The first match is made

Study 2 has started and the first match between a person with hair pulling disorder and a qualified, trained, informed and compassionate professional hairdresser is made. The first out of 60! Often people with HPD cover their hair or tie it together to hide bald...

Summer Update

Here is a mellow, a bit rainy summer update. The trial-training was very rewarding for the hairdressers, our participants with Trichotillomania and myself. The only thing everyone regretted was, that it was not in person, especially when it came to the cutting...

Trial-Training about to begin

This coming Tuesday, the Trial-Training for participating Hair Professionals begins. Six hair professionals from Germany and Austria have committed to six Tuesday evenings, learning about BFRBs, especially hair pulling disorder, reading and doing practical exercises....

First Zoom Event for Hairdressers

Yesterday I held my first D23 Zoom Event for German speaking hairdressers. The invitation was emailed and posted with a potential reach of 1000+ hairdressers. Eventually 24 people from Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland signed up. The economical impact on...

Spaciousness

We got the introductory videos for this website done, as well as the first ones informing hairdressers about this project.  It was the 5th take mostly due to weather conditions.  In light of the restrictions and confinement to spaces as well as the hopes I have for...