Hair Removal

Excoriation disorder often co-occurs with obsessive-compulsive disorder trichotillomania hair-pulling and major depressive disorder. However they frequently co-occur with obsessive compulsive disorder OCD and are informally considered OC spectrum disorders. Trichotillomania Wikipedia And even though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are commonly prescribed to combat hair pulling and skin picking theres increasing interest in an amino acid called N-acetylcysteine. Compulsive hair picking . Finding oneself hair pulling or skin picking after a significant amount of time minutes to hours during which the person was not aware of the pulling or picking. More commonly BFRBs take an emotional and social toll. Over time the hair can block the intestine and require surgical removal. Picking at your scalp doesnt always cause hair loss. In these cases the behaviour is repeated and hard to stop. OCD is a common chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollabl...