trichotillomania is the clinical name for compullsive hair pulling
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Tricholtillomania- i need to write that down anyway i have it. For me i have a constant bald spot on the top of my head i can cover with clippies or scrunchie my hair is almost always up. I pluck my armpit hairs, and if it is a really bad day with stress i do it alot more and if i am alone i will pull pubic hair. I am a wife and a mother and other than my mom and my immediate family no one knows i have it. Mine came when i was in 5th grad and i pulled almost ever hair out of my head... kids thought i had cancer and i lied and told them no i had an elergic reaction to a perm. (thats what my mom thought it was and took me to a dermatologist) i never pulled my hair in front of her. Now i dont even feel it, and sometimes i dont even realize i am doing it. my husband yells at me to stop when he notices but during pleasant non stressful times i can go a long time without doing it. Right now we are buying our first house and our closing is coming with moving and being 6 months pregnant i pull often.
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ABSOLUTELY!\n\nThere is a condition called PCOS and one of it's primary symptoms is excessive bodily hair. A woman who has pcos has hormonal imbalances and irregular periods.
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Nair. Or you could always try plucking the hair. Can you say OUCH!?
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The number of Tourettes cases that have accompanying coprolalia (saying obscenities) is very small.  Although Coprolalia is the most widely known symptom, coprolalia occurs in as low as 5-15% of patients and 5-30% in some clinical series.\n\nI hope that you are not making a joke.  I'ts not funny.  \n\nInsensitive hollywood types have grasped this and made it the most popular symptom, even though MOST PEOPLE WITH TOURETES DO NOT HAVE THIS SYMPTOM.\n\nSo what is your point?
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Alopecia, commonly known as baldness, is a set of disorders which involves the state of lacking hair where it would normally grow, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair-thinning condition that occurs in adult humans and other primate species. Nonetheless, the severity and nature of condition can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (alopecia androgenetica), to alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.\n\nFor the gentleman who said "Depilation": Depilation is a generic term for hair removal which affects the part of the hair above the surface of the skin. The most common form of depilation is shaving. Another popular option is the use of chemical depilatories, which work by breaking the disulfide bonds that link the protein chains that give hair its strength, making the hair disintegrate.\n\nEpilation is removal of the entire hair, including the part below the skin. Some individuals may use waxing, sugaring, epilation devices, lasers, intense pulsed light or electrology. Hair is also sometimes removed by plucking.
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there are no nerves in the actual hair or nails it is all dead. It hurts when you pull hair/ break the nail, because the nerves are at the root / nail bed.
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Sounds like you are having anxiety issues.  Talk to your doctor about it. I know you may think its not that big of a deal but the disorder can get worse with time if its not treated.  I knew a girl that started out that way and did not get treated.  She ended up chewing on her hand it got so bad.  She had to have it bandaged and is permanently scarred from it.  She also started picking her face all the time and that left scars too.
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as many hair on you head.
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The disorder is trichotillomania.  I have a family member with this disorder, she's had it since she was a child.  When her stress level gets too high for her to handle the disorder takes over and she pulls out most of the hair on the front of her scalp.\nThere are treatments for this disorder, if you have the disorder do some homework before you decide on a treatment option.
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it seems like you have a cerebellar disorder. Cerebellar disorder can cause both intentional tremors and drooling.
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You have a form of obsessive compulsive disorder. There is medication for it. Please see a Dr. You could actually get to the point where you make your hair fall out.
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It's completely normal. It's just like head or arm hair. It falls out all the time, especially if being tugged at. Some is ok. \n\nYou should only be concerned if large amounts are frequently coming out (outside of bathing or 'tugging' at them).\nIf that's the case, see a doctor. It could be indicative of hypothyroidism, allergies or eating disorders.\n\nBut it sounds like you've nothing outside of the normal to worry about. Nor are you the only one this has happened to.
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Original Article:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/compulsive-sexual-behavior/DS00144\nCompulsive sexual behavior\nIntroduction\n\nSexual expression is a natural part of a well-rounded life. But if you have an overwhelming need for sex and are so intensely preoccupied with this need that it interferes with your job and your relationships, you may have a problem called compulsive sexual behavior.\n\nYou may spend inordinate amounts of time in sexually related activities and neglect important aspects of your day-to-day life in social, occupational and recreational areas. You may find yourself failing repeatedly at attempts to reduce or control your sexual activities or desires.\n\nHealth experts use a number of labels for this potentially serious condition. Compulsive sexual behavior is sometimes called hypersexuality, nymphomania or erotomania. Others use the term "sexual addiction," comparing it with the uncontrolled use of a drug. Others argue that it's an issue of impulse control or obsessive-compulsive behavior.\n\nNo matter what name is attached to the behavior, compulsive sexual behavior is a very real affliction that interferes with everyday living. Current research indicates that compulsive sexual behavior is most common among men. Treatment may involve individual or group therapy and medications.\nSigns and symptoms\n\nSexual behavior becomes a problem and is considered compulsive when it's repeated often enough to interfere with your normal daily living and with your relationships. If your sexual behavior is compulsive, you may display it in a number of ways, including:\n\n    * Having multiple sexual partners or extramarital affairs\n    * Having sex with a succession of anonymous partners or prostitutes and treating them as objects to be used for sex\n    * Using commercial sexually explicit phone lines and Internet chat rooms\n    * Engaging in excessive masturbation\n    * Using pornographic materials frequently\n    * Engaging in masochistic or sadistic sex, such as experiencing sexual excitement by inflicting or receiving pain during sex\n    * Exposing yourself in public\n    * Often feeling compelled to engage in sexual activity when you're stressed, anxious or depressed\n\nPeople who are sexually obsessed can be married and appear to live otherwise normal lives, though they may have difficulty establishing and maintaining emotional intimacy.\n\nSexually obsessive behavior tends to be chronic, intense and beyond your control. Although you may seek gratification through sexually compulsive behavior, you're unlikely to achieve fulfillment over the long term. In fact, you may feel that your life is becoming increasingly empty. People with compulsive sexual behavior often use sex as an escape from other problems, such as loneliness, depression, anxiety or stress.\nCauses\n\nMany experts believe that other psychological disorders underlie sexual obsessions and compulsions. Compulsive sexual behavior may be a maladaptive coping mechanism for other emotional problems, including mood and personality disorders.\n\nFor example, if you grew up in a dysfunctional family or were sexually, emotionally or physically abused as a child, you may have developed an unhealthy attitude toward sex. These early traumatic experiences may lead you to feel shameful and unworthy; these emotions can inhibit normal sexual expression and intimacy and can result in extremes in sexual activity. Many people who engage in compulsive sexual activity report a past history of sexual or physical abuse.\n\nIf you're feeling lonely and depressed, you may perceive your sexual compulsions as a way of filling the voids in your life. But even if compulsive sexual behavior brings you short-term relief, your negative feelings are likely to return, often at an intensified level.\n\nIn some cases, the cause of compulsive sexual behavior can be a neurological disorder, such as epilepsy or dementia.\nWhen to seek medical advice\n\n
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It kinda sounds like OCD Obssessive Compulsive Disorder.\n\nWith the right meds you can control it.
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i think it's a freak of nature. in any case, i have a friend who has a grey strand of hair groing just below her left eye. and a colleague who has a long strand of hair, grey too, on her right elbow. both of them consider these their lucky strands!
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you really do need to see a doctor because this is an illness. i saw on 60 minutes a while back this same subject. the women were miserable because they couldnt stop plucking their hairs, they had huge bald spots on their heads due to this illness.  please see a doctor and let him direct you to someone who can help you.  i dont think you are going to be able to quit on your own. good luck. i wish you the best.
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This sounds like an autoimmune alopecia--alopecia areata is the usual name for this.  There are several other diseases, however, that can cause hair loss--thyroid disease is an example, as is syphilis--so a trip to your friendly neighborhood physician is in order.\n\nOdds are, this is alopecia areata, and a topical steroid lotion may be of some help.\n\nOr, of course, you could just give up and bic your bod...\n\nOK, OK, bad suggestion.  So go see a doctor, already.