It was last year when I was urgently looking for a way to stop pulling hair out for good. It was not for me though. My daughter was having problems stopping her hair pulling habits, and I had to make her stop immediately.

Unknown to me back then, this hair pulling disorder has affected more than a million other people around the world. There was still no cure for it except for antidepressants such as Prozac used to curb ones urge to pull out hair. But that was still no permanent cure - you only stop whilst still under medication.

Another option that most sufferers turn to is to seek help from a professional psychiatrist learned in the field of hair pulling. And although therapy sessions may work for some, not all find any benefits out of them. In fact, most people reject the idea of going for therapy in fear of being found out by family and friends and risking embarrassment.

A more popular option is to attend sharing groups where members suffering from the same condition meet up and encourage each other to move on with their lives. Participants also share ways to avoid being stigmatized by the public and more importantly how to limit or even stop pulling hair out.

When my daughter Jenna was having troubles with her habit of pulling out hair, I rejected the idea of taking antidepressants. I did not want her to be over-reliant on them for the rest of her life. Plus, I wanted her habit to stop completely.

We went through a home-based treatment program that my office mate recommended to me that does not use any medication nor therapy sessions to attend. It was purely a self-help program that implants techniques to be more aware and stop pulling hair out...to the point of eliminating your hair pulling disorder totally from your life.