A member asked:

I pull my eyelashes all the time.i try to stop. i just couldn't. i also like its feeling. it's been over a year and i still pull them. how can i stop?

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

= trichotillomania,: just a term for the behavior, a form of self-attack, shifting attention from ideas/feelings which are more difficult for person to admit/recognize/solve yet distracts & offers recurring perceived partial relief (thus repetitive) from unpleasant feelings involved. Research & seek help worthy of your trust for this mental/emotional behavior which is not solving problems, indeed adding new ones.

Answered 3/23/2016

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Dr. Tim Conrad answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Counselling: Pulling on the eyelashes and/or hair is called trichtillomania. It is a reaction to stress and can be successfully treated by a a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist.

Answered 8/18/2015

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