My son has been pulling his hair out since he was six (he's almost 11) and I tried all kinds of techniques and tricks to get him to stop. Parents who are dealing with this should know, shaming and berating make no difference. My son was already ashamed and felt so defeated by his trich that I knew his lack of control wasn't by choice. He often pulled without realizing it, like when your eating popcorn while watching a movie and before you know it, all the popcorn is gone. He also used it to soothe, like some people do with food or alcohol. Then one day I read about some studies using this supplement to help trich sufferers. I read the reviews and saw it did help some people (although not all). I didn't have high hopes, but I figured why not? It's been about three months (1 capsule a day seems to be enough for his 65 pounds) and my son now has a super thick head full of hair and I no longer see tufts of hair all around his bed. He had one little episode of pulling in the front, but once he became aware of it he was able to stop. This is the first time in 6 years that he hasn't begged me to wear a cap or try to fill in his bald spots with a sharpie marker. Even his doctor was surprised by the results. Thank goodness for the other reviewers who convinced me to give it a try.<br /><br />Update: it's been a year. My son no longer pulls and he is off the supplement! I was so worried this was going to last the rest of his life. He still has a strange sensory need to &#34;pet&#34; his hair, but he does not pull. Yay!<br /><br />Update #2: 2 years, he still pets some, but not like before where it was constant. That is also diminishing. I have found the occasional small knot of hair on the floor (like one every 3 months), where I think he was super stressed and rubbed his hair between two fingers until it knotted and fell out, but it doesn't happen enough to be a concern. He loses more hair when he uses his brush.<br /><br />Update #3: 4 years and he no longer pets his hair. I haven't seen knotted bits or anything. Now he's a vain peacock when it comes to his hair, primping in front of the mirror and combing it just right.

Most people don’t know this, but NAC reduces bad Estrogen and flushes it out. I found out I was Estrogen dominant, (many of us have bad Estrogen). Well, NAC is a huge body detoxing supplement. As it cleans out our liver, that’s how it filters out the bad hormones, & anything else that NAC recognizes as a toxic “invader”. My only advice is to go slowly. 1 capsule for the first 2 weeks, then increase. This will prevent you from having any detox symptoms. Hope this helps. :)

My partner has had some behaviors since childhood that haven't ever been diagnosed (skin-picking, OCD tendencies, and tics/shakes that seem like autism-related) and after seeing a ton of different doctors throughout his life, a behaviorist recently suggested NAC. He started with 600mg/day and increased to twice a day with no negative side effects. He noticed ALL of his behaviors decrease within days and when he misses a day, he is very aware of the difference. He is still experimenting with dosage and timing, but so far, this is basically the &#34;cure&#34; we'd been looking for!!

I have been a Trich sufferer for as long as I can remember. I am now in my mid-forties and found that I was losing all control. I was a distraction to myself!!! I have tried behavior therapy, sitting on my hands, stress balls, fidgets, etc. and nothing ever worked for long. I just found out about NAC a couple of weeks ago. I decided to begin it after reading reviews of others with Trich and the success they experienced. I took just one a day for two days and saw no difference. When I increased to two a day is when I began to notice a change. I began to realize I wasn't searching for the next &#34;fix&#34; of my hair pulling. I only pulled maybe three hairs in the first week...which is HUGE because I could pull hundreds while watching one television program. I then increased it to three-a-day once I knew I was handling the supplement well. I realize I am only into my second full week but I cannot tell you the difference it has made. I am actually feeling liberated from the constant desire to pull. I can now feel my hair and respond to the &#34;don't pull&#34; signal. I am praying that this is the answer for helping me with this disorder I have battled for so long. It has become exciting to look in the mirror and see eyelashes growing and to realize I went a whole episode of a television program and didn't pull once - or desire to do so. I have only begun the research into this, but with the results I am experiencing it is definitely worth any Trich sufferers to TRY IT!

Trichotillomania is a disorder related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it's focused on the hair -- it results in compulsive hair-pulling that is very difficult for the person to stop. I've had trich since I was 12 and it has been with me for the past 13 years. NAC has helped significantly -- it both reduced my urge to pull and also allowed me to realize I was pulling more quickly. Before NAC I would pull and pull and not be aware I had done so until the damage was done. With 1200mg of NAC on board I realize my action much sooner and am able to stop before I pull out a bald patch. It hasn't 100% reduced my pulling behavior, but it has reduced it enough that my eyebrows look normal most of the time (instead of always looking thin and awful from overplucking), I only pull a few hairs from my head a day, and I leave my scabs alone much more (many people with trich also pick at their skin). I've gone through 3 bottles of it in the past few months and the effect has been worth it for me to come and order more. Highly recommend it for those of you out there with trich.

As long as I remember to take it (I can notice a difference when I do) my hair-pulling habits go WAY down. I have substantially fewer bald spots and the desire is far less obsessive. I now have eyelashes! WARNING: if you drink a lot of alcohol or even alcohol regularly, and you are taking this to reduce your trichotillomania symptoms, the NAC will not be as effective. A lot of people take NAC to avoid hangovers, and I think it depletes the amount in your system that otherwise would be going to managing your symptoms. I experienced this first hand after I had been using NAC for around 5 months. I went to a tasting event were we had a lot of wine and whiskey, and the next day, I took my NAC, still recovering from the previous night, and I had a bad pulling fit that day, something I hadn't done since I started taking NAC. Initially, I didn't make the connection. But this happened a second time and a third time, all after a night out, so I am very cautious about my intake now, because more than a little bit of alcohol and I have a fit next day. Otherwise IT WORKS AWESOME.