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Program Coordinator, Trichotillomania Learning Center

The TLC Conference: One Med Student’s Review

January 19, 2012 – 12:33 pm

Note from TLC: The following post was written by Lisa Zakhary, who received the Medical Student Scholarship to the 2011 Conference on Hair Pulling and Skin Picking Disorders. In this essay, Dr. Zakhary relays her experience at the national conference. I am currently an outpatient psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) [...]

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A Getting Started Guide for Parents

January 6, 2012 – 11:11 am

TLC’s Parent’s  Email Support Group is a fantastic resource for parents across the world. With over 1500 members, the email group (just one of several) provides support, advice and guidance for parents, from other parents. In response to a series of recent questions from group members, I posted the following info as a guide to [...]

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Call for Proposals: TLC Research Grant Program

November 1, 2011 – 11:56 am

About the Program TLC’s Research Grant Program is a donor-funded program designed to provide funding for seed projects. The goal is that these smaller projects, once completed, will garner interest from larger funding organizations. TLC will not fund any indirect costs. Please contact us if you would like more information. Eligible Research Programs Any research [...]

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Update: College, Pulling, Picking, Support from Maddie M

October 3, 2011 – 12:16 pm

Hello fellow trich-sters, Here I am, in college.  I feel so frustrated.  I thought I’d finally gotten control of my trichotillomania, being one-hundred-and-forty-something days pull-free, only to find the disorder manifesting in a new and unusual way. I started picking the skin on one little spot on the top of my head a month ago.  [...]

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Trichsters Heading Off to College

July 28, 2011 – 9:02 am

Another great post form TLC’s Summer Intern, Maddie M. We’d love to hear from other trichsters heading off to college…share your thoughts below! -TLC   As a child I never got homesick.  Whenever I went to wilderness camp for the summer I never wanted to go home or asked for my parents. Now I’m going [...]

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Reflections

July 7, 2011 – 11:40 am

Recently, TLC had the honor of  working with an incredibly intelligent young woman, Maddie,  who interned  for Jen Raikes, TLC’s Executive Director, at her Los Angeles office. Maddie was kind enough to share a bit about her personal struggles with trich…be kind in your comments, but know that we all want to hear from you, [...]

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Make-up Application Tips from Cheryn Salazar

June 16, 2011 – 2:34 pm

Editor’s Note: Cheryn Salazar is a founding member of TLC, and one of the first members of the TLC Board of Directors. She also founded and moderates www.trichworld.com. Since 1991, Cheryn has dedicated her life and her work to helping people with trichotillomania and skin picking look and feel their best.  She presents regularly at [...]

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