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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever found yourself, whether as a child or even now, pulling out strands of your hair without realising why? If that is the case, you could be suffering from trichotillomania, a mental health ...

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 ...

Twirling hair around the fingers may be something a person does out of habit. However, the behavior may also have links with stress and mental health disorders. Repeated hair twirling can cause ...