How Do We Get Brain Damage From Pulling Hair?

Don’t be silly – you can’t get brain damage from pulling your hair!

Your brain and your hair follicles are separated by your skull, so when you pull your hair, the most you’ll do is damage the hair follicle.

If you keep doing this, your hair might stop growing back so fast – or even at all – but you won’t get brain damage!

What Can Cause Brain Damage?

• Illnesses
• Drug or alcohol abuse
• Strokes, aneurysms and brain surgery
• Head injuries or traumas
• Shortage of oxygen – being suffocated or choked, or nearly drowning
• Adverse effects of medical treatment

As you can see, hair-pulling isn’t on that list!

There’s actually a medical condition called trichotillomania, though - where people will repeatedly pull and twist on their hair until it falls out.

People with this disorder usually suffer from anxiety, depression or OCD, but they don’t end up with brain damage!