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 ...

Trichotillomania is a type of impulse control disorder where people have an irresistible urge to pull out their hair, usually from their scalp, eyelashes, and eyebrows. It's also called hairpulling, ...

Trichotillomania (TTM) is sometimes related to certain mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. While it may also start for other reasons, it is often cyclical. Treatments focus on ...

People with trichotillomania have a compulsion to pull out hair from their scalp, eyebrows or other areas of the body. (Getty Images) Trichotillomania — also known as hair-pulling disorder — is an ...

The comedian and actress is sharing her struggle with the genetic disorder after including it in her semi-autobiographical new show Life & Beth Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

Trichotillomania – also known as trich or hair pulling – is a condition where someone pulls out strands on their brows, lashes, head, or anywhere on their body. One of a group of conditions known as ...

Trichotillomania is a chronic psychiatric disorder that causes people to repeatedly pull out their own hair. Not only does it result in alopecia with no other underlying causes but it can have ...

Most of us have nervous habits—biting nails, tapping fingers, or fidgeting. But for some, those habits turn into something deeper and more painful. Trichotillomania, often called hair-pulling disorder ...

Sufferers of trichotillomania pull out their own hair, strand by strand. March 27, 2008— -- Would you be brave enough to enter a beauty pageant if you had a debilitating secret? If the top of ...

Earlier this year, comedian Amy Schumer revealed a "big secret" she has been struggling with for years: trichotillomania. The hair-pulling disorder causes irresistible, recurrent urges to pull out ...