... of pediatric patients. In pediatric cases, parents should be advised and thoroughly educated that negative feedback and punishment for hair pulling are not going to produce positive results. Social support is a significant pillar to successful habit reversal training; therefore, physicians must convey...

... Hair pulling Pediatric dermatology Behavioral health The first case of trichotillomania (TTM), also known as trichotillosis, was reported in 1889 by a French dermatologist, Hallopeau [ 1 ]. It falls under the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...

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