Learn about trichotillomania, or hair-pulling disease, and how the behavior’s biggest triggers may come from mundane ...

Trichotillomania is a disorder that affects 1-2% of the population, a majority of them female. The main feature is the recurrent compulsion to pull out one’s hair. Hair is pulled from any area of the ...

Pulling out a strand of hair occasionally may not seem unusual. However, if you find yourself repeatedly pulling hair from your scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other parts of the body and struggle to ...

Trichotillomania is a condition involving frequent urges to pull out one’s hair. Experts now consider it closely related to OCD due to the obsessive-compulsive nature of the disorder. Mental health ...