Some children may use hair pulling as a coping mechanism during stressful times. When this action becomes compulsive, it may be trichotillomania. While many children play with their hair, consistent ...

Many kids are infatuated with hair from a young age. Babies tug on their mom's tresses for a reaction, and toddlers yank on their friends' hair during playground disputes. It's an expected part of ...

Teenagers (and occasionally younger children) can develop a habit of pulling their hair from their scalp, eyebrows, or eyelashes. This habit is known medically as trichotillomania and sometimes called ...

FARGO - When Sandra Bodek was a little girl, she plucked the eyelashes from her dolls. By the time she was 9, she was plucking her own. Her hair-pulling moved to her scalp around age 10. Bodek, 36, of ...

Some people with trichotillomania decide to shave their heads to prevent the urge to pull their hair. Although references to hair-pulling can be found as far back as ancient Egypt, the hair-pulling ...

Trichotillomania — also known as hair-pulling disorder — is an impulse control disorder that “involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your ...

A comedian who used to make jokes about her hair-pulling condition while performing stand-up has said female audience members regularly disclosed having the disorder too. Jo from Stoke-on-Trent, who ...

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 ...

Trichotillomania has been gaining more awareness in recent times, thanks to the efforts of organizations such as the Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Foundation. Formerly known as the Trichotillomania ...