Ways to Cope: Trichotillomania and Anxiety

Ways to Cope: Trichotillomania and Anxiety

Episode 50

Ways to Cope: Trichotillomania and Anxiety

Ways To Cope: Trichotillomania and Anxiety
This week on HairPod, I spoke with Meg Weatherman about living with trichotillomania, a mental health disorder that caused her to start pulling out her own hair in the second grade. Listen in to hear how she manages this condition and how she has found hope through support and self-care.

Understanding Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania (TTM) is a mental health condition classified under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. For Meg, it started as what seemed like a harmless habit—tugging at her eyelashes. However, as the behavior escalated, she began pulling her hair more frequently. Neither Meg nor her parents initially understood the condition, making it difficult to find effective interventions. Many people with trichotillomania struggle with self-blame, but research indicates that TTM is rooted in mental health, often linked to underlying conditions such as generalized anxiety disorder.

The Emotional Toll of Hair Loss

Hair loss, regardless of the cause, can be an emotionally challenging experience. It often leads to feelings of isolation and confusion, particularly for individuals who develop trichotillomania at a young age. Meg began experiencing noticeable hair loss at just eight years old, leading to additional struggles at school. The lack of awareness about trichotillomania contributed to bullying and name-calling from classmates, further increasing her anxiety and worsening her symptoms. This cycle continued until she sought help from mental health professionals. Meg encourages parents and educators to foster empathy among children, as people struggling with hair loss—especially due to mental health disorders—often face silent battles.

Solutions for Hair Loss: Trichotillomania

Finding the right hair loss solution for trichotillomania is a highly personal process, requiring trial and error. Meg experimented with various solutions before discovering what made her feel most confident. She prefers **hair toppers**, which provide the coverage she desires while allowing her to remove them as needed to care for her scalp. Beyond external solutions, self-care plays a crucial role in her journey. Prioritizing wellness, mental health support, and self-confidence-building activities have helped her manage her condition more effectively. While no single solution works for everyone, a combination of personalized hair restoration options and mental health treatment can make a significant difference.

Meg’s story sheds light on the challenges of living with trichotillomania and highlights the importance of awareness, support, and self-acceptance. With the right approach, individuals struggling with TTM can regain confidence and take meaningful steps toward healing.

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Episode.50 Transcript

Meg Weatherman [00:00:02]:

You are beautifully made. God has a plan for your life. I know it’s tough. I know what you’re going through is so hard. But you are going to come out on the other side. You are going to be used for a purpose, and you are going to be okay because he has a plan and you are going to be great. And whether you’re a Christian or not, I think encouraging, you are going to be okay. You are going to get through this.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:00:25]:

You, you are building character. We are going to help. We are here for you. All those things as well. That’s more of what I would have filled myself with.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:00:47]:

Welcome to HairPod, the podcast where you get to hear real people talk about their hair journeys. I’m your host, Kevin Rolston, and each week I get to interview people from different walks of life whose lives have been touched by hair loss in some form or fashion. Many of our guests have experienced hair loss themselves and found a way to get their confidence and their hair back. This week on HairPod, we’re going to be hearing from Meg Weatherman. Meg has lived with trichotillomania, or TTM, since the second grade. For those who may not know, trichotillomania is a mental health condition characterized by a compulsive urge to pull out one’s own hair. This can sometimes lead to bald patches on the scalp, eyelashes, or eyebrows, which can have a big impact on a person’s confidence and self esteem. Trichotillomania is often misunderstood and underdiagnosed due to the social stigma that surrounds both the mental health and hair loss aspects of the condition.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:01:45]:

In today’s conversation, Meg will share her own personal journey, her challenges growing up with TTM, and advice she has for people going through this experience and those who love them.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:02:00]:

Trichotillomania is an OCD generalized anxiety disorder that results in you pulling your hair out. It is a form of release. And at the time, you know, second grade, I started on my eyelashes and I just figured, oh, it’s just a habit. And I used to tell my mom, it feels good. I don’t know why, but it feels good. And over the years, it moved to my eyebrows. And then it moved. Eventually, as life got more chaotic, it moved to my hair on my head.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:02:32]:

And, yeah, and being so young, you don’t know what it is. And I think at that time, a lot of people didn’t know what it was either. It was very, you know, even now, I think only 14% of people have it. It’s very rare. It’s not a well Known, well studied disorder. So being so young and having professionals not even really know what it is or how to treat it, it was very challenging at that time.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:03:01]:

Now, my question, you don’t have to get. I’m not asking you about exactly what was going on, but I am trying to find, did you have a childhood trauma? Did you have something else that was triggering this, or was it just that? Do you know what was causing the OCD and why it got to the point where you were pulling your own hair out?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:03:16]:

Well, in the second grade, no, you know, I think second to about fifth grade, I think. I don’t know how other kids would deal with just stress of school and maybe, you know, making friends and all that, but I think maybe that’s how my personal way of dealing with just stress of nervousness was 6th grade, my parents did get a divorce. That was kind of nasty. So all that kind of amped it all up and that’s when it kind of moved to my head and all that and the hair on my head and everything. So I can see that progression. But as from second grade to about fifth grade, I think it was just. I got nervous. I was just a nervous child with certain situations, and I think that’s how it came about.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:04:00]:

If you will tell me a little.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:04:02]:

Bit about how your parents handled it when they saw that something was going on. Because here you are, you’re doing this in an era where it’s. It’s not really heard of. And you’re probably wondering, why is. Why is my daughter doing this? Why is she. Did you start to get noticeable signs of it? Were you getting little bald spots? And sometimes what happens with trichotillomania.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:04:19]:

So from second to fifth grade, when we didn’t know what it was, I would pull my eyelashes. So I was having like, I had one eye and I focused on this one. I don’t know why, but that has zero eyelashes. And at the time, my mom was like. And my dad, they were like, why are you doing this? And I would say, well, it feels good. I don’t know why I’m doing it. And they’re like, well, we don’t do it. You know, we’re not going to do that.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:04:40]:

And them thinking it was just a nervous habit, you know, it was more of a, okay, well if you do this, we’re going to have to punish you or we’re going to take something away. And like, and I’m not blaming them for that. I think they were doing the best they could, was trying to help me. You Know, get to stop. Because they didn’t know how to handle it. They didn’t understand that it’s an actual chemical imbalance in the brain. You know, no one did.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:05:02]:

Yeah.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:05:02]:

So up until that point of the divorce, when they saw, okay, this is progressing into something bigger, like, she’s going to need to get some help, therapy, counseling. And they started hearing from professionals. She’s not doing this for attention. She’s not doing this just to do it. Like, she actually has a chemical imbalance in her brain. And it became more of a. Okay, well, how can I help relieve some of this stress? Why don’t we, you know, do something? Let’s try. Let’s go out, let’s talk, let’s see a therapist.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:05:31]:

Let’s do. Let’s try to train your brain in another way so you don’t do this as much. Let’s try to find, identify triggers, that kind of thing. So it was a growing process and a learning process for both of us. Right.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:05:44]:

So how long did this take to get to that point? Because I imagine you had to go through trial and error. You had to talk to a lot of specialists, and you had to get to the point where you got a diagnosis so you could try to pinpoint, to come up with a remedy for it. What was that journey like, and how long did it take?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:05:59]:

Oh, it took years. I’m still on the journey, honestly. Yeah.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:06:02]:

Really? Wow.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:06:03]:

I mean, I’m still. I still have tendencies to want to pull my hair out and I’ll still catch myself. Oh, yeah. And it’s. I think it’s just as I’ve gotten older, I’ve identified, you know, the triggers and things like that. And sometimes it is habitual. You really. You’ve done it for so long at this point.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:06:21]:

But back then I would say, oh, gosh, it took years because, like I said, even the professionals weren’t really sure about what it was. Or they would say, okay, well, she’s going through family’s going through divorce. Let’s focus on that in turn. Maybe that’ll help heal some of this that she’s dealing with as well. So it was definitely trial and error. And I actually didn’t get a real sense of help until I went to a doctor. She was just a family doctor. And she said, this is your anxiety.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:06:53]:

And I had never heard, you know, this is anxiety. This is your anxiety, and it is manifesting physically. That was something because you couldn’t see it. It was very foreign. Right. And I got on antidepressants, small dose and we began to see a really big help. And I’m not one that’s, you know, you should or shouldn’t. I think whatever works for you, you should do so.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:07:16]:

Over the years, it’s been, okay, you know, I’m in a really stressful section of, like, portion of my life. I’m going to be on these antidepressants, or I’m going to up my dose or, okay, you know what, things are kind of mellowing out. I’m going to, under doctor supervision, go down in my dosage. And that has helped me, along with, you know, physical activity, working out, eating right, those kind of things. But it has been over the course of 10, 15 years, trial and error and learning, as everybody else learns as well.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:07:49]:

Listening to Meg’s journey is a powerful reminder that dealing with a condition you don’t completely understand and that the people around you don’t understand can feel really isolating. It’s one thing to grapple with your own confusion and emotions, but it’s an entirely different challenge when others around you don’t understand it either. For many kids with trichotillomania, school becomes a tough environment, not just because of the condition itself, but because of how peers react to it. Unfortunately, Meg wasn’t immune to the cruelty of childhood bullies. In this next clip, she shares what it was like to deal with that and how it shaped her early experiences.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:08:33]:

Kids are so not all kids, but a lot of kids are mean, you know, and you see something that’s different. And I think as parents, we really have to. We like, I’m a kid, a parent. I’m not a parent. I have dogs, okay? I have dogs. Those are my kids.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:08:48]:

Wise choice.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:08:50]:

But, you know, I think for my past experience, I remember I would have bald spots and people would call me Patches. I would try to cover things up with makeup. And I did not know what I was doing. You know, I’m like 10 years old, and I’m like, okay, let’s draw on eyebrows today. Oh, they look like lines, right? And then I started wearing wigs and hair toppers and all these things. And I didn’t. But I didn’t have high quality things. But kids were very mean.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:09:19]:

And in turn, I was anxious about being out in public. So then that anxiety manifests and I do it more. So it was a lose, lose situation. But I definitely, for me, I feel like, in a way, I’m thankful for it because it’s given me. You don’t like a view. You don’t know what everybody’s going through. So no matter what someone looks like or what they are, how they are acting, it gives you the opportunity to show grace to them and to maybe be there for them in a way that nobody else is. But, you know, as parents, I think they have a responsibility to.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:09:51]:

If they see their kids maybe talking about somebody who at school is going through something similar or anything different at all to say, hey, you know, like, we don’t know what they’re going through. Why don’t you try being kind to them? Maybe you should try talking to them. And, you know, easier said than done, but it can make a really big impact, 100%.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:10:09]:

So you had noticeable signs of trichotillomania when you were second, fifth, sixth grade? How long did that manifest itself? How long did you have those? And then what was it like afterwards? Because, you know, we’re. We’re kind of doing this like we’re talking about. Adults are nice, too, but there are adult bullies, you know, and you’ll have somebody that’s a. That should be all grown and should know a lot better that still is going to make a very unchoiced comment about your appearance that can still cut just like it did when you were a kid. So what was that journey like? And how did you start getting on top of your symptoms and the way you looked with the trichotillomania? And what was it like as you got older?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:10:46]:

I think because it hurt so bad, you know, As I was younger, I would carry those insecurities into my relationships as I got older. When I started dating, I was so nervous because I was like, oh, he’s not gonna like the way I look. He’s not gonna like me if, you know, he knows about this. I even had one guy look at me one time, literally look at my head and say, what is this? And your heart sinks because you’re like, oh, my. You know, and it’s like, it breaks your heart because you’re like. It’s actually my biggest insecurity. But thank you for pointing that out.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:11:19]:

Do you remember about what age you were when that happened?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:11:22]:

I was 20 when that happened.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:11:24]:

Oh, no.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:11:25]:

Yeah. And I also didn’t have the best choice in men back then, so.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:11:30]:

Well, that’s what you do at 20, right?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:11:32]:

You know, it’s okay. Thank God for Kyle.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:11:36]:

That’s right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:11:37]:

But, you know, very much. Gosh, it carried over so much. And even still, you know, I’ll think, man, I wish I could look like this. I wish I could wear my hair like this. But I Feel like I’ve gotten to a place, and a lot of the. And I don’t mean to be preachy, but my faith plays a big part of this. I’m a Christian, so a lot of it plays into, God, please help me. Please fix this.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:11:57]:

You know, when I was little, I would pray, God, please let me wake up and have all my eyelashes. Right, Right. And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten to where I’m like, okay, well, if we’re not gonna take it away, help me use it for good. And I’ve gotten to a place where I accept it, and I’ve realized we all have stuff. We all have things we wish we could change, and we all have things that we struggle with.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:12:18]:

Right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:12:19]:

Just because mine looks different than yours, it’s all relative. Right? So I found a lot of strength. I found a lot of strength in being open and honest with it and talking about it openly, because I’m like, if this can help people, why would I not? Right?

 

Kevin Rolston [00:12:34]:

Right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:12:35]:

So that’s the way I’ve learned to view it.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:12:42]:

Bullying is an experience no child should have to face. But for those dealing with visible conditions like trichotillomania or other forms of hair loss, it’s an unfortunate reality. What’s truly inspiring, though, is how Meg has found strength in her story and the courage to open up about her struggles. It’s a reminder that speaking out, even when it’s hard, can create space for understanding and change. It’s a reminder that speaking out, even when it’s hard, can create space for understanding and change. Her journey also sheds light on an important topic. The important role parents play in supporting kids dealing with hair loss. Whether it’s due to trichotillomania, alopecia, medical treatments, or other causes, the emotional toll of hair loss can be difficult for anyone to handle.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:13:30]:

And especially for children trying to navigate school, friendships and self confidence, it’s normal for parents watching their kids struggle with this to find, feel helpless or unsure of what to do.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:13:46]:

I would say, as a parent, I would be reassuring and comforting, as in, it is, okay, you can try again. We’re gonna try again tomorrow. Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself. Those kind of things, that kind of encouragement, being encouraging, that is so simple, so big, because your child is already frustrated and disappointed in themselves for their own reasons. They don’t need to feel like, my parent is now disappointed and frustrated with me as well, because nine times out of 10, your child is already disappointed in themselves and they’re beating themselves up because of it. So I would say encouraging your child, taking them to get help, talking to their primary care physician about it, about the different things that they believe, doing your own research, being your child’s advocate, but never being angry at your child over something they physically cannot control. You know, I feel like those things combined really, really make for a lot of hope. And honestly, I say I’ll be there for your kid, but really be there for your kid.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:14:54]:

Talk to them, see what’s going on. Say, do you get, you know, ask the questions. Don’t just say, what’s wrong? Really think about the questions that you’re asking. Like, are you nervous about going to school today? Are you nervous people are going to make fun of you? Make detailed questions, not just a generalized question. Because a lot of times, at least for me, I could not pinpoint specifically what I was nervous about or what I was anxious about until somebody said, do you get nervous about this? Do you get anxious about this? How do you feel when you walk into a room and people start looking at you? Things like that?

 

Kevin Rolston [00:15:28]:

Right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:15:29]:

It really is helpful. And then in turn, when they respond, you encourage them. And I feel like, for me personally, that’s what helped me.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:15:36]:

So that’s a little bit of the mental side of it. Now tell me a little bit about the physical side, because you had mentioned some things that you had done.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:15:43]:

Yes.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:15:43]:

So if we’re talking about the physical, what are some of the best ways to cover some of the signs of someone who has trichotillomania?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:15:50]:

So it was trial and error, let me tell you, so bad. I have some photos that I think we need to lock away forever. But I pull them out and I’m like, oh, my word. I left the house looking like that. Lord have mercy. But, you know, they have specialists now, like hair club, that can custom make pieces for your hair. I did wigs. I did.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:16:17]:

I had a comb over at one point because I had a lot of bending right here. I was like, right, rocking it. And I was like, those are the photos we don’t need to pull out after a kid.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:16:28]:

Right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:16:29]:

But a wig. I used a wig. I wouldn’t recommend a wig unless you absolutely had to. I did get to a point where I was fed up and I just shaved my head and threw on a wig and was like, okay, we’re starting over. I was over it. I was about 18 when that happened, because I was just fed up. I was like, I look crazy. Let’s just.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:16:50]:

Blank canvas. Let’s start over. And I did.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:16:52]:

And how long did you do that for. Did that get you where you.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:16:55]:

It actually helped.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:16:56]:

Were you confident in your look?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:16:57]:

It helped a lot because, I mean, I didn’t like the wigs. The wigs were for me, it was not my preference, but it got me to where I could really get a hold of the pulling and my mental state. And your hair is shaved down. You can’t really pull it out. So it was really. I had to learn how to cope in a different way. So that helped me. But I don’t know that I would recommend that for everybody.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:17:21]:

But definitely a hair topper has been my go to. I’ve got this one from Hair Club. It’s great. You just snap it on. They custom match everything. You can take it off at night. And I would also invest in a lot of self care. I love doing things that I know are going to encourage hair growth.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:17:39]:

Scalp treatments, oils, all those kind of things. Because I feel like I’m being proactive with trying to help and encourage hair growth. So all those things have helped me over the course of this whole journey.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:17:52]:

How tied in is the physical to the mental? Because it sounds like as physically you started to feel more confident that mentally your trichotillomania subsided a bit.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:18:03]:

Oh, 100%.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:18:05]:

So there’s a definite connection between those two things.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:18:07]:

Oh yeah. Because you feel like, and I don’t, I don’t mean this in like a vain way, but you feel like, I don’t want to mess up. You know, I feel so good. I feel like I look decent now. I don’t, you know, people aren’t pointing, people aren’t looking and you know, saying things, it makes you feel like, okay, you know, I, I have, I want to have more self control. I think when you’re in a place where you’re just so not where you want to be physically, you feel like what’s the point? At some right points and you’re.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:18:35]:

And building your confidence is a big part of this whole process.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:18:38]:

Oh yeah, 100%. 100%.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:18:41]:

And then having the hair toppers or whatever you used is one of the ways that you got there.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:18:46]:

Oh yeah, 100%. My hair topper has been my saving grace because it’s great. It’s not like you have to wear it all the time. You can take it off, you’re able to see your hair growth, you’re able to cover if you mess up. But it’s not something that’s smothering your head like a wig might be, which I’m not against wigs, but at the same time, you don’t need one or you don’t really want one, you have another option which is really great.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:19:12]:

No matter what type of hair loss you’re experiencing, finding the right solution is usually a journey of trial and error, just like it was for Meg. It can be frustrating and it takes patience and resilience to keep searching until you find what works for you. Like any learning experience, it can be really challenging. And sometimes the greatest healing comes when you find ways to help others with the knowledge you’ve gained.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:19:43]:

So if you had to go back and talk to yourself when you were a third or a fourth grader and you have the signs of the trichotillomania and you’re confused and you’re being bullied and you don’t know how to get yourself looking good and maybe your parents don’t even understand you, somebody’s been through it. What do you say to them?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:20:00]:

Oh, my gosh, you’re gonna make me cry. Oh, my word. I would just. Well, first I would say, and again, I, this is me. So I’m, I’m a Christian. This is just what I would say. I would, you know, you are beautifully made. God has a plan for your life.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:20:18]:

I know it’s tough. I know what you’re going through is so hard. But you are going to come out on the other side. You are going to be used for a purpose and you are going to be okay because he has a plan and you are going to be great. And whether you’re a Christian or not, I think encouraging, you are going to be okay. You are going to get through this. You are building character. We are going to help.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:20:41]:

We are here for you. All those things as well. That’s more of what I would have filled myself with.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:20:49]:

Yeah.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:20:49]:

Back that age.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:20:50]:

And I think, you know, faith based or not, I think that people need to realize that sometimes you go through valleys. You don’t understand why you’re there, but sometimes when you come out on the other side, you don’t realize who is waiting in line that needs to hear from you and they need to understand your struggle. And you don’t have that same kind of impact if you haven’t been through it. I’m not going to listen to somebody that doesn’t relate to my own problems and how I feel. And now you’ve got girls out there that are going through Chicktown mania that it would be confusing. I mean, why am I pulling in my hair? Why am I having these issues? Why am I getting bullied worse than I was. And, you know, I think it’s amazing and I appreciate you coming on to talk to those people out there. And I’m hoping that we can connect with some, you know, little girls or boys that are going through this.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:21:35]:

They can realize that, hey, there’s a, there’s hope.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:21:37]:

And I, I even, you know, I lost my mom this past year to breast cancer. But this whole, her whole fight has been like a six year thing. And when she was first diagnosed, she looked at me and like, one of the first things she said because she’s, you know, fashionista, big blonde hair, all this stuff was, you gotta help me find a wig. So being able to go and do that and have fun while doing it, and the knowledge that I feel like I’ve acquired over time with hair pieces and lace fronts and toppers and all this stuff, I can see how that too was used for good during that season of our life as well. So it’s definitely, definitely been used for good.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:22:16]:

You were able to bond and what a great way to spend the time that you had left with your mom.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:22:21]:

100%.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:22:22]:

One thing I do want to touch on, Meg, is your relationship with your husband Kyle. And what I think would be interesting is dating and having these insecurities and vulnerabilities that you both, in a sense, you know, you had hair needs. And this is interesting that you have a couple that both has their own hair issues. How did you reveal that to one another? And then, because that’s one thing that you’re probably like, you want to put your best foot forward. At what point in your relationship did that come up? And what were those discussions like? And are you helping each other through your hair journeys now?

 

Meg Weatherman [00:22:58]:

I’m so excited to talk about this because I was so nervous about it, but as we dated and dated some more, I did think, I’m like, how am I going to tell this guy, you know, oh, snap, I really like him. How am I going to say, hey, by the way, your girl here is struggling with some things. And one day we were talking and he was like, I think he was looking in the mirror or something. And he was, you know, huffing and puffing. And I’m like, what? He said, my hair is thinning. And I just look at this. Like, I just hate this. And I was like, this is my moment, you know, oh, that’s great.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:23:29]:

I got one even better. I said, well, you don’t say. And then I told him and he was like, what? You know, And I’m like, yeah, yeah, you know, he was a guy, so I guess he. He is a guy. Not was a guy. He is a guy. And he just wasn’t paying that much attention. He’s like, I never would have known.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:23:49]:

And I’m like, yeah, so maybe we are meant to be.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:23:53]:

That’s so cool.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:23:54]:

That is so now he, like, we laughed about it, and we, you know, we would go. We’d go to. We went to Disney World, and he would say. I’d say, make sure my hair doesn’t blow off, you know, and make jokes about it.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:24:05]:

Right? Yeah.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:24:06]:

But at the same time, he would look at me and say, before he invested in a hairpiece from Hair Club, he would look at me and say, okay, if my. Like, we’d be on a boat or something. And he’d say, if my hair looks bad, like, fix it. Or after he would race, before he got his hairpiece, he would say, make sure you’re at my car with my hat, like always. Like, hey, but it was so nice to feel like you have somebody who has your back.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:24:29]:

Right.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:24:30]:

And is looking out for you. Because he would tell me, he’s like, please make sure my hair looks decent. I don’t want to be interviewed with it looking crazy or something.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:24:38]:

Yeah.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:24:38]:

And I’m thinking the same thing about me. Like, I don’t want to be out in public with it looking crazy. And it was just really great to have that person also.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:24:46]:

That’s so cool. That’s so cool. And I think it speaks to people. Don’t realize how many people are suffering from some form of hair loss or another. Whether it’s male pattern baldness or trichotillomania. This is just something that is out there for a lot of people. And you always feel like you’re alone in these journeys, and it’s so not the case. And that’s why it’s so great to talk to you, because you got a journey.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:25:08]:

It’s different than your husband, but together, you guys have this power and synergy together that is fantastic. You both have a great story.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:25:15]:

Yeah. And I feel like it might be different scenarios, but it’s the same insecurities, Right?

 

Kevin Rolston [00:25:20]:

It is. It is.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:25:21]:

So being able to encourage each other, but also be like, I’m making sure you don’t look how you don’t want to look, and you’re helping me out, and it’s just. It’s really, really great.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:25:31]:

That’s how you know it’s meant to be. I love it.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:25:32]:

I know. I’m like, we both don’t have hair. This is a match made in heaven.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:25:38]:

Well, you both look fantastic. I’ve talked to your husband. I love his hair journey as well. It’s radically different than yours. But what you said today, Meg, it’s just going to be so powerful. I’m excited to get all the comments that we get from people when they have a response to this show. And thank you for taking the time to come, come on and tell your story and be so vulnerable today.

 

Meg Weatherman [00:25:57]:

Yeah, thank you so much too, for speaking out about it. It means a lot.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:26:06]:

We want to thank Meg again for coming on the show and talking to us about her experience with trichotillomania. And we want to thank you for listening today. Meg’s courage, honesty and resilience remind us that no matter what challenges we face, whether it’s trichotillomania or other forms of hair loss or any personal struggles, the most important thing we can do is to support and learn from each other. For more inspirational stories and words of wisdom about hair loss, make sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening to another episode of hairpod. Check us out at Hair Club on Instagram or search HairPod on Facebook to continue the conversation. If you know someone who could benefit from hearing this episode, we would love it if you would share it with them. If you’re enjoying the show, consider leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

 

Kevin Rolston [00:26:59]:

We also have a website. Check it out by going to podcasts.hairclub.com we’re here to build people up and share real stories so people experiencing hair loss feel a little bit less alone. And when you share, review and subscribe, subscribe, it helps us do just that. So thank you until next time.

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