New Treatment Developed for Hair Pulling Disorder

Boston (DbTechNo) – A new pill has been developed for treating people who suffer from hair pulling disorder.

The supplement that comes in the form of a pill is called N-acetylcysteine and has been shown to benefit people with numerous types of compulsive disorders.

The pill was tested on a group of people diagnosed with hair pulling disorder, and the pill helped half of them resist the urge.

Hair pulling or trichotillomania, is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, that effects as many as 5 in every 200 people.

People with the condition have the unbarable urge to pull hair on various parts of their bodies, even to the point of baldness.

Currently people diagnosed with the condition are treated with various forms of antidepressants, which do little to curb the disorder.

The study can be found in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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