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Recommend Treatment For Tricophagia
Dear consultant,
My name is Nana-Oye Koranteng and I am enquiring about hair-pulling and tricophagia. I have had this disease since I was about three years old and I am now 32 years old. I am from Ghana in the West of Africa, I am 5 "6" inches and about 62kg. I have no details of hair-pulling in my family and do not know whether there is a gene, I have read about the gene SLIT... There are problems with high blood pressure and cholesterol in my family. I would like to know where I would get very good treatment for hair-pulling and tricophagia in India and specific doctors that can treat this disease. I have been pulling hair all my life and I do not want it to continue, which is why I want treatment. I am sure there is something terribly wrong with the chemicals in my brain. I really want to grow my hair, instead of having large bald patches all over the place that cannot be concealed.
Kind Regards,
Nana-Oye Koranteng.
My name is Nana-Oye Koranteng and I am enquiring about hair-pulling and tricophagia. I have had this disease since I was about three years old and I am now 32 years old. I am from Ghana in the West of Africa, I am 5 "6" inches and about 62kg. I have no details of hair-pulling in my family and do not know whether there is a gene, I have read about the gene SLIT... There are problems with high blood pressure and cholesterol in my family. I would like to know where I would get very good treatment for hair-pulling and tricophagia in India and specific doctors that can treat this disease. I have been pulling hair all my life and I do not want it to continue, which is why I want treatment. I am sure there is something terribly wrong with the chemicals in my brain. I really want to grow my hair, instead of having large bald patches all over the place that cannot be concealed.
Kind Regards,
Nana-Oye Koranteng.
Fri, 16 Aug 2019
Hi,
You may be having trichotillomania and trichophagia. The conditions may occur due to psychological upsets. And it may be OCD ..means obsessive compulsive disorder. consult the dermatologist as well as psychiatrist. After thorough examination and investigations, they may give perfect treatment. For other symptoms,you may consult the physician. In India dermatologist and psychiatrist are available in all cities. So, you may visit them in any city...ok
Hope this helps..
Dr.Ilyas Patel,Dermatologist
You may be having trichotillomania and trichophagia. The conditions may occur due to psychological upsets. And it may be OCD ..means obsessive compulsive disorder. consult the dermatologist as well as psychiatrist. After thorough examination and investigations, they may give perfect treatment. For other symptoms,you may consult the physician. In India dermatologist and psychiatrist are available in all cities. So, you may visit them in any city...ok
Hope this helps..
Dr.Ilyas Patel,Dermatologist
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