Fluoxetine and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ( SSRIs ) have limited usefulness in treating trichotillomania, and can often have significant side effects.
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Her parents took her to countless dermatologists during her childhood, until one finally referred her to a therapist who recognized her condition as trichotillomania.
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People who suffer from trichotillomania often pull only one hair at a time and these hair-pulling episodes can last for hours at a time.
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Some people with trichotillomania wear hats, wigs, false eyelashes, eyebrow pencil, or style their hair in an effort to avoid such attention.
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The SLITRK1 gene has also been implicated in a small percentage of cases of trichotillomania, an impulse disorder where the patients compulsively pull their own hair.
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Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, skin picking, temporomandibular disorder ( TMJ ), and stuttering.
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N-acetylcysteine has been shown to decrease cravings and use of cocaine and tobacco, as well as other compulsive behaviors such as gambling and trichotillomania.
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Trichotillomania typically starts either in early childhood, before the age of 6, or during adolescence and young adulthood, from about 13 to the early 20s.
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Trichotillomania is a disorder that affects an estimated 1 percent to 2 percent of the U . S . population, or 4 million to 11 million Americans.
