Picking eyelashes

[Stefani117]

Hey everyone.. im 18 years old and have been picking my eyelashes out for years. I've never met ANYBODY who has does this.. I feel really emberssed saying this but if somebody ANYBODY does this too please contact me.. I would like to know or learn how to stop.... I CAN"T STOP!! And it *****.. Makes me just wanna cry.. If you have any tips on how to stop please write me back

[pinklemonade]

hi stef, my names alex and i suffer from the problem, i do not have any answers myself i have keepin it hidden, by drawing on my eyebrows and wearing liquid eyeliner around my eyes. It has completely transformed my apperance for the worst, not to sound cocky but i used to be pretty but slowly turned into a 'freak'. I havent experienced suicidal thoughts or actions.. though i haave on and off depression (so i think). I just recently read up on some reasoning to these actions this year and cried for hours. I told myself this wont run my life anymore and make me any less of a person i always wanted to be, I grew back my eyebrows this September it took me three months, it was hard im sure you could understand. my eyelashes are almost back tho i have the urge now and then n havent resisted.. from those actions. It sickens me this happened and i wish there were an easier way out. it's up to you an you can do it if i can, i am not eighteen, this has happened since the age 13 (im lucky they grew back). I dropped out of highschool from sheer emberassment, and listened to what people said and considered myself ugly. I believe my trigger to this problem was school and stress of it all because i am a healthy young woman in all honesty. I hope things get better for you cause i know exactly what you are going thru and how hard it can be (L)

[preciousgirl]

As you can see in my post above, I do this too and have ever since I was 12 and developed Anorexia Nervosa. I am now 25 yrs old and I still can't stop this and I've been on several medicines that were supposed to help me stop but didn't. Unfortunately, I don't know how to stop either since I still do it too. But I wanted you to know you're not alone and that now you know of someone who struggles with you like you do and that does this too.

[preciousgirl]

What medicine helps speed eyelash growth or even makes it grow back? I'd love to know bc I do this too, pull out my eyelashes. I just did it last night in fact and now I'm so worried that it won't grow back again bc I plucked them with tweezers. Will they ever grow back since I did it this way and since this is one of many many times that I've done this to them and if so how long will it take for them to grow back in? I'm afraid they're gonna be so damaged that they just won't grow back at all again....?

[bonbon45]

They have medecine that helps speed eyelash growth while you're getting help! Don't worry, It'll be okay

[mjbrown]

What has your therapist said about this? There may be ways for you to channel that urge / compulsion into less harmful things. You can talk to your doctor about wearing a rubber band around your wrist and snapping this every time you feel the urge to pull your eyelashes. Depending on your history, this may or may not be appropriate for you at the moment. A history of cutting usually suggests that you have difficulty expressing your emotional pain - so you turn it into physical pain for relief. How has therapy been going - except for the eyelash plucking? Are you currently on antidepressants? SSRIs (like prozac, paxil, lexapro, zoloft, etc) are usually (but not always) effective in treating compulsive disorders. But you may benefit most from talk therapy and learning other ways to cope with what you are feeling.

[Stefani117]

I go to a counclier every week have been for 10 months... I've been on depression AND anxiety medicine. Thats why I don't undersand it.. I did cut my self for years. My mom said thats what she though this is what I replaced it with but **** id rather cut then look like a freek!