but I know it's been forever the last 2 days jive been getting really bad pains and I looked iit up and I'm so scared it's because of this I'm scared embarrassed and everything else to tell anyone or to go to a Dr about it i have 3 kids and scared for them to catch on I don't eat full strands of hair but I'll bite pieces off or if I know I've been eating to much lately I'll bite pieces and spit them out I was on and off for years eating my hair I'd be good for a long time not eating it then out of no we're back at it in 2018 when I had my first kid it was so bad to the point I made myself a bald spot and when my husband and sister asked about it I said it was because of my pregnancy my hair was falling out I've been able to get away and hide it from other but man it's so frustrating and It makes me more scared and nervous to bring it up to a medical professional because I have my kids I don't know what to do it's so frustrating and confusing
@@Ana-babe18.I relate soo much to you even though I am just 16 . I had trichotillomania and then I slowly developed into trichophagia. I don't know how to control it. And i feel so embarrased talking about it to anyone, that's I didn't tell about it to anyone. No matter how hard I try i just keep coming back to it. All of the stress of studying just overwhelm's me and i start doing it again. It has really affected my self esteem and soooo frustrating that i just can't stop. Can you tell me how you coped with it.
I'm doing research on my condition because I always thought It wasnt a big deal until it began to become more severe and now its effecting my body and my personal life. Growing up, when i was around elementary school age, I would pull out strand after strand of hair and eat it. It was to the point that I was (btw gross warning) shitting out clumps of hair. My condition got better, and it lessened to me just pulling out my eyebrows and eyelashes and eating them. Eventually my home life got a lot better and while i still have ptsd from childhood trauma, its not nearly as bad. However, lately i've been under a lot of stress worrying about school and my condition just came back and its to the point where I cant wear shorts or t shirts around my house. I dont pull on my head hair, but I spend hours out of my days just plucking hair from my arms and legs and occasionally chest. My arms and legs are covered in scabs and are littered with bald spots. I spend so much time during class plucking hairs from my arms and legs that my grades have dropped substantially and im failing nearly every single one of my classes. My knees are the worst part of my body, every square inch of my knees are covered with multiple scabs and even scars from digging into my skin to pull out hairs. Is there any kind of treatment I can get for this without having to inform my parents? They dont trust modern medicine, especially treatments for mental health problems. My mom took me off my lexapro as soon as I ran out of my dosage that I got from my stay at a psych ward and she would always tell me since I was little that pills for mental health are nothing but placibos and that ADHD wasnt a real mental disorder.
As someone who has gone through this I will agree this is a horribly bad habit. But maybe I could spread a little more awareness. I promise this isn’t to scare anyone but show the possibility of not stopping.
I needed to be take to the ER one day because I could no longer handle the abdominal pain I was enduring. At that time I didn’t know it was because of this condition, I originally though maybe food poisoning or a bad stomach ache. But thankfully they were able to find out what it was, and what to do after a few tests and a confession. And the only remedy, either endoscopy or surgery.
I got surgery.
Post operation, I was feeling a bit better. Minus the usual pain that comes with surgery of course.
For many it ends there they go to doctors have visits, and wait to be discharged. Not me.
I ended up taking two steps back. That included:
Not being able to eat (due to a feeding tube)
Having to use oxygen,
Having a secondary surgery,
And having to be put in a feeding tube.
This habit started when I was around 11, and now I’m currently 20. Thankfully the feeding tube was taking out on October. And I can currently eat full meals (within reason of course).
It may be rare, but the process is a big thing. If you have questions or want to ask anything, let me know.
How to get rid of this habit?
Hi 26 and I've been eating my hair I can't even tell you I don't even know lately I've been having really bad stomach pain I've always got it but the last 2 days and I'm scared and embarrassed to tell anyone none of my family know my husband doesn't know I have 3 kids and don't want them to catch on I looked it up and read about the hair ball and I know I have to and want to but I don't know I just don't gwt the courage to go to my Dr and let them know this stomach pain has been really bad lately and I'm super scared it's because of this I always would be on and off through outall these years I would be good a long time not eating my hair then I'd start again in 2018 when I had my first son it was super bad I gave my self a bald spot and when my husband and sister asked about it I said my hair was falling out crazy due to my pregnancy and all that I just I don't know it kinda scares me and knowing I have my kids idk
I've been pulling since i can remember its gotten worst over the years now I'm wearing a ball cap all the time I'm so embarrassed i don't know where to turn any info would be great
Meet a psychiatrist. They have the necessary training and the knowledge to treat this condition.
Tiny Medicine I have, it did no help
i’m eleven. i started developing trichotillomania around nine or ten, but slowly made myself stop. i’ve now started to chew hair, and it’s horrible. i’m scared of hair balls, and it gets stuck in my teeth leading to me causing my teeth to be sensitive because i can’t get the hair out. i often cry out of fear of the complications this could cause.
This is very interesting thanks to you my cousin had rapunzel syndrome and recovered so quickly showing her this video thank you tiny medicine
Thank you very much for this comment. Means a lot to me.
Thank you
My heart goes out for those people
I have this problem since I was 11 and it’s so bad I’m so tired of pulling and eating my hair . I’m 32 at this moment and my psychologist and Psychiatrist just don’t seem to understand
Wait trichopagia now? But my hair strands are really small so it'll digest right?
*"YOURE EATING HAIR"*
spits out pie
I have severe trichitillomainia. I pull out my eyelashes, I don’t eat them but put them In my eye. I pull it out over and over. I have no eyelashes now. this came from me being bullied and put under so much stress.
omg same but i pull from my knees legs arms and everywhere but my head hair or eye brows and lashes maybe sometimes my lashes
I have had this habit for so long, that I chew and eat my hair without even paying attention. And it’s so aggravating. But the most bothersome thing, is that no matter where I look, I can never find something that tells me how to stop. My mom keeps saying “just don’t chew your hair” but it’s not that simple. It’s hard to stop a habit you have been doing for years. Does someone have any tips?
Try to be socialise as much as possible...it hard for you to get comments on ur behaviour but it reduces ur habit then u have to control your self ....it go away
I accidentally swallowed a strand of hair and was scared I was gonna die so I did research and found myself here
you can't die from that much, fortunately. I ate my hair for 10 years everyday and I almost died so it takes quite an amount of hair to get killed
LoL 🤣
What software did u use to make this videos?
Illustrator and aftereffects
@@TinyMedicine thank youu
i am thirteen0 i have done stuff slightly like this for years-but recently its been horrible- i havent told my parents andi feel so disgusting. how do i tell them?
Ive been pulling for 5 years. I also eat my hair. I get yelled at and beaten by my mom for it. She doesn't understand when she beats me it makes me sad and angry and to cope i have to pull my hair. I also get made fun of. You're not alone if you have this disorder.
Your mom is wrong, may be you can show her this video and tell her its a disorder, not something you do for fun. And I hope you'll recover soon!
My mom does too. She was the first person I told. Now that I was short hair she just says how she liked my long hair even though I start this because of my long hair. Everyone makes fun of my hair and my sister points it out every time. I have stopped pulling but whenever my mom tells me that my long hair was better I get sad
hey, my habit is that suddenly, out of nowhere, i'd collect few strands of my hair, get them to my mouth and start biting a bit, without realizing, i have probably eaten a lot of my hair, and my hair are a bit shorter than before now. how to stop this? i'm so annoyed with this!
im glad that im not alone i thought im the only one
Thanks ❤️
I dont pull out my hair or swallow it but i do suck on it and bite it but if hair comes out i spit it out so is it still the Rapunzel Syndrome,plus im only 9 so if i dont stop right now will i get it when im older?
Nope. If you don't pull out hair you don't have trichotillomania. If you don't swallow, there's zero chance of developing a bezoar. So you don't have Rapunzel syndrome either. However, if you think your current habit is problematic, try to break it.
ok
I did the same thing until it turned into severe trichotillomania. Get help before it goes full blown
Wait what??? Can this happen if u only pull out eyelashes and eat them
Jesus I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember, and I just found out by searching it up, this is crazy
love this one
Thank you my good pal.
I've had this disorder since I was about 13 years old. I used to eat not only hair from my scalp, but body hair from other parts: my eyebrows, my arms, and even my pubic hair. I just couldn't stop it and I can't stop it still, even though I've learned to notice whenever I do it there's still sometimes where I snap back to the real world and find out I've been pulling my legs' hair.
Hello ....my daughter have same situation Nd problem....will u plz help me if u know anything
@@chandbutt3731 It can be corrected and treated with constant therapy and reducing stressful situations in one's daily life. Try booking an appointment with a professional.
Do u know Any professional
One more thing my daughter is just 1.5 years old...thiz prblm she had since 1 year
@@chandbutt3731 You will have to look for a professional therapist specialized in children in your zone.
I have been having this habit of pulling my hair and eating only the root part of it since I was kid. Can this be treated since it had been so long and I kinda lost hope on it
it can be treated; just see a psychiatrist.
I have this habit of eating hair since last 10 years now I'm twenty.because of this habit I'm suffering a lot with lots of weight loss, diarrhea,and I also I am in depressed now .what to do I'm not understanding.which doctor is best for this
Theek ho jayega
@@actingworld5334 kese kese theek hoga.
May i ask, will it still stuck like in the video if we like not eat it as it is but rather cut it with our teeth before swallowing it?
Holy poop.
I had no idea we couldn't digest hair.
i used to pull from the root but now i just pull the bottom and i don’t swallow i just put it in my mouth and then spit it out but i got diagnosed with trich
When I was a baby I would eat my hair but now I just smell it and I can’t find anything to do with it
Why is this called Rapunzel syndrome? Rapunzel never ate her hair.
Does chewing on my hair Count I don't pull it out I just chewing on it
when they said that humans can’t digest hair. suddenly i don’t have trichophagia anymore 😀
Fast recovery!
Does this only happen with longer hair or also shorter hair?
Does pulling eyelashes count? like almost all of my upper ones are gone haha
It does unfortunately.
@@TinyMedicine Im so obsessed with doing that
@@sirfanatical8763 same i recommend getting vitamin e oil because it helps it grow and it’s sorta sticky so u can’t pick it
I pick mine and eat it...
@@cindy418 I really hate it when any hair get into my mouth
im chewing my hair not eating it tho, is this a disorder or not?
Your animation is predictable and the graphics are great keep it up
I don't pull out my hair I grab the end of my hair (a few strands) and just nibble on it... and because I have braces it gets stuck and my orthodontists keep on telling me and my family but I can't help it.
Omg sameee... for the past 4 years I’ve been trying to figure out what that is and i thought i was alone, but looks like not! Usually when I’m stressed out or bored i would just take a piece of my hair and bite of the ends... now my hair has ,,layers”.... its really uneven and not pretty.. i keep cutting my hair but then when it grows out i still do it...
I used to do that too, and slowly it turned into trichotillomania and now it is worse thn it can be, so please stop.
**Deku be sweating like crazy**
when i was younger i felt that i was super hairy and always looked at my pits and tried to pull my peach fuzz out and pull i put it in my mouth and eat it i dont do it on my head but on my arms legs knees and my parts because its mostly when im nervous im 11 i think ive been doing this since i was nine i also think i have body dysmorpia and thats why i do that i see myself diffrent than others see me im very hard on myself i see myself having a longer face and being too pale and chubby and i pull very anxiously
I pull out my hair, chew it and swallow it. i started it when i was young, then stopped, and then i started again a couple years later and now i can't stop... how do i break the bad habit
If i only chew my hair and don’t voluntarily swallow am i still at risk? Honestly i’m freaking out that i’m going to die from this but theres no indication that there’s any stomach problems my digestive system works normally
Then you are not at risk of Trichobezoar. Still, I'd take help for the chewing problem.
@@TinyMedicine thank you, i am trying to overcome it :)
I have so many small hairs on the top of my head and it looks so ugly it makes me so fucjing sad looking at it
I'm very afraid of this 😢😢
I have this problem . It's very critical now . I can't control myself 😰
I eat my hair after pulling but I’ve always used my teeth to break the hair into tiny pieces because I like the feeling and sound so I don’t think it can form a ball hopefully (I’ve been pulling since like 5 - I’m 15- but I’ve never been to a therapist so I can’t self diagnose)
I've been doing this for a little over a year, I hadn't known it was dangerous before. I already have other forms of ocd so I can get very worried easily, and I've been TERRIFIED about the dangers of doing this since I heard about it a few days ago. Is my worrying irrational? (I know I should stop and I will, but should I be concerned about what I've already done?)
If you can stop this behavior, then you can stop worrying about it. If you have been doing it for a long time, then you can consult a doctor to see if you need a check up for complications. Don't live with the fear my friend, if it's not serious the doctor will reassure you.
@@TinyMedicine Thank you! I'll check in with my doctor to make sure there's no complications.
Wooou wait, i lost my mom from septic shock on september, and i ddnt know if he was eating hairs but/like i do. She had diabetes, quite diff story.
I have a tiny bit of trichophagia and I definitely know I have Trichotillomania…I got bullied constantly for this ever since 2020/2021, I still have it but it only got worse as I got older…
:((
I remember a kid in my school would twist there hair in between there fingers so much it would fall out
Im 21, and ive been doing it since i was 14!! I cant help it, whenever i want to stop i just pull it faster, and eat it , i want to stop , but i dont know how,
Same problem for me too. Pls someone help me
Its easy. Call a psychiatrist, explain the situation, make up a date and work on it.
I definitely have trichotillomania which leads to trichophagnia. I had no idea what I've been doing for so much years was fatal. I'm definitely going to stop this shit.
UPDATE: Actually, I honestly cannot stop. 😅 I probably will have to shave off all my hair then. 🤷🏿♀️
I already have bald spots.
I don’t have a habit pull out until being bald. But I bite my hair in small pieces chew and throw. Any one tell me how can I stop. What to do? My hair used to be long and soft but now I can’t grow my hair long coz always biting it n have short hair
I think I might have slightly less extreme of the first 2 Disorders... At first it was more of the pulling part but now I think it's becoming both especially when I'm more stressed... Can someone help me on how I shoud stop doing it 🙏 I don't know what to do 😭
Like he mentioned, go to habit reversal training so you can stop. Maybe talk to a therapist too, just in case
hi Im janna I'm from Philippines I'm 13 yrs old I have been doing this since when I was 12 I had a long beautiful hair and then I suddenly started to pull my hair now I have a big missed hair on the side of my head and I don't know why I keep eating it sometimes I get dizzy sometimes I can't sleep the worse thing is mom keeps scolding me pls I need help pls
I can remember when I was young I was pulling my hair out and putting in my mouth. I didn't swallow my hair but I like it when It's on my mouth.
Someone please help. I just nibble on my hair and dont swollow. But just now I ate a peice of it. What do I do?
Nothing. One piece of hair will not do any harm. Just don't make a habit of it.
I used to bite on my hair and then i started creating knots and pulling them out idk why but it got kind of bad there was hair all around my room I used to start eating my hair and I hated it but i couldn't stop i still eat little bits of my hair i didn't know eating hair was a disorder too any tips on how to stop it?
i also do the exact same thing i chew my hair, make knots and pulling them out i don't know how to stop that either
just think about what may happen to you and maybe you will stop
I have trichotillomania since i was 12 years old, I can't stop it, i already lost a lot of hair, and when it's crispy the hair, I'm getting more used to eat it
at first when it started, i told my parents maybe it is spiritual problem but now that i have seen it is a mental disorder how do i tell them please help me
ok, but.. WOULD I DIE IF IM EATING JUST THE ENDS??? Im scared, but I cant stop it DX
I felt like the thumbnail moved:)
Watch my video on "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome"
I tried to put hair in my mouth to see if i had trichophagia but i almost vommited so i dont have it right?
Don't do that again. If you do, then you might have it.
I’ve had this for years
now ?
can trichtillomania be cured fully with psychatric medicine.
I doubt it. Behavioral therapy is far important than drugs in this case.
I have plucked my eyelashes and eyebrows and i cant seem to stop. Help
i think im gonna die i've been eating hair for like 2 years. help
i’ve been doing it for like 6 or 7 years now....😳
I'm 15 and have trichotillomania I've had it for 5 yrs now
so what if they were small hairs i for sure have trichotillomania and Trichophagia i dont think i know if i have developed trichozobear i dont eat long hair i pull from the pubic and eyelashes and legs and this has been going on for two years
Even small hair collected over long time could give rise to trichobezoar. Best thing is to seek medical support.
@@TinyMedicine im 11 though :( my mom and dad doesnt think its that bad
Tiny Medicine What if the hair are chewed into dust?? Are they possible to make it through your digestive system and excreted?
i actually have this i'm trying to stop but i can't i'm very scared what if this could lead to killing me can anyone tell me how to stop this
it still didn't affect my health like body pain etc but i want to stop so it doesn't affect me
My English is not good very well but you can avoid eating your all hair but you can cut them short piece by your first two teeth that makes it short and this can save you but I advise that avoid th hair pulling because if you don't do it your life is gonna be ruined please please don't pull your hair my life has already been ruined by this disease 😢
Me too 😢😢
@@__Vynx___ты русская / You're russian ?
Oop- I have it sadly, I don’t eat the hair though.
Hope you'll recover soon.
Tiny Medicine
I don't eat hair but i do eat the white thing covering the hair root.....im suffering from trich for more than 12 yrs and i can't still control it..my parents won't understand it's a disorder and only thing they do is yell and slap me nd tell my relatives who also make fun of me..plz anyone tell me how to control it..i tried a lots of things but it won't work
@@alora9829 keep ur hands busy..try doing something every time. Don't loosen ur hairs just make a tight high pony. I am suggesting u since I also went through this phase and now its getting better.
@@alora9829 hi I’m sad to hear that you don’t have support from your parents and family. This is a disorder and not your fault. It’s usually triggered by being stressed or anxious, so try and find something that helps you relax. You may have to try lots of different techniques before you find something that works for you. Keep your hands busy, fidget toys are good. You can overcome this, find your inner strength.
My 16 year old daughter has trichotillomania, though only pulls her hair and doesn’t eat it.
This is why I want short hair, but my Mom won’t let me have short hair because my hair is too thick :(
same i have thick long hair i always tell my mom i wan't to cut my hair because of this but she says i don't have to she tells me i can stop it without cutting my hair
Is this true?
Yeah...
An idea- cut your hair short so it's hard to pull on
I’ve been eating my heat and I’m really self conscious and I’ve had suicidal thoughts.... I’m past that but I’m not comfortable knowing I can die from waiting my hair
I have rapunzel syndrome it is not fun...
Thought the disease concept is interesting for someone in the medical field, It's never fun to have the disease. I hope you'll recover soon mate.
@@TinyMedicine Yes thank you💕
There is also a case, that munches on hair and bites them into little pieces and swallows after. So the hair does not solidify in the stomach. Instead, it stabs your inner mouth space in all places possible, hide beneath the gums and cause a whole different load of problems. Well, at least I'm not dying anytime soon, I guess... :D
Oh, how do I know? I'm that case. Have been for 20 years now. And I'm going to make videos about it, pretty soon. Awfully (or not at all) edited and non-medical. Just plain experience-based.
hi i hope you see this bc i have no one else to talk to nor a comment i could relate to more, i have a habit of biting my hair into TINY peices and eating it :( for about a year and im scared can i talk to u about it ?
@@sqwishylumps9622 Hi I hope I'm not too late, I have the same problem I would honestly love to speak to someone about it!
i have hair like a old man i only picked the top of my head. and i cant wash it becauase the scabs hurt. ive had it all my life and i only eat the root and folicle
i only had trichotillomania gladly, guess who was weird patchy eyebrows now
I love my hair
Eating small hair pieces will block my stomach... I have been eating my hair from like 19months maybe ... But small pieces... Like short about 1 2 cms... And sometimes 5cms max
I pick my eyelashes and eat it
I feel messed up
Me to but sometimes i don't
I used to pull on my hair and only eat the roots... sounds gross but yeah
I understand what you went through
I used to eat my hair when I was in third grade
I like to lick the hair and just move it around my mouth and the pick it and throw it away. Does this count?