Trichotillomania, a mental health condition, involves a strong urge to pull hair, often stemming from anxiety or compulsive ...
Ahleah Paul has been dealing with trichotillomania since she was in middle school. (Courtesy of Ahleah Paul) Earlier this year, comedian Amy Schumer revealed a "big secret" she has been struggling ...
I don’t remember the first time I pulled out my eyelashes and eyebrows. But I do remember the distress this compulsion caused me when I was in high school, before I understood why I did it or how to ...
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 ...
Comments about her brief relationship with Chris Pine caused Olivia Munn to obsessively pull her eyelashes. The actress discussed the painful habit in the June 30 episode of podcast Armchair Expert ...
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 ...