girl who stays in her house all the time, except for going to the store. She pulls her hair out one strand at a time, untill she went bald. Is there a name for that?
2006-09-14 16:09:04 · 14 answers · asked by garcia 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
I MEANT TO SAY "STRAND"
2006-09-14 16:09:42 · update #1
Trichotillomania
2006-09-14 16:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
This is a condition called trichotrillomania (For real). A friend of mine has it. It is a psycho-somatic disorder like biting fingernails but a little more disturbing. The people seem to feel determined to pull the hair and can give no logical reason.
2006-09-14 23:21:26 · answer #2 · answered by astor4001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the religion called Jainism the priests or monks are supposed to pull out their hair.
To the person who answered the girl needs Jesus, I think you need to get a life.
2006-09-14 23:18:57 · answer #3 · answered by worldneverchanges 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wilhem... has it correct. I've heard of that disease before since there is a student at my school who suffers from this. It's really too bad, she's a beautiful girl from a stable family. She's popular, a cheerleader, good student, but she has this disease. It must be traumatic to suffer from an illness like that.
2006-09-14 23:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called like tricchotillomania. I knew someone who had it and he was from an abusive family and that's the only thing he could control. He was also really angry so he would express his anger by pulling his hair out.
2006-09-14 23:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by [Insert Cool Name Here] 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a form of obsessive compulsive disorder and there is medicine for it. I don't remember the exact name. You can Google hair pulling disorder and you will get it.
2006-09-14 23:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I knew a person also to do that and they had several problems one was OCD and the other was ADD. That is scary.
2006-09-14 23:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its OCD....she needs to see a physician
2006-09-16 20:42:00 · answer #8 · answered by Chi_Indy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They suffer from some kind of mental disorder. I think its a sickness that needs to be treated, probably psychiatric help.
2006-09-14 23:13:52 · answer #9 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's a OCD ! Get her help Now!
2006-09-14 23:11:17 · answer #10 · answered by waiting4myredemption 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋