Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with trichotillomania have a compulsion to pull out hair from their scalp, eyebrows or other areas of the body. (Getty ...

Repeated hair pulling from scalp or body parts may indicate trichotillomania disorder Trichotillomania is linked to obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control conditions Symptoms include hair loss, ...

Trichotillomania is a mental health condition characterized by pulling hair from the body. It can be caused by stress or negative emotions and can lead to other health issues. Here, a dermatologist ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the painful zing of a hair pull. And this pain message can rip along a nerve fiber at about 100 miles an hour, ...

A long-established Alzheimer's drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded. Memantine ...

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 ...