Cosmetic Youtuber's Trich Story

Tasneem Abrahams
Jan 25th, 2016

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Natalie has a Youtube channel called GameFace. She uses this platform to fuse her love of makeup and pop culture into one by offering makeup tutorials inspired by video games, films, and music videos. This video however is very different. In this video, Natalie reveals that she struggles with trichotillomania. The target area Natalie tends to pull at are her eyelashes. Natalie talks about the stigma surrounding the condition and how hard she is trying to stop pulling her eyelashes. She also shares some of the products she uses to counter the effects of compulsive eyelash pulling.

Tasneem Abrahams

   

Tasneem is an Occupational Therapist, and a graduate of the TLC foundation for BFRBs professional training institute. Her experience in mental health includes working at Lentegeur Psychiatric hospital forensic unit (South Africa), Kingston Community Adult Learning Disability team (UK), Clinical Specialist for the Oasis Project Spelthorne Community Mental Health team (UK). Tasneem is a member of both the editorial team and the clinical staff on TrichStop, providing online therapy for people who suffer from Trichotillomania and other BFRBs.

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