Compulsive hair pulling. An impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, or other body hair. Treatment may include cognitive-behavior therapy and medications.

1905, from French trichotillomanie (1889), from tricho-, Latinized form of Greek trikho-, comb. form of thrix (genitive trikhos) "hair" + Greek tillesthai "to pull out" + mania.

noun. an impulse-control disorder marked by continual hair tugging or pulling on any area of one's body where hair grows, frequently with conspicuous hair loss. Emotions of escalating tension pri [..]

Trichotillomania is a manifestation of anxiety that causes compulsive hair-pulling. This hair-pulling most commonly involves head hair but can also involve eyelashes, eyebrows and any other body hair.

(n) an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair

Compulsion to pull out one's Hair.

Compulsion to pull out one's hair.

The unnatural impulse to pull out one’s own hair; in the permanent cosmetics industry we most commonly see the pulling out of eyelashes and eyebrows.

People with trichotillomania, also called trichotillosis, are unable to stop themselves from pulling out their hair or twisting it until it breaks. Many experts classify it as an obsessive-compulsive [..]

This form of hair loss is caused by pulling out one’s own hair, usually without realising it.

This form of hair loss is caused by pulling out one’s own hair, usually without realising it.