Pluck This Way
I have a minor form of trichotillomania. I used to pull the hairs out of my arms and my knuckles while bored in class. I also pluck the hairs out of my eyebrows, and I used to do it to my eyelashes but stopped once I realized I was doing cosmetic damage. I get immense satisfaction from finding that one hair that’s just a little darker than the others or just a little longer, and pulling it out.
I’ve been able to direct this energy to be a little more productive. I like to do my own Brazilian waxes, so sometimes I spend a half-hour every day tweezing those random hairs that either I missed or have started growing faster than the others.
And there’s nothing more satisfying than breaking the skin above an ingrown hair and pulling that out.