Hair Pulling Disorder And Hypnotherapy

Have you observed any one who pulls out hair from any place like scalp, eyebrows, nostrils, or pubic areas? It is called trichotillomania and it is a medical disorder. Hair pulling disorder is considered a psychological condition wherein one cannot resist pulling out one's hair.

Hair pulling disorder is frustrating for both the sufferers as well as their family members. This disease often starts in childhood and can even start at a later stage in their lives. This is something like thumb sucking which one cannot resist. This is not a good sign and causes severe damage to hair follicles. This disorder is also called compulsive hair pulling.

Doctors for long have believed that this disease was rare and it occurred in one in millions, but the recent increasing cases have compelled them to think that a large number of people suffer from this disorder to more or less extent. Some people suffering from this disease pull handful of hairs from the above said regions and leave patches of baldness in the eyebrows, scalp or pubic regions.

The result of such compulsive hair pulling can be adverse and lead to a condition called traction alopecia, which occurs due to damage to dermal papilla and hair follicle due to constant tension or pull of hair from the same place over a long period. A trichotologist will properly explain to you traction apolecia cycle and measures of traction apolecia treatment.

But why this is called a psychological disorder? That's because in trichotillomania a person pulls out hair and then inspects the strands of hair; some put them in the mouth or some will play with them. It is hard to understand why some people pull their hair and hurt themselves. This medical condition is not something ordinary that one can stop so easily.

It is a type of compulsive behavior and one would need some treatment for this disorder. A person with this trichotillomania may also show other compulsive behavior like nail biting, thumb sucking, nose picking and others. They may have other problems too like OCD, depression, anxiety and others. They may feel shameful, embarrassed, or have low esteem among others due to their disorder which they can not understand.

Doctors are not yet sure of the exact reasons of this disorder but they have found some effective treatments for this psychological disorder. There are cognitive behavior therapy, hypnotherapy treatment and others to treat patients with trichotillomania. Let's find out how hypnotherapy can help in hair pulling.

Therapists teach people various aspects of trichotillomania and have special behavioral techniques. But of all these treatments, hypnotherapy is found to be most effective. In hypnotherapy the therapists talk to patients in one to one sessions and try to find effective ways of hypnosis to treat the patient. Their mind is diverted and people abstain themselves from pulling hairs.

The hypnosis or hypnotherapy needs some patience on the part of the therapists to treat pulling hair out disorder. But of late this has proved to be one of the best treatments in Europe and America.

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