Amy Schumer Just Revealed Her ‘Secret’ Health Battle—We Feel So Bad For Her!

Amy Schumer has always been honest with her fans about her health, and her latest confession is that she is a long-time sufferer of Trichotillomania, more commonly known as the compulsive hair-pulling disorder. The 40-year-old comedian finally opened up about the “big secret” she was hiding for years after the condition was included in her Hulu comedy-drama series, Life & Beth.

Trichotillomania is described as a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB), and falls into the same category as nail biting, and skin picking, for example. The mom-of-one spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how the condition – which reportedly affects 1.7% of the US population – affected her when she was a child. She said that she remembers that she first started pulling her hair out after her father declared bankruptcy after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and her mother left him for the married father of her best friend. Schumer recalled that at one point, the condition got so bad, she needed to wear a wig due to the sheer volume of hair she had pulled out!