11-year-old boy suffering from trichotillomania become bald

Iowa, a 11-year-old boy, as suffering from mental disorder called trichotillomania, habitually unplug his hair, leading to baldness.

The consent of the parents, 11-year-old Max (Max Sherwood) bald pictures in the media, public opinion attention.

Suffering from trichotillomania (trichotillomania, also known as trichotillomania), the look of childish, he has become a bare scalp, the look is quite give up.

Boy's mother Candace interview with ABC (ABC) said in an interview, Max 2 grade in elementary school, began the habit of pulling the eyebrows, the problems stopped, four grades started to become hair-pulling.

Wore bald in the schools, making the Max became the object of ridicule classmates.

October 2009, Max in the public interest groups, "Children's Hair Club, " the assistance of man-made fiber knit join free of charge to the semi-permanent-style real hair wig. Only a few months using this wig, hair-pulling habit he disappeared.

Candace said, because the wig to glue fixed, Max can not remove the hair, "so he re-train his brain, so that attention is no longer focused on hair-pulling it on top, but transferred to other Things. "

Max said he now if you want to pull the hair, pull the rubber band to change to reduce unrest.

Psychiatrists point out that trichotillomania often appear at an early age, usually causes anxiety or boredom.

University of Pennsylvania Pro? Franklin, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry that trichotillomania through medication or behavioral therapy, some studies report the most effective two-pronged approach is recommended.