(1) Background: The dermatillomania and trichotillomania disorders in this study refer to the subcategory of obsessive-compulsive (OCDs) that are medication-induced. Patients with typical or disorder generally present other OCD symptoms, although is not cases medication-induced skin picking hair pulling found current literature. This paper serves investigate prevalence treatment methods excoria...

Bezoars are collections or concretions of indigestible foreign material in the gastrointestinal tract. Trichotillomania is an impetuous disorder of pulling out one’s own hair, whereas trichobezoar is the formation of a hairball after trichophagia [1], which contains a large quantity of hair, varying in length, matted together. A 13-year-old patient presented with abdominal pain beginning 1 mont...

Trichotillomania is a behavioral problem, and is often referred to as a habit disorder, but it is important to consider the cognitive and emotional components of the behavior. Current treatment recommendations include a traditional behavioral approach (Habit Reversal Training; HRT) combined with an approach that addresses the cognitive and emotional components of the behavior (Acceptance and Co...

OBJECTIVE To provide a review of the evidence-based treatments for obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSD), a group of conditions related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by phenomenological and etiological similarities, the morbidity of which is increasingly recognized. METHOD Literature relating to the following disorders: body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, trichotillom...

Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by recurrent urges to pull out one's hair, but the experiential characteristics of hair pulling urges are poorly understood. This study used a comparative approach to understand the subjective phenomenology of hair pulling: participants with trichotillomania symptoms were asked about their hair pulling urges as well as their urges to eat unhealthy fo...

Background: Patients with Trichotillomania (TC) have an irreversible urge to pull their hair.  This self-mutilation behavior is associated with high level of tension before and a sense of gratification and relief after TC. Objective: To investigate the personality characteristics of patients suffering from TC. Method: The study was performed on 43 TC patients and 43 gender and age-matched non-p...

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common dermatological disease characterized by patchy areas of nonscarring alopecia. Sometimes, differentiating patchy AA from trichotillomania (TTM) can be difficult. We report a case of AA mimicking TTM.