Aug 9, 2021 · Doctors have removed a monster hairball weighing 1.5kg from a girl’s stomach after a rare disorder made her eat her own hair. The 15-year-old was admitted to hospital in Vallipuram, India, weighing just 35kg after reporting decreased appetite, weight loss and repeated episodes of …

Jul 19, 2024 · To most people, Rapunzel is a fairy tale character who had long flowing locks of hair and was shut up in a high tower. However, the beloved storybook icon also lends her name to an extremely rare health condition that killed a 16-year-old UK girl.

Oct 3, 2024 · A young girl had to undergo a nearly five-hour surgery to remove a hairball from her stomach, a symptom of the rare, often misunderstood “Rapunzel syndrome.”

Feb 15, 2021 · A teen in the U.K. who compulsively ate her own hair ended up developing a massive hair ball in her stomach that tore a hole through her stomach wall, according to a new report.

Mar 31, 2024 · A 15-year-old girl was diagnosed with Rapunzel Syndrome after doctors found a 3kg hairball in her stomach during surgery to relieve her of constant stomachache and vomiting. Melissa said she ate her hair to deal with anxiety and bullying in school.

Feb 18, 2021 · Doctors say the girl suffered from a condition that caused her to pull out her hair and ingest it called trichotillomania.

May 17, 2024 · A seven-year-old girl had to have a hairball removed from her stomach in a five-hour operation. Mia, from Redcar, was rushed to hospital in Newcastle in March with stomach pains and sickness.

Aug 21, 2019 · Surprisingly, doctors found a 3-lb. (1.3 kilograms) hair ball wedged in her stomach. The girl was diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome, an extremely rare condition in which a hair ball in the...

May 30, 2019 · The unnamed teen, from Tomsk, Siberia, in Russia, suffers from a condition called Rapunzel syndrome, which makes her eat her own hair. Surgeons at Emergency Medicine Clinic Number Two were...

Mar 26, 2024 · Doctors discovered a clump of hair the size of a rugby ball in her stomach and performed life-saving surgery to remove it - by cutting it into four pieces. Two years later, 15 year old Melissa's...