- A 24-year-old woman in Ecuador had a two-pound mass of hair removed from her stomach at Verdi Ceballos Balda General Hospital.
- The hair mass had grown over the last two years after the woman started eating her own hair.
- The surgery, which lasted 45 minutes, was necessary due to the patient experiencing intense pain, vomiting, and difficulty eating.
- The mass of hair reached the first part of the small intestine and caused the woman to lose a significant amount of weight.
- This surgery took place shortly after a similar case in England where doctors removed a six-inch long hairball from a seven-year-old girl’s stomach.
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General Surgery,Nursing,Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health