BeauTrichful Magazine 2014 Spring

Spring 2014

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BEAUTRICHFUL FOUNDER’S MESSAGE Spring 2014

This BeauTrich ful Issue Would Have Been Our

Last...How God Answered My

Mother’s Day

Prayer

By Charlene Blacer

Creating awareness for Trichotillomania is very hard. The hardest challenge are the Sufferers themselves. Yes. Because they are so secretive, it’s very challenging to move this organization forward.

Being secretive is responsible for why many sufferers do not see the awareness they want to see. When you put out silence, you will get back silence. When no one steps up to educate, there is lack of education. So you see, an organization becomes successful from those who step up. Sad, because this is such a great organization.

Of course, like Martin Luther King, you will face discrimination, but look at where we are today if it wasn’t for that man’s voice.

after 7 years of trying, I contemplated of closing this organization Which,

. I have tried everything including spoke

in a convention that had thousands and thousands of salon professionals; and yet only 3 of them knew what the disorder was.

It’s very challenging. I have exhausted all my resources and funds.

And because of our lack of funding, I have decided to close down

BeauTrichful magazine....until two days before Mother’s Day... I always pray for guidance from The Lord before I do anything. And Pinterest, a social media site, announced their Mother’s Day contest. I thought about it and decided to create a Mother’s Day board with my children. The board had to be pins about what makes your mother unique. And naturally we added a pin about the HelpMe2Stop organization I founded. There would be 50 chosen winners and each of those winners would receive their choice bouquet from Teleflora. I prayed to God that if He allows me to win the contest, it would be His sign of confirming that I’m doing a fantastic job as a single mom and as a Social Media blogger....And guess what? My board did win! I am truly humbly thankful and I know nothing is too big for God so I will let Him lead this wonderful organization. Amen. Thank You Heavenly Father.

Contest Winner

2014Mother's Day

CREDIT: Pinterest.com/CharleneBlacer/happy-mothers-day-to-a-single-mom

I owe this Glory to Our Lord

BEAUTRICHFUL NEWS MENTION Spring 2014

We are mentioned in Beauty Launchpad with Olivia Munn!

This is a great message for hairstylists to understand that Trich affects anyone whether you’re famous or not.

CREDIT: nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/creativeage/launchpad_201405/index.php?startid=23#/44

BEAUTRICHFUL COVERGIRL Spring 2014

I’M A MOM WITH TRI

5 Things to Know When Dating Someone With Trichotillomania

By Sandy Rosenblatt

Mom

, Hairstylist and BFRB Edmonton

Support Group Founder, Kelsie Hanna, shares her

20 year life battling Trichotillomania.

CHOTILLOMANIA

PHOTOS: Jason Bischoff Photography IN HER OWN WORDS: “My son Presley is 17 months old. Although he can't speak all that great yet, his actions speak way louder than works ever could. During my maternity leave I hardly wore a wig/hair piece. I would instead, in the comfort of my home, walk around with my toque on or nothing. As my son grew and became more aware of things and could express his feelings, I saw through his eyes how he felt about me and my appearance. There is no judgment, only love. When I take my hairpiece off at the end of a long day, he watches, and smiles.

As I lay it down he stares at me and let's out an innocent giggle. His mommy is back. Back to her true self. When I reach for my toque he grabs it first. And passes it to me. I put it on. To no avail he takes it off my head and gives me that same smile and giggle. He likes my thinning hair. The way I look without anything on. I'm thankful for my disorder. As strange as it may sound.

I'm thankful because I've learned to not judge others.” -Kelsie Hanna

”I'm thankful for it

because now my son, without knowing, is learning that same lesson”.

TO CONNECT WITH KELSIE: Facebook.com/TrichotillomaniaUnited Twitter.com/TrichUnited

BEAUTRICHFUL TIPS Spring 2014

yola Jamie Ben

About TRICH MONSTER FOUNDER,

severe health issues ). I chose to actively seek out support for those and to allow Nikki Michaella Martello myself to feel my feelings ( still a work in  progress ) and to remove those persons in IN HER OWN WORDS: “Just to share a bit my life who were/ are toxic to me/ my life of a testimony about my struggle and from my life. ( also still a work in progressed ) recovery journey... I've had trich almost all my Well putting those and other similar positive life. I started pulling when I was at least age 6 until I was age 30 ( I'm 31 now ) - I used to changes in my life think I'd always have to deal w/ trich... but then I changed my thinking, prayed hard, fought the Trich Monster hard and remained and positive and hopeful as I could...

Choosing to focus as much as possible on . the good and the blessings in my life and as little as possible on the negative and difficult and stressors of my life and to remain as optimistic about those type issues as I could... ( as I have many of those struggle some issues and am critically sick w/ many

I have succeeded in recovery from Trich

I am

almost

How To Protect Yourself

600

DAYS

100% PULL FREE

FOR ALL OF US AND WE ALL DESERVE IT!!!� If you wish to donate: you can either

send the donations via Paypal my email is nikki.m.martello@facebook.com and let me know it's for the Trich Monster Protection Packages or send a check to me with Trich Monster Protection Package in the note spot all donations will then be transferred to a now!!! I am so proud of separate account I am creating for this project. if you choose to send a check this accomplishment! I want to help you all My address is realize your potential for recovery as I have and c/o Nikki Michaella Martello Trich Monster Protection Package am experiencing.

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RECOVERY IS VERY POSSIBLE

Against Trichotillomania

BEAUTRICHFUL SINGLE MAM Spring 2014

IN HER OWN WORDS: “Hi my name part of my life is behind me now, i is Emma Baxter, i am 23 and live in the missed out on education and work north east of England due to the ocd being that severe it

iv been a long term ocd sufferer and had gotten transferred to a psychologist in 2006 for extreme

left my home, at the same time i had also had a huge fall out with my father and his new girlfriend at the time, i was

was so life consuming. After

depressed and stressed, then along

overcoming ocd however i feel i may

comes surgery day, thankfully i had the

have subconsciously replaced it with

support from my mam, brother and

Trichotillomania as whenever i got

family, and my boyfriend at the time, i

anxious or stressed id feel almighty

was very unwell and almost needed a

relief from pulling my hair out, i had

blood transfusion but thankfully my

done it on occasion as a teen around

body pulled through. All in all it

13 but only on my eyebrows and arm

eventually made me stronger. The

hair, i remember having to always

problems with Trichotillomania first

draw my eyebrows in throughout

started after me and my son moved

school as they were so fine they

out of my family home for the first time

weren't even visible. At 12 me and the

and although i thought i had gotten rid

rest of my family aunties cousins etc

of ocd completely i did struggle from

had to get x-rayed due to my grandma time to time, and often had issues with having tetanus and doctors found a

timing i.e. trying to get rid of routines

hole in my heart, but said it would be

which kept me being late for

ok but did explain why i often turned

everything, i struggled to find work and

blue under my eyes, fingernails and

when i did find work my ocd crept in,

toenails went blue often and running

never as bad as i had had it, but

caused me to feel faint, and a

enough to loose my job, having no

throbbing painful tongue and short

one to understand why i couldn't

breath. But at 15 i was informed i did

break out of it or change my habits i

in fact need surgery so i was put on to

was stressed and anxious most of the

a waiting list, around the time of my

time, when i did first start pulling my

GCSE's my appointment came

hair it was very satisfying and relieving

through for my surgery, which terrified

at first, but soon after it got very

me, i went a little out of control at first

serious and i kept seeing myself

means you have to devote all your

and skived school, started drinking

loosing more and more hair the

time and effort into caring for your

and even took drugs, after missing my

depression kicked in even more and

children, which i was so grateful for

GSCE tests i kicked myself up the

shame filled me, i had turned to my

throughout my pregnancy i remember

behind and stayed at home until my

stressing so bad thinking i would not

surgery date, i had fallen out with my

be able to change after birth and even

two best friends after they started

worrying about perhaps social

messaging me threatening me all

services thinking i would be an unfit

because someone else thought it

mother if my ocd carried on the way it

would be funny to spread rumours

i never felt shame telling my mam

was after birth, i am very relieved that

about me when in fact i had not even

anything, she helped me through a...

behavioural therapy as it was completely taking over my life however that did not do any help for me, it was not until 2010 when i had my son the symptoms lessened partly due to simply not having the time to over obsess and do the things that i used

being a single mam to do,

mam in the past for everything,

miscarriage at 3 months pregnant, but i just had

others with ocd and trichotillomania

the UK and volunteer for ocd action

which has helped me immensely

locally, I am paying for salons across

having people to talk to that is also

the north east of England to give out

suffering and know what it is like,

my booklets to clients and to raise

before i had the help from others i

awareness to all staff in salons as all of

found it impossible to stop pulling but

us trichsters know how difficult it is to

now with help and encouragement

get seen by salons and how shameful

i have to thank my family and instagram trichsters for their help and support

too much shame to tell her that i was pulling my hair out. I had a lot of outside pressure and still do from my sons family from his dads side, his dads mam often makes me feel useless and ashamed of my life, often bringing up that i cant cope, that im a single parent, that i need to step up, always saying that i haven't achieved anything i have no qualifications...etc. which brings me down even more, i want to be strong, and not listen but when its said over and over again over 3 years (the age of my son) it does drag you down. And that did not help my trich. I have redone my GCSE's since leaving school, and plan on doing more courses this September. I eventually admitted to myself and family about my hair pulling mainly due to being unable to hide or cover the bald spots anymore which led me to create a blog and twitter dedicated to helping

from other pullers i managed to stop

it is to go and sit in a busy salon and

for over 1 month however iv had

have someone consulting your hair

relapses but keep motivated to finally

who has never even heard of

accomplish being pullfree its now

Trichotillomania.�

almost 3 weeks of being pull free for

Thanks for reading,

the 3rd time. i have had this for 2

Emma

years now at my worst i had pulled out every single hair from the top of my head. I am now looking at doing a fundraising walk or hike to fund for more Trichotillomania Salons across

Facebook.com/HelpWithTrichi Facebook.com/TrichotillomaniaHelp Twitter.com/HelpWithTrichi Instagram.com/helpwithtrich

How HelpMe2Stop Stops For almost a decade, HelpMe2Stop salons have been helping Sufferers become pull-free. The longest pull-free client, reported, is

Trich! over 8 years. HelpMe2Stop provides training to any salon or sufferer interested. For details: www.bit.ly/DreamHairClass

BEAUTRICHFUL WORLD NEWS Spring 2014

TRICH WORLD NEWS

Be brave, you’re not alone, says Melksham student

By Richard McAllister

Emma Simonsen wants to help other sufferers Teenager Emma Simonsen has

trichotillomania, a condition

more people to know about the

teamed up with a national

that causes her to pull out her

psychological condition.

charity to launch a campaign to own hair. The 17-year-old of raise awareness of

Trichotillomania compells

Willow Close, Melksham, wants people to pull out the hair on

their head and, in some cases, on

She said: “It started with me breaking

“There are other people like them out

other parts of their body such as

off split ends – I don’t know exactly

there and they’re not weird – they just

eyebrows or eyelashes. Emma, an A-

when it changed to pulling out the

need to be able to talk to someone

level student at The Corsham School,

hairs.

who understands just what they are

is working with Winchester-based charity, Fixers, which supports young

going through.”

“I was desperate and panicking

people aged

Emma has

16-25 to

been going

tackle issues

to a

of concern to

counsellor

them.

for about a year, which

With its help

she said

she is hoping

had been

to create a

very helpful

website to

and much

help other

of her hair

young people

has grown

understand

back.

the condition.

Fixers has She said:

helped

“There is a real

other young

lack of

people

information

campaign

and

on issues

understanding

such as

around the

self-harm,

issue.

suicide and bullying.

“I hid it from my family for about a year

because I thought it wasn’t normal.

and a half.

For more information visit: “I did some research and learnt that

“I would cover up any patches that I

it’s a known condition and that I

had made and throw away any hair

wasn’t alone.

that fell on the floor.

“If there’s someone out there in a “I was very ashamed of it.”

similar situation, I want them to understand that they’re not alone.

Emma first developed a fascination with her hair when she was 12 .

www.Fixers.org.uk

BEAUTRICHFUL SPONSORSHIP Spring 2014

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To be our CoverGirl/Guy for future issues, please email your edited story to press@helpme2stop.org To send donated hairpieces, wigs, head coverings, etc, please mail along with detailed description to HelpMe2Stop, POB 202, Bartonsville, PA 18321 HelpMe2Stop wishes to thank social media for many of the images in this issue.

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