Hair pulling disorder gene found BBC News, September 2006

'Losing my hair was far worse than losing my breast, because who sees that? Your hair is the first thing anyone notices'  The Observer Sunday October 30, 2005

'I pulled out my hair' article in B magazine December 2004  To read this article please go to Lucinda Ellerys website

   Hair Pulling: A Baffling Disorder by Jennifer Raikes
   Psychology Today May-June 2003
 
   Tricho what? "I'm so stressed; I could pull out my hair"  by Judy Howe
   Briarpatch Magazine (American) July-August 2002
 
   Compulsive Hair Pulling: Understanding and Treating Trichotillomania by Holly VanScoy
   27th July 2001