Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ahleah Paul has been dealing with trichotillomania since she was in middle school. (Courtesy of Ahleah Paul) Earlier this year, ...

You probably know someone who bites their nails. Heck, it's so common you might even do it yourself. But while you might dismiss it as just a 'bad habit,' it's actually categorized as a Body-Focused ...

Trichotillomania can affect patients repeatedly if it is left untreatediStock Trichotillomania, commonly known as hair pulling, is an impulse control disorder where one continuously pulls out body ...

When I was a sophomore in college, I became wholly consumed with plucking my eyebrows…and not in the way I’d been in the ‘90s when I wanted pin-thin brows like Drew Barrymore and Shannen Doherty. This ...

Leoni Jesner is a fitness and health writer contributing content to Verywell Fit, Byrdie, Forbes Health, Everyday Health and Insider, as well as providing expert features to LIVESTRONG, Bustle, CNET ...

For many, this is a psychological issue that goes undiagnosed. Often passed off as a bad habit, trichotillomania can cause severe physical and psychological damage if untreated. Whether you or someone ...

When Jessica* was in her final year of school, she desperately wanted to be like the cool girls. Straight, sleek, perfect hair. Jessica’s hair, however, was thick and wavy, and so any hair that ...

Editor's Note: In her new book Life Is Trichy: Memoir of a Mental Health Therapist With a Mental Health Disorder, behavioral therapist Lindsey M. Muller, MS, writes about her own struggles with ...

Victoria's Secret Angel Sara Sampaio is opening up about a mental health issue that affects her everyday life: trichotillomania, a condition that gives her the urge to pluck the hair from her eyebrows ...