As adorable as Josephine may look in the first picture (God, I LOVE that smile), I hate looking at it. Her hair was finally back and beautiful and we CHOSE to get her haircuts, both around Easter and in early July. But, once again, I was forced to make a decision I didn’t want to make – same as last year at this SAME time – to cut off most of Josephine’s hair because of TRICH.
I wanted to cry while explaining the the hairdresser what I wanted (or didn’t want is maybe the better way to say it), but I held it back and pressed on. Inside, though, I wanted to shout at anyone to help us with this disorder and get my girl to stop pulling.
So, as we head into her 3rd birthday, part of me is saddened to know that her birthday pictures, while filled with joy, love, friends and presents, will also hold the horrible mark of Trichotillomania, a balding head with bits of peach fuzz sprouting all around.
Hi, She is precious! I came across your blog from someone else’s. My daughter started pulling her hair out close to her 1st birthday. She does not have trich, though. She uses the hair as a comfort object-weird, I know! Since I obviously didn’t want her pulling her own hair I got a baby doll (a “Baby” Snow White) with LOTS of life-like hair. As I hoped, she started to pull the doll’s hair instead! She is 2 1/2 now & hasn’t pulled her own in I don’t know how long. I just thought I’d share, maybe it’d work for Josephine?