imeverywoman Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I am beside myself watching beautiful lush eyelashes turn to nothing. I am aware that this might be stress induced, etc. Have you gone through this? Has it required medical intervention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I am beside myself watching beautiful lush eyelashes turn to nothing. I am aware that this might be stress induced, etc. Have you gone through this? Has it required medical intervention? I would consult with your pediatrician immediately. You don't say how old the child is, but you want to jump on this behavior while it's new. I have a friend whose child was a hair-puller when she was a toddler, and they were able to successfully get her to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I knew of one little boy, age three at the time, who did that. He had severe anxiety and OCD (I was a psych nurse at the time). He was a sweet little guy and his family was very supportive, so I hope he is doing well but I don't know for certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 My niece had this problem but it was with pulling her hair. She did it from a very young age and it was stress induced. When she was about 8, she became very sick and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in the hospital for a week, unable to hold any food down and then transferred to another hospital, where they finally figured out that she had a huge hairball in her stomach. She had surgery to have it removed. She never had therapy, but the stress (my sister's now ex-husband) was removed and she stopped the behavior. For her, I think she was partially able to stop because she remembered how awful it was to be so sick, but if my sister hadn't divorced her ex, there is a high probability she would have started again. Someone else posted the name for it and it is supposed to be quite rare. There was only one doctor in our area that we could find who was experienced with working with children with this problem, but, in my niece's case, since making her aware of the problem and then removing the stress stopped the behavior, my sister has not had to get her into therapy. It has been a couple of years since her surgery and she is doing very well. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonNative Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Yes! My dd6 does this. See my thread from about 6 months ago. She still has no top eyelashes but the bottom ones have grown in. I called the doctor who said to keep an eye on her and if I felt she needed therapy, he would refer a play therapist for her. I am going to call the Dr. back and see if this has gone on long enough... BUT she seems so non-anxious about it that I think it is just a bad habit. Edited January 27, 2011 by Jumping In Puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Might be a phase, might be trich. If it's trich, the activity flares up with stress and illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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