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Angela Wairimu often gets the urge to pull out her lashes strand by strand. She talks to JACQUELINE MAHUGU about living with, trichotillomania, the compulsive disorder that experts say mostly affects women.
"Can someone please tell me what 'uchawi' (witchcraft) this is? I keep pulling out my eye lashes I have a bald spot on my eye sasa, it's so painful but I just can't stop myself, hio uchungu (the pain) is just too good. And this is not the first time, I'm trying to make sure that this is the last time lakini."
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