The condition is called trichotillomania, and is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to pull out your own hair. (Photo: Corbis/Erika Svensson) For 20 years, from age 4 to 24, Lindsey Muller ...

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 ...

When I was 14, I started at a highly selective high school. Always a lover of math, I happily enrolled in Algebra II+, an accelerated honors class where my inevitable drowning quickly became obvious.

Pulling, twirling, plucking, twisting, tugging, or playing with your hair – are these all just harmless habits? It is reported that for an estimated 4% of the population, hair pulling is so much more ...

There's a one-of-a-kind hair salon that is doing much more for its clients than just changing their hair style. From the outside, Love and Hair Peace Salon in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia ...

Do you constantly pluck hairs from your head or your face when stressed? You might have a disorder called trichotillomania. We spoke with Dena Rabinowitz, PhD, founder of Cognitive Behavioral ...

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 ...

Psychiatrists take new interest in once benign hair pulling, nail biting. Oct. 3, 2012— -- When Nicole Santamorena was a baby she pulled her hair for comfort when she was distressed or sick. But ...