About two to four percent of the population suffers from a desire to pull out one’s own hair. This disease, called Trichotillomania, targets women and usually begins in childhood. Women who suffer from this disease can make themselves half bald, and then deal with other issues such as social and nervous disorders.

However, new research showed that patients who “took an antioxidant called N-acetylcysteine, sold over the counter at vitamin stores, had significant improvement over patients who took placebos.” Researchers are also trying to figure out how to classify the disease. Some feel it is “related to obsessive …read more