Trichophagia is the compulsive eating of hair. Most often, long hair is masticated while still attached to the head and then swallowed. The hair eventually collects in the gastrointestinal tract causing symptoms such as indigestion and stomach pain. A purgative can be given to induce the trichobezoar (hairball) to come out. A bezoar is a sort of calculus or concretion, a stone found in the intestines of mostly ruminant animals. ...
Photographs of the surgical removal of a hairball - [1]
On November 24, 2007, it was reported that surgeons removed a 4.5kg hairball from the stomach of a US teen who was suffering from a psychological condition which caused her to snack on her own hair. Rapunzel Syndrome (also known as Trichobezoar) is an extremely rare intestinal condition. ... Trichotillomania (TTM), or trich as it is commonly known, is an impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, facial hair, nose hair, pubic hair, eyebrows or other body hair. ...
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