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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2013-12-10 07:16 am

trichotillomania

trichotillomania (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 + tillō, pull out/pluck + mania, madness.

---L.

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2013-12-10 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Or even more, by handfuls aforethought.

---L.

[identity profile] dramaticlass.livejournal.com 2013-12-12 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Incorrect. Please do the proper research before you answer questions that you are not equipped to answer.