I'll bet he was really only getting the hair removed so he'd be more like a child. Potentially less threatening without all that hair.
That was my thought, too. The Michael Jackson syndrome.
I heard on Today Show that he lost his mom at 12 and seems to 'live' in that age himself. They were showing the notes found at the Ramseys and kept in his journal. They seem to think they're a match. "S.B.T.C.: Shall Be The Conquerer