Symptoms
Causes
Treatment
Related Disorders and Complications
100

The main symptom of trichotillomania

Hair pulling

100

Where the pulling of hair is done during a certain age and can often be outgrown.

(2 possible answers)

Adolescents or early teenage years

100

Where you visit with someone in order to find solutions to the issue or create ways to slow, block, or stop the issue of hair pulling all together,

Therapy

100

Red, painful areas where hair has been excessively pulled or removed.

Sores

200

Often followed directly after the first, and relates to lower self esteem.

(3 possible answers)

Balding, tingling, hair follicle damage

200

Where the act of hair pulling is meant to soothe or calm someone.

Stress

200

Antidepressants, antipsychotics, n-acetyl cysteine.

Medications

200

Shame, embarrassment, anxiousness, worry.

Emotional issues

300

Pulling fibers from other blankets, animals, clothing, or when not paying attention or focusing.

Automatic Pulling

300

Often done absently or automatically.

Boredom

300

Playing with a fidget toy or stress ball, knitting or crocheting, giving themselves a manicure, doodling, a craft project like wood carving or origami in order to keep oneself busy.

Creating distractions

300

Hair loss or bald or uneven patches on the scalp, body, or face. Repeated pulling can leave tiny scars on scalp, skin, or hair follicles.

Damage to the scalp, skin or hair

400

Where you focus on the act of pulling due to distress, anger, or impulse

Focused pulling

400

Due to other people in your family having the same or a similar disorder.

Hereditary (or genetic) disorder

400

Deep breathing, meditation, or taking a hot bath until the urge goes away.

Stress relief

400

Eating hair after removing it.

Trichophagia

500

Rituals like chewing on the hair you pull out, inspecting hair roots, twirling the hair, putting the hair between your teeth, or eating hair

Trichophagia

500

Anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, mania.

Other mental disorders

500

Wearing hats, scarves, or bandanas to stop themselves from pulling. They might tie their hair back in braids, ponytails, locs, or other styles that make it harder to reach or cut it short

Blocking reach

500

Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, recurrent diarrhoea or constipation, and weight loss due to the formation of hair clusters after eating hair.

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