Who pulls out their hair?
Research indicates that trich affects far more women than men (about 93% of people with trich are female). Christenson and colleagues (1991a, 1994) suggested that the high female to male sex ratio for trich may be artificially inflated as, in general, more women seek psychological treatment than men. It is also possible that men are more able to hide their bald spots or attribute them to male pattern baldness, thus avoiding treatment altogether. However, it is widely believed that predominantly more women pull their hair than men.
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