Epilation

Hair plucking is the repeated inability to restrain the urge to pluck your own hair. It was first reported by Hallopeau in 1889. This disease may be a separate symptom or it may be related to some serious mental illness, such as mental retardation, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, and drug addicts. The prevalence of children with epilation is 7 times that of adults, and the prevalence of women is 2.5 times that of men.

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