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“Hello, today’s video is very special. I am shaving all my hair off. And I’m terrified.”

That’s how vlogger Rebecca Brown begins her newest video on her YouTube page TrichJournal. Uploaded on Jan. 1, the video shows Brown shaving her hair off to deal with a condition she suffers from called Trichotillomania, which causes people to compulsively pull out their hair. 

“It’s either shave my hair or lose my hair,” she says. “I’m fed up being triggered and tortured by the hair on my head and I don’t really feel that I have any other option.” 

Brown has been documenting her struggle with Trichotillomania on her page TrichJournal since she was first diagnosed at the age of 11. 

“For many people watching, they may think this is a bit excessive or unnecessary and it’s not,” Brown explains. “Countless people with my disorder have to go through this.”