Abstract:Research Article AJODRR (2020) 3:17 Trichotillomania is chronic obsessive compulsive disease with a diagnostic hair loss patterns Background: Trichotillomania (TTM) is a common cause of childhood alopecia. It's a traumatic alopecia and is defined as the irresistible urge to pull out the hair, accompanied by a sense of relief after the hair has been plucked. The condition maybe episodic and the chronic type is difficult to treat. There seem to be an increase in the prevalence of the condition probably due to th… Show more
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