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1. Background

Trichotemnomania (TT) is an extremely rare and underassessed condition [1]. It is defined as shaving or cutting of one’s own hair anywhere in the body using scissors or a razor, and it has been considered as obsessive-compulsive behaviour [2]. Although trichotillomania has been welldescribed since 1987 under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [1], trichotemnomania is rarely reported and likely misdiagnosed. e name trichotemnomania stems from Greek words: thrix (hair), temnein (cut), and mania (madness)[3]. In contrast to trichotemnomania, children with trichotillomania pull their own hairs. Both conditions are self-induced and not convinced to change their routine behaviour [4]. Children with this condition are ashamed due to their behaviour and have psychological pain in them [4]. Unless clinicians have a greater degree of suspicion and perform dermoscopic examination, there is a high probability that the diagnosis remain unexposed and may be misdiagnosed as trichotillomania. e dermatoscopic examination demonstrates healthy-looking hair shafts and is helpful to differentiate trichotemnomania from