'I would fiddle, and play with one hair at a time, and it felt nice to pull it out - so I'd pull it out, and then discard the hair on the floor, and I just couldn't stop. 'Once I'd started having noticeable bald spots and my parents were worried about it, that's when I started doing it in secret. 'I knew I was doing it but I didn't know why I was doing it, so I didn't say anything to start with.' It wasn't until she was confronted by her brother in her twenties that Laura decided to try and do something about the hair pulling, spending thousands on therapy. I talked to them about it, and they put me on a list for some therapy and suggested some Prozac.

Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2026 13:10 UTC