Likely she was just trying to make him tear out his hair.
"It made me miss a lot of work, and I was tearing my hair out."
It's stressful, and some days I just want to tear my hair out.
In the control truck they were tearing out their hair.
I would tear my hair out after five minutes of those games.
"I have to deal with patients on a daily basis and it sometimes makes me want to tear my hair out."
Feel free to tear your hair out in the interim if you do.
She wouldn't have left him to run through the house like a madman, tearing out his hair.
"They act like they're ready to tear each other's hair out."
It felt as if she was going to tear my hair out by the roots.