Some children may use hair pulling as a coping mechanism during stressful times. When this action becomes compulsive, it may be trichotillomania. While many children play with their hair, consistent ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — The former Northville basketball coach who lost his job after pulling a player's hair has issued a statement and apology, according to the Associated Press. Jim Zullo, who ...

Germany team director Nia Künzer has defended Kathrin Hendrich for the hair-pulling incident which led to her early red card in the European Championship quarter-final win against France. The record ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Former Northville girls basketball coach Jim Zullo, was arraigned in Troy City Court Wednesday morning. Zullo pleaded not guilty to a second-degree harassment charge stemming ...

CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the painful zing of a hair pull. And this pain message can rip along a nerve fiber at about 100 miles an hour, ...