This holiday season, I am retiring my extra small knotless braids in exchange for creative low-tension styles. I knew it was time to reset when, this summer, I found a small bald spot, aka traction ...

A woman who has been pulling out her own hair since childhood has opened up on why she decided to embrace baldness after struggling to find a solution to the medical condition causing her to do it.

You know how in Mean Girls, Gretchen Wieners’ hair is so big because it’s “full of secrets?” Well, as a kid, my hair was so long because it was full of anxiety. As a child, I was a professional ...

Trichotillomania has been gaining more awareness in recent times, thanks to the efforts of organizations such as the Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Foundation. Formerly known as the Trichotillomania ...

Trichotillomania is a disorder that affects 1-2% of the population, a majority of them female. The main feature is the recurrent compulsion to pull out one’s hair. Hair is pulled from any area of the ...