This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. Pili multigemini is a rare hair follicle disorder where multiple hairs emerge from a single hair follicle. This creates a bushy, dense, or otherwise ...

When I was a sophomore in college, I became wholly consumed with plucking my eyebrows…and not in the way I’d been in the ‘90s when I wanted pin-thin brows like Drew Barrymore and Shannen Doherty. This ...

DENVER — Skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders are “underrecognized, understudied, and undertreated,” a dermatologist told colleagues, but medications — especially glutamatergic agents — are showing ...

An eyelash takes six weeks to grow back. I learned this when I was 9 years old, and to me, it was the world's most important lesson. For months, I had been pulling out my eyelashes and playing with ...

Over the course of their lives, up to 220,000 Norwegians will pick at their skin or pull out their hair to an extent that can be considered a mental health disorder. They pull out their hair until ...

Trichotillomania is a mental health condition characterized by pulling hair from the body. It can be caused by stress or negative emotions and can lead to other health issues. Here, a dermatologist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cranial prostheses, or wigs, can cost thousands of dollars, which is often difficult for patients with hair loss ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Trichotillomania, a poorly understood disorder in which a person repeatedly pulls out their own hair, leading to visible hair loss, can have a crippling effect on its ...

Mania, for those who’ve never danced with it, is hard to explain. It’s not just feeling “up.” It’s feeling divine. Like the world is finally catching up to your brilliance, and every thought you have ...