How can I break my sons habit of pulling his eyelashes out its been 2 years and he is 16 years old and a very goodlooken kid, he just has this bad habit when he gets bored. please help

ring a bell each time he does it, until he learns to stop.

i had the same habit,same age too and for 3-4 years ..its not actually a habit im sure he can stop whenever he wants to ..well the reason i did it is because it has a nice feeling to it...like scratching a mosquito bite or pulling at a scab... just tell him to do somthing else like scratch his head or his eyebrow or tops scratch the eyelashes instead(if ur sure he wont poke his eye out)...dont nag about it if i where you id try to get his attention whenever he starts doing that ..like ask him to take the trash or help setting the table or anything...thats what my mom did.. x)

I do that all the time just because my eyelashes are always falling out. But I put vaseline on them at night to grow and to stay out of my eyes too.

he more than likely has trichottilomania, telling him people will make fun of him will just make it worse, i have the same problem and although it is linked to stress i also find myself doing it when im bored. but i do find that stress makes it worse so try to ignore the problem, if you point out the fact that he looks stupid he is likely to develop a complex about the way he looks and end up doing it more. have him keep his finger nails as short as possible, it makes pulling the lashes harder and and will meen he has to put more effort into it which in turn will lesson the chance of him doing it without even noticing he is.

Why would he do this? It sounds immensly painful to me. Tell him that people are going to make fun of him if he doesn't stop and that he will have trouble getting a gf if he doesn't try to kick the habit. Put some kind of substance on his fingers that's messy and make sure it won't irritate his eyes first, then every time he puts his fingers near his eyes he will have to wash his face.

I do that sometimes too... I don't see anything wrong with it...

He is too old for you to be able to break such a habit for him, but you can help if he will accept your help. Talk with him. Ask him if he knows why he does it. Tell him your concerns and how you feel about it. Ask if he wants your help. Ask how you can help. Determine if it is a sign of deeper stress with which he needs some help. If it is just a habit, it can probably be broken with some behavior modification techniques. If it is deeper than that, it may require some therapy.

Hmm..Thats just a simple habbit and he should deal with it by himself. If he is MAN enough to make himself stop, it will take at least 2-3 month to get rid of the habbit. IF he can't, try makin this like a small game for him. Something like, every week for not pulling his eyelashes out he will recieve something. Do not make it big, coz it will just ruin him and he will expect a "prise" everytime. But first i'd recomend talking to him about this and letting him know that you do not appreciate his habbit and wish for him to stop coz it'll make you happy and worry about him less.