I had this a couple years back and the remnants still linger about. It's compulsive hair pulling, I had loads of appointments and tests and stuff because I was too scared to tell anyone I was doing it, then saw like the leading hair man in UK and he was like, you you be doing it yourself??

I had an almost bald front scalp and bald eyelids. Looked gross. I ended up stopping after the tests but it was mainly due to stress and anxiety, sometimes I still find myself pulling eyelashes out! I know most people think, ouch, but it doesn't hurt any more. I kind of enjoy the little twinge. Wondering if anyone else here has experienced this? My best cure is weeding. Pulling out a weed at the root gives me pretty much the same feeling (without the pain) as pulling out a hair at the root. ;P

I don't really remember it, but I'm told that when I was younger I did this.  I do have dermatophagia though, which is compulsive biting of the skin.  For me, it's my fingers.  They've been constantly torn and bloody for as long as I can remember.  It's really embarrassing, and I didn't even know there was a term for it until recently.  I don't have any advice, but I can relate. 

I've pulled out eyelashes for as long as i can remember. Usually when im stressed. Its to the point now in my life where if i get stressed, the hair follicles loosen up, i swear, because if i dont pluck them they fall in my eyes.

and my partners sister has trich. She has no eyelashes or brows left, but as far as i know shes gotten better about pulling her hair with treatment. Shes a compulsive nail-biter too (i used to as well)

i think nervous habits like that can usually stem from anxiety. Self-injury to avoid the pain of whatever youre anxious about, because physical pain is easier to deal with than emotional pain. Plus, when your body is in pain it releases endorphins, thus self-injury can become addictive. I know im worse with both the more my anxiety/depression is bothering me.

yeh i have it. the biggest pain in my ass is that i have to wear makeup to appear like i have eyebrows.

ryguy- you could bleach your hair and forget about penciling in your eye brows. lots of guys with very blonde hair have little or no eyebrows. *Shrug* but seeing as you have dark hair id say get it professionally done. (unless orange is your color) They might have suggestions at a salon too for how to make it more natural (if youre in a trans friendly area and feel comfortable explaining that too, then all the better.)

I had all sorts of behaviors. Locked myself in the bathroom, and beat up on other kids when I was three. Ran away from home, repeatedly, when I was five. Used to grind my teeth at night. Sucked my thumb till I was a teenager. And for a long time, I used to compulsively pick the fluff off my stuffed animals. Eventually, I transferred to my own hair.

I, too, was hauled off to the doctor. Everyone thought my hair was falling out, and I was too scared to tell them otherwise. I stopped pulling out my hair after seeing the doctor. I felt too self-conscious to continue. So I went back to the stuffed animals.

I pull at my eyelashes when I'm stressed.
I've had my share of cutting incidents, still do.
When "my" body isn't mine, I have no connection to it, I find it hard to care

I have trichotillomania and dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking). My eyebrows are the worst target for my hair pulling and my face is worst for my dermatillomania.