Hair Care And Hair-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

This review examines the existing research on pathologic hairpulling, skin picking, and nail biting, suggesting these behaviors are underrecognized and may benefit from a unified diagnostic categorization; it reports no new clinical findings.

This article discusses body-focused repetitive behaviors like trichotillomania and excoriation disorder, noting their higher prevalence than previously thought and the importance of dermatologic and psychiatric assessment in treatment; it reports no new clinical results.

This study found that 29.6% of patients seeking treatment for hair loss meet the criteria for hair-related body dysmorphic disorder, significantly higher than in general dermatology patients.

This review highlights that obsessive-compulsive disorder and body-focused repetitive behaviors are increasingly encountered in dermatology, often going undetected, and emphasizes the role of dermatologists in early identification and interdisciplinary treatment to address both physical and psychological aspects for improved outcomes.

This review evaluates various cognitive-behavioral interventions for trichotillomania but does not report new clinical findings, highlighting the need for further research on their efficacy.