Yes. And beard hair, too.
Do people suffering from trichotillomania ever go after the nose or ear hair?
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boydster@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Yup. It can exhibit anywhere. In general, you’ll see people having a “preference” for specific spots, but it’s fairly rare for it to be exclusive to only one.
After head hair, eyebrows tend to be the most common, followed by arms.
Those that grow facial hair would likely be higher in the list except that not everyone grows enough of it to be able to pull it at all. But you’ll often see folks dealing with the issue try to pull at the sideburn area even if they don’t grow anywhere else, and even if it isn’t long enough.
I’ve heard that it’s largely based on ease of reach rather than anything else. Otherwise you’d see it on the lower extremities more often.
But it is an unconscious thing, so that makes sense. If they could consciously choose where to pluck, everyone dealing with trichotillomania would just hit the easier to hide spots first.
Mothra@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I have a relative who will obsessively pluck their nose hair. It’s like they don’t realise they’re doing it. They do that and the eyebrows.