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Hair eating (trichophagia) - definition, symptoms and causes of hair eating

Anxiety disorders

Dr n. med. Magdalena Justyna Kacperska

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Hair eating (trichophagia) - definition, symptoms and causes of hair eating

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Trichophagia (hair eating), is a condition that involves chewing and eating whole hairs or hair follicles and biting them with swallowing. It is a condition that affects a large group of patients with trichotillomania.

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Causes-of-disease Symptoms-of-disease Trichophagy

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