This holiday season, I am retiring my extra small knotless braids in exchange for creative low-tension styles. I knew it was time to reset when, this summer, I found a small bald spot, aka traction ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Colino is a contributor for TIME. When your brush quickly becomes clogged with hair or you start finding increasing numbers of stray strands on your clothes, it's ...

The reasons for hair loss and thinning run the gamut. You could be dealing with vitamin deficiencies; your stress levels can lead to shedding; your genetics come into play. But there are some other ...

FARGO - When Sandra Bodek was a little girl, she plucked the eyelashes from her dolls. By the time she was 9, she was plucking her own. Her hair-pulling moved to her scalp around age 10. Bodek, 36, of ...

CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the painful zing of a hair pull. And this pain message can rip along a nerve fiber at about 100 miles an hour, ...

For many young women, a full, healthy head of hair is a symbol of vitality and confidence. So when they start noticing more strands on their pillow or in the shower drain, it can be a source of ...

The differential diagnoses for hair loss are grouped into three categories: disturbances of the hair cycle, damage to the hair shaft, or disorders affecting the follicle. The following is not meant to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Trichotillomania, a poorly understood disorder in which a person repeatedly pulls out their own hair, leading to visible hair loss, can have a crippling effect on its ...