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2. Women share what it's like living with trichotillomania: 'I ...

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   While trichotillomania typically starts between the ages of 10 and 13, some younger kids also partake in hair-pulling. Model Anna Gantt tells Yahoo Life that she was diagnosed with ...

3. Why do some people pull out their hair? Trichotillomania ...

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   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 ...

4. Trichotillomania - Wikipedia

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   Trichotillomania (TTM), also known as hair-pulling disorder or compulsive hair pulling, is a mental disorder characterized by a long-term urge that results in the pulling out of one's own hair. [2] [4] A brief positive feeling may occur as hair is removed. [5] Efforts to stop pulling hair typically fail.

5. Skin picking and hair pulling need to be part of the mental ...

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   Trichotillomania and dermatillomania, hair pulling and skin picking disorders, respectively, are often formed as coping mechanisms. these acts trick the brain into releasing dopamine and offer a ...

6. Trichophagia - Wikipedia

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   Rarely, persons with trichophagia do not exclusively have trichotillomania and instead will eat the hair of others. [9] [5] Trichotillomania can be categorized as either "automatic", where the hair pulling is so habitual it is almost unconscious, or "focused", where the pulling is more deliberate, with the focused behavior thought to be more ...

7. Compulsive behavior - Wikipedia

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   Trichotillomania is classified as a compulsive picking of hair of the body. It can be from any place on the body that has hair. This picking results in bald spots. Most people who have mild trichotillomania can overcome it via concentration and more self-awareness. [13]

8. 7 Common Causes of Hair Loss for Men (& How to Treat Them) - AOL

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   Alopecia occurs for various reasons, including genetics, autoimmune disorders where the immune system attacks hair follicles, hormonal changes, medical treatments like chemotherapy, or other factors.

9. Decoupling for body-focused repetitive behaviors - Wikipedia

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   Decoupling [1] is a behavioral self-help intervention for body-focused and related behaviors such as trichotillomania, onychophagia (nail biting), skin picking and lip-cheek biting. The user is instructed to modify the original dysfunctional behavioral path by performing a counter-movement shortly before completing the self-injurious behavior ...