June 2026 in “Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science” This study found that social hair plucking in captive rhesus macaques is linked to alopecia and possibly relates to stress in females.
In this study of captive rhesus macaques, social hair plucking was related to kinship, showed characteristics of both prosocial and aggressive behaviors, and was associated with alopecia and hair cortisol concentrations in females.
This study observed that in captive rhesus macaques, social hair plucking is linked to alopecia and has kinship patterns similar to grooming, suggesting it may be socially influenced, though the health impacts and stress hormone (cortisol) changes involved remain uncertain.
This study found that social hair plucking in captive rhesus macaques was associated with alopecia and exhibited patterns similar to both prosocial and aggressive behaviors.
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March 2014 in “Body Image” This paper explores the social challenges individuals with medical hair loss face when using wigs, highlighting the complex identity management involved and the social obligations to disclose wig use to close ones.