I have a friend who compulsively pucks hair out all over their body with tweezers one at a time. Some times they go on doing this for long periods of time. When i asked them why they do this, they said that they didn't know.
2007-07-24 08:19:39 · 4 answers · asked by mizzyjackson 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
ya its called trichotillomania and its cumpulsive hair pulling. ppl pull it out of their head or anywhere on their body and its a form of OCD and theres treatment for it but its hard to recover from.
all i can say is leave them alone about it bc most trichs are embarrassed that they do it and it usually calms them down when they have stress. sry they just need to get some help with it. its like an addiction. and its serious not a joke.
2007-07-24 08:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by timewaster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like obsessive compulsive disorder.
2007-07-24 15:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like some compulsion disorder or body image disorder. Maybe he/she should see a psychologist to see if something is bothering he/she.
2007-07-24 15:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by CARRIE C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called trichotillomania, see this site.
http://www.webmd.com/news/20060927/hair-pulling-disorder-tied-to-genes
2007-07-24 15:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋