The Trich Prof

Some key facts and figures about trichotillomania. Please share!

Why is diversity so important in helping people with Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours? Today we celebrate all of the voices and perspectives buff.ly/3BL2Uo8 #BFRBs #Diversity #Science #Collaboration

This week we're delving into the fascinating world of Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours or BFRBs. Many of us are affected by these behaviours - hair pulling, skin picking, and nail biting, but there is huge stigma and shame around them buff.ly/3ZCN7Q6

Odd to be showing off my new branding at the same time as announcing that I'm off to pastures new. I can be found as @thetrichprof or @ClareMackay on other platforms. Look out for the peacock feather!

Leveraging cognitive neuroscience for making and breaking real-world habits cell.com/trends/cogniti…

@MartaIsibor Amazing Marta - well done you!

Loved chatting about my #skinpicking research at the #NRSMH24 & I'm grateful for every interaction! Skin picking & other body-focused repetitive behaviours come with #shame & #stigma, & are still little known, making increasing awareness crucial! 💚 #BFRB #dermatillomania #skin

A beautiful day to talk about BFRBs with trail-blaizers @TheTrichProf @OxPsychiatry @UofGlasgow

Fantastic awareness-raising article about our wonderful chair @bridgetbradley ! thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/h…

Our next support group for parents and loved-ones is this Wednesday at 8pm. You can sign up for the Zoom link here: bfrbukireland.com/event-details-…

Our BFRB Focused Yoga classes are back this evening at 8pm! Book your place here: bfrbukireland.com/event-details-…

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Take at Liz’s hugely inspiring story and art… #bfrbawarenessweek

"A day that will have changed the lives of many who visited" To mark #BFRBweek, Professor Clare Mackay shares her reflections on the first ever Oxford BFRB Conference, held last month. @ClareEMackay @TheTrichProf @BFRB_UK_Ireland #OxBFRBConf 👇 tinyurl.com/yc6fyun6

The lovely people at @BFRB_UK_Ireland are restarting their regular support groups. Many people who attended our conference discovered the power of connecting - these support groups are a great way to keep reducing the impact of living with BFRBs. 💙

Exciting PhD (DPhil) opportunity with us @OxExpPsy and @KoaHealth. Develop experience of digital psychological interventions for youth mental health and of working across academia and industry, while developing top notch stats skills. More info here ⬇️⬇️ findaphd.com/phds/project/o…

@topic_group This looks amazing! When is the next one and can I come? 😃

Wow! If you want some inspiration for running productive and inspiring writing retreats this is your go to blog!

Can you help us get this research right? We don't have good information about how many children are struggling with BFRBs like hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail-biting etc. This is a chance to get information from a very large no of people across England.

@BFRB_UK_Ireland, thank you so much for warmly welcoming me into your family this weekend. I am still processing all of the amazing moments and connections. You undoubtedly changed lives and the ripples of that will go on and on. #LivedExperienceLeadership at it's very finest 🙌

@LizAtkin Ooh - can’t wait to have this on my wall - thanks @LizAtkin !

🔴 Sold! Couldn’t be more delighted this one is going to BFRB change maker and one of the organisers of this wknd’s conference @TheTrichProf! Thank you for such support it means the world My #whitstableincharcoal drawings refocus my #skinpicking

@Caro_Harbison @BFRB_UK_Ireland @morethanadodo A few key people I couldn't tag on photos: @william_the_sir @TaffiGB @pollywaite Arne Mould, Tash Willson, Michelle Davidson. And I will be eternally grateful to @hannamsmyth for SOOO much help with everything.

So thanks again to everyone who made it happen, and a special last thanks to @Caro_Harbison, who emailed me 15 months ago to say she'd spotted my @thetrichprof socials. She connected me with @BFRB_UK_Ireland and said 'I wish we could have a conference'. Will this do Caroline?

That's a wrap on our #OxBFRBConf. I'm so grateful to everyone who organised, ran, catered, filmed/covered, funded, sponsored, spoke and attended both our scientific day at @morethanadodo and our community day at the University of Oxford's @OxPsychiatry.