Hands Off: Break Your Hair-Pulling Habit with Pavlok

Hair pulling (Trichotillomania or TTM) isn’t just a bad habit. It’s a compulsion that feels impossible to stop. Pavlok helps you retrain your brain with real-time feedback designed to interrupt the urge and help you regain control.

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Tangled in Trich? Snap the Cycle, Not the Strand.

TTM thrives in moments of low awareness: late-night scrolling, deep concentration, or overwhelming stress. This is often called the "pulling trance." Pavlok is your always-on awareness ally, helping you step out of the trance before a single strand is lost.

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Disrupt the Pull Reflex. Instantly.

Feel the urge creeping in? Pavlok uses real-time feedback (like vibrations, beeps, or zaps) to interrupt the reflex before it happens, whether you’re reaching for your scalp, lashes, beard, or brows.

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Rewire the Relief Loop

The TTM cycle is driven by a sensory reward: the perceived relief or satisfaction from the pull. Pavlok uses aversion therapy to build a new association in your brain, helping you disassociate relief from pulling.

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Replace the Ritual, Reinforce Control

Pavlok guides you to replace the pull with a Healthier Competing Response (HCR). Instead of pulling, your brain learns a better way to find relief, like deep breathing or squeezing a stress ball.

How Pavlok Specifically Targets Hair-Pulling and the TTM Compulsion

Pavlok’s wearable and app work together to help you build smarter habits like waking up on time, ditching useless distractions, and locking into study mode so you never miss a deadline again.

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Immediate Cue-Based Interruptions

Pavlok acts as your personal spotter. It utilizes the power of conditioned aversion to instantly break the unconscious "pulling trance." You decide the stimulus you need to restore awareness as your hand starts to drift.

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Track the Triggers, Not Just the Pulls

The Pavlok app helps you become a forensic expert on your own TTM. Log and visualize the specific times, locations, and emotional states that lead to an urge. This clarity is crucial for proactively managing your triggers.

Built-In Accountability & Support

With Pavlok, you're never alone. Pavlok lets you loop in a trusted therapist, coach, or family member to check your progress or even send a remote cue of support to help you stay on track during tough moments.

Break Your Hair-Pulling Habit and the TTM Cycle with Pavlok in 3 Steps

01 Pinpoint & Set

Identify your personal danger zones (time of day, a social setting, or an emotional state), and assign a cue like a zap or vibration to interrupt the behavioral pattern.  

Start with just one app or time block; it’s easier to build momentum.

02 Feel & Restore

When the urge hits, Pavlok delivers instant feedback that snaps you out of autopilot. That real-time reaction and awareness is your chance to take back control in the moment.

Say your habit goal out loud when the cue hits; it boosts awareness and recall.

03 Track & Replace

Use the app to log your wins and practice your Healthier Competing Response (HCR). You’ll see your progress and rewire your routine. Your brain learns that relief comes from the replacement, not the pull.

Pick a go-to replacement habit ahead of time so you’re ready when the urge hits.

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