Common Causes Of Hair Loss

Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania, which is also referred to as hair-pulling disorder, is a mental health condition. As the alternative name suggests, patients with this disorder feel an intense urge to pull out their hair and often succumb to this urge. The hair that they pull can be on their head, their eyebrows, or on other parts of their body. Constant hair pulling will often leave patients with bald spots.

Unfortunately, the hair loss in trichotillomania often causes significant distress. For many patients, this distress often triggers the urge to pull their hair. Trichotillomania patients often pick at their nails and skin and chew their lips. They may even chew on the hair that they pull out of their head. Some patients may receive medication for their condition. However, cognitive behavioral therapy and habit reversal training is often more successful.