Rapunzel syndrome is a rare disorder in which undigested hair clumps together in your digestive tract. Find out what causes it and how it’s treated.

In Rapunzel syndrome, a trichobezoar (hair ball) forms in the stomach. Noemie/Flickr, CC BY. Fortunately, this woman made a successful recovery. But it’s unknown why she had been eating her own ...

But Rapunzel syndrome, a rare psychiatric condition where people eat their own hair, is all too real — and potentially deadly. Earlier this month, a 16-year-old student in the United Kingdom ...

A U.K. mom is speaking out about her daughter's hair-eating disorder, known as Rapunzel Syndrome, after struggling to find help — before it was nearly too late ...

For one woman, the inability to keep any food down was caused by an incredibly rare condition called "Rapunzel syndrome," according to a new report of her case.

A YOUNG girl with ‘Rapunzel syndrome’ had to undergo a four-hour operation to remove a huge hairball that was “eating through her stomach”. Sophia Goss began pulling out her… ...

Most cases of Rapunzel syndrome are reported in women and girls between the ages of 13 and 20 — especially in areas where long hair is common in the culture.

A 16-year-old girl died from “Rapunzel Syndrome,” and here’s what that means. By Arielle Tschinkel. September 19, 2017. By Arielle Tschinkel. September 19, 2017.

The patient is lucky: hairballs of this magnitude have been fatal — as with one 16-year-old girl from the UK in 2017, who died from Rapunzel syndrome after the trichobezoar prompted a lethal ...

The rare syndrome recently came into notice after an eight-year-old, Aditi in Bangalore was treated for trichobezoar, a condition caused by trichophagia, the compulsive eating of hair also known ...

Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome The teen didn't return for follow-up. Instead, she planned to see a hypnotherapist.