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Jennifer Raikes

Hair Pulling: A Baffling Disorder
One woman battles trichotillomania, the urge to pull out her own hair. Up to 11 million Americans wrestle daily with an overwhelming urge to pluck hair from their own bodies. Here, one woman describes her never-ceasing struggle with this impulse-control disorder.

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