The condition is called trichotillomania, and is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to pull out your own hair. (Photo: Corbis/Erika Svensson) For 20 years, from age 4 to 24, Lindsey Muller ...

Stress. We all experience it at some point. The biting, nagging, foreboding feeling that puts us on high alert. The associated exhaustion, guilt and suffering. Stress can make us want to do things we ...

When I was 14, I started at a highly selective high school. Always a lover of math, I happily enrolled in Algebra II+, an accelerated honors class where my inevitable drowning quickly became obvious.

Some children may use hair pulling as a coping mechanism during stressful times. When this action becomes compulsive, it may be trichotillomania. While many children play with their hair, consistent ...

There's a one-of-a-kind hair salon that is doing much more for its clients than just changing their hair style. From the outside, Love and Hair Peace Salon in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia ...