00:00It first started with like my eyelashes and my eyebrows and then I think around the time of
00:04second grade, I started pulling from my scalp. It was my deepest, darkest secret
00:08that I could never let out. It was like the darkest side of me.
00:30Ta-da! My name is Durin Azarat and F pretty. I love and accept my trichotillomania.
00:49I've been pulling pretty much every day for the past 20 plus years at this point. I just
00:54was constantly putting limitations on myself and I was ashamed of myself for my hair pulling.
01:00People will sometimes ask me even today, you know, why can't you stop, you know?
01:13Or they'll somehow imply that I somehow don't have control over myself
01:17because I pull out my hair and that's 100% wrong.
01:22And I just got to a point where I was like, you know what? This is
01:31so much energy that I'm putting into feeling bad about myself, into feeling ashamed.
01:37It's not worth it. It's not worth it at all to me.
01:40I still pull my hair every day and that's okay. I'm okay with that.
01:53People with trichotillomania and hair loss, especially when it's around their scalp,
01:57will try and avoid the salon or general salons at all costs because a lot of times people don't
02:03even like to look at their own bald spots. And I'm just here to help other people
02:07style their hair and make sure that they love themselves with or without their hair.
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