OMG, this is literally the first time i have even googled this problem that i have. I thought i was the only one with this strange addiction which is weird. I’m very happy that i am not. I have been tweezing my chin hair for some years now i am 27 years old and i have to pluck my chin until every hair is gone. The other morning i sat up until 6am trying to get this little hair that wouldnt give. I sat for like two hours trying to get this one hair ok maybe it was longer. I was getting so upset and just started going crazy at the area and i now have a nasty scare in the spot. I would have had it alot sooner had my husband not hide my good ones. I have marks all under my chin and i can get a little embrassed at times when i look in the mirror and see the damaged that i caused to myself i always feel bad after doing it and i really want to stop but i can’t. My mom suggests to me all the time to use hair removal items but it’s not the same as actually plucking i think i like the challenge in trying to get these little hair its fun or just habit. I do suffer from some sort of OCD i have to clean up all the time even when there’s nothing to clean i always find something to do. I never saw it being a coralation between my tweezing and having OCD. It makes me feel a lot better to know that i am not the only one like i thought with this strange problem. If there is any scar cream i can use please let me know when i get the cream i think i can stop because i hate these ugly scars it makes me upset but i do it myself. 
why don’t you try electrolysis (which removes hairs permanently)?
I have hairs on my upper cheeks close to my eyes. Now I know as a guy it isn’t as much of a big deal but it still is because I didn’t want to have hairs all over my cheeks. I didn’t want to shave everywhere so I tweezed the hairs that were close to my eyes for 7 years. I have been going for electrolysis for 2 full months now and you know the hairs are coming back but it’s nice to know they will be permanently gone soon.
Go for electrolysis and stop the tweezing. I know tweezing really hurts. I didn’t like it one bit and those 7 years were hell for me.
Just peeking in here… the hairs are not coming back, rather, new hairs are cycling in, as in hair growth cycles?? ALl normal and expected. Some of the same hairs that are were already treated may reappear several weeks later as softer, finer hairs because they needed to be broken down gradually. All good and fine. Your lady will get them for good when the are in this fragile state.
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Hi Dee, no problem. I don’t mind when my mistakes are pointed out. Thanks. 
I think I have the same problem…just not quite as extreme. I have tweezers in my purse, my desk at work, my bedside table and in my car. Anywhere anytime I find a stiff chin hair (I’m always searching one out) I HAVE to stop everything and tweeze it. And pulling it out gives me an actual high! People who say to use electrolosis or creams don’t get it…I LOVE the feeling of tweezing out a chin hair! (Eyebrow tweezing doesn’t do anything for me…) I read somewhere that plucking chin hairs compulsively is a form of trychotilomania, a serious OCD problem. I also end up with sores and scars from my persistent digging at a short one on my chin. I have gone so far as walking in the dark and cold half a mile to the drugstore to get a new tweezer when I couldn’t find mine, and having the thing plucked by the time I was out of the parking lot! ( I also pull out my cuticles with it…I’m a mess!)
Yes, it’s an OCD. Getting those hairs permanently removed with electrolysis will help. Though, from personal experience, I can say that you may switch to another form of OCD or to another part of your body that still has hair
I also tweeze like a maniac with my chin hairs what once was just a quick removal of 1 stray hair has consumed me and made my chin a mess. I will attack a hair until it is ripped out leaving a bloody looking sore. I have taken away all tweezers and now have started to calm this habit. I found a serum from Ole Henriksen called Enlighten me Pigment lightening serum. After the sores healed I was left with discolored blotches. This has been a miracle. 48.00 at Sephora is starting to give me some confidence back. I know it is pricey but Instead of scar creams use this very little at night its packed full of really great organic ingredients and it will help! Good Luck hun! 
OMG! I am in love with this forum! I have the same exact issue. I am constantly worried about my facial hair. I used to carry my tweezer where ever i would go. Is there any alternative than tweezing? I did some google search and found this myepiface product.
Anyone has experience with the epiface product?
Perhaps people with this “addiction” would like to join the profession… We get to remove hair all day long!!!
Any product that pulls the hair out can only serve to make a problem worse. This product will make a hair problem on the face much worse over time. The only thing permanent is electrolysis and to some extent, percentage-wise, laser hair reduction.
Keep in mind, anything that plucks hairs out of your skin has the potential to cause thickening of the hairs, increased number of hairs growing in the area, ingrown hairs, pigment change, distorted hairs, and hairs growing like a river underneath the skin’s surface.
The OCD is really the issue here and would have to be dealt with before permanent hair removal is attempted. I suggest looking at the work of The Pfeiffer Research Institute who have some success with these types of problems,if you wish to stop tweezing.
I am so glad that you posted this. Tis the first time I have read it and I feel better because I thought I was the only one who did this and felt great when I plucked the hair from my chin. But awful after I lft a scar under it. I am going to try the product recommended here on this forum.
Did you have any luck getting help for it?.
Does the The Pfeiffer Research Institute have a center on long island new york?
No. Here is the contact info. It is about 40 miles west of Chicago.
Phone:
630-505-0300
Toll Free:
866-504-6076
HRI-PTC Email:
info@hriptc.org
Pfeiffer Treatment Center
Health Research Institute
4575 Weaver Parkway
Warrenville, IL
60555-4039
There should be doctors that specialize in OCD disorders in your area, but do read the Pfeiffer website and bone up on OCD/ trichotillomania in order to get a sense of what the treatment options are for you.
There are a bunch of OCD centers around the US. You can find an OCD specialist in NYC.
My understanding is that usually OCD is usually considered a psychological matter. The Pfeiffer approach is biological, and they aim to rebalance the body biochemically. They perform blood tests to find the imbalances, and then treat using custom made minerals and vitamins. It is, as Dee says well worth looking into because their approach is different. They mainly treat depression, anxiety and behavioural problems.
I’m new to this forum and haven’t read everything in the thread in depth. I am finding that I have OCD nailbiting and since about age 25 I’ve been armed with countless tweezers in every convenient place to hunt down any course long growing hair on my chin and excavate in any form necessary, leaving scars, sores, etc. Is there really a solution to this problem?? It’s not about removing with electrolysis, I am constantly using my hands to find the hairs, and the tweezers to pull them out.