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Trichotillomania: New Study Explains Why People Feel Compelled to Pull Out Their Own Hair
A new study on trichotillomania traces the condition’s origins back to ancient texts, noting that the earliest recorded mention appears i…
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A new study on trichotillomania traces the condition’s origins back to ancient texts, noting that the earliest recorded mention appears in Hippocrates’ *Epidemics III* from 410 BCE, and Aristotle later referenced hair‑pulling and nail‑gnawing in his *Nicomachean Ethics* around 350 BCE. The research highlights how these historical accounts demonstrate that the compulsion to pull out one’s own hair has been recognized for millennia.
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