Trichotillomania is a type of impulse control disorder. People with these disorders know that they can do damage by acting on the impulses, but ...MenuMedicalReferenceSlideshows&ImagesNewsArchiveNewsReferenceSlideshowsQuizzesVideosQuestions&AnswersFindaPsychiatristOverviewSymptoms&TypesTreatment&CareLiving&ManagingADHDCrisisAssistanceDepressionHealth&BalanceLivingHealthyMentalHealthMilitaryFamiliesSupportSmokingCessationStressManagementSubstanceAbuse&AddictionMoreRelatedTopicsAnxiety&PanicDisordersGuideMenuReviewedbyHansaD.Bhargava, MDonJuly15,2020InthisArticleWhatIsTrichotillomania?TrichotillomaniaSymptomsTrichotillomaniaCausesandRiskFactorsTrichotillomaniaDiagnosisTrichotillomaniaTreatmentandHomeRemediesTrichotillomaniaComplicationsTrichotillomaniaPreventionWhatIsTrichotillomania?Trichotillomania,alsoknownas“hair-pullingdisorder,”isatypeofimpulsecontroldisorder.Peoplewhohave trichotillomania haveanirresistibleurgetopullouttheir hair,usuallyfromtheirscalp,eyelashes,andeyebrows.Theyknowtheycandodamagebutoftencan’tcontroltheimpulse.Theymaypullouttheir hair whenthey'restressedasawaytotrytosoothethemselves.Trichotillomaniaisatypeofimpulsecontroldisorder.Peoplewiththesedisordersknowthattheycandodamagebyactingontheimpulses,buttheycannotstopthemselves.Theymaypullouttheirhairwhenthey'restressedasawaytotrytosoothethemselves.TrichotillomaniaSymptomsBesidesrepeatedhairpulling,other symptoms mayinclude:FeelingtensebeforepullinghairorwhentryingtoresisttheurgetopullhairFeelingrelieved,satisfied,orpleasedafteractingontheimpulsetopullhairDistressorproblemsintheirworkorsociallifeduetohairpullingBarepatcheswherethehairhasbeenpulledoutBehaviorssuchasinspectingthehairroot,twirlingthehair,pullingthehairbetweenthe teeth,chewingonhair,oreatinghairApreferenceforcertaintypesortexturesofhairContinuedIfyouhavetrichotillomania,youcouldalsohaveotherdisordersthatoftencomewithit,likeonychophagia(nailbiting)orskinpickingdisorder.Pullingfibersfromblanketsorhairfromdollsareothersignsyoucouldhavetri