Oscars host Amy Schumer reveals struggle with hair-pulling disorder

US comedian Amy Schumer has revealed an ongoing struggle with trichotillomania, also known as hair-pulling disorder.

According to the United States non-profit medical research centre Mayo Clinic, trichotillomania is a mental health disorder where sufferers have"recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from scalp, eyebrows or other areas of body".that the condition manifested itself during a chaotic period in her life, and that she still suffers from it.

She has been open in the past about her turbulent family life, including about how her father went bankrupt and was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease known as multiple sclerosis. "I think everybody has a big secret and that's mine. And I'm proud that my big secret only hurts me but it's been what I've carried so much shame about for so long," she said.

Schumer added she was afraid that her two-year-old son - her only child with husband and chef Chris Fischer - might have inherited the condition, which has a genetic component."Every time he touches his head I'm having a heart attack."Trainwreck

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