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trichotillomania
Dec. 10th, 2013 07:16 amtrichotillomania (trik-uh-til-uh-MAY-nee-uh) - n., a compulsion to pull out one's own hair.
A medical (or at least psychiatric) condition. Usually not diagnosable until the hair loss is noticeable. Can be hair not on the scalp, which frankly creeps me out, but okay then. The condition was named by a French dermatologist named Hallopeau around 1900 from Greek roots thriks, hair + tillÅ, pull out/pluck + mania, madness.
---L.
A medical (or at least psychiatric) condition. Usually not diagnosable until the hair loss is noticeable. Can be hair not on the scalp, which frankly creeps me out, but okay then. The condition was named by a French dermatologist named Hallopeau around 1900 from Greek roots thriks, hair + tillÅ, pull out/pluck + mania, madness.
---L.
