How the Holidays Can Make You Lose Your Hair: The Lowdown on Trichotillomania
If you ever heard the expression: “Don’t lose your hair,” when someone is stressed out, you might have thought they were exaggerating. But it turns out, there are people who lose their hair through stress. With the holidays being an anxious time for people alongside a global pandemic these are anxious times. Here’s the lowdown […]
Could the Stress of COVID 19 Cause Trichotillomania?
Stress is part of life, whether positive, like starting a new job, or negative, like missing a deadline. While it’s true that stress is universal, we are now facing an unprecedented crisis in mental health due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Though necessary for safety, social distancing measures have isolated us from the people we rely […]
Trichotillomania: What It Is and How to Get Help
Trichotillomania is a condition that causes compulsive hair pulling. People with trichotillomania often pull their hair so often that it leads to hair loss. The hair pulling may happen consciously or unconsciously. Researchers haven’t settled on a universal treatment for trichotillomania. Most treatments, however, focus on managing it as a psychological condition similar to obsessive […]