India, July 15 -- Did you know trichophagia is a rare psychological disorder characterised by compulsive hair-eating? Back in 2024, it was reported that surgeons in Ecuador removed a large hairball (trichobezoar) from a young woman's stomach, highlighting the rare condition of trichophagia, where people eat their own hair. A Gizmodo.com report dated July 19, 2024, about the woman's hairball removal is quite fascinating. Also read | This CT scan belongs to 'a 73 year old woman in whom doctors discovered a 30 year old calcified fetus' aka stone baby

The hairball weighed approximately 2 pounds (around 900 grams). The giant hairy mass inside the 24-year-old woman reportedly caused her intense stomach pain, frequent vomiting, and increasing d...