I don’t remember the first time I pulled out my eyelashes and eyebrows. But I do remember the distress this compulsion caused me when I was in high school, before I understood why I did it or how to ...

An eyelash takes six weeks to grow back. I learned this when I was 9 years old, and to me, it was the world's most important lesson. For months, I had been pulling out my eyelashes and playing with ...