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    Glossary Trichophagia

    compulsive eating of one's own hair

    Trichophagia is a compulsive behavior where an individual eats their own hair. This condition is often associated with trichotillomania, a disorder characterized by the urge to pull out one's hair, and can lead to serious medical complications such as the formation of hairballs (trichobezoars) in the digestive tract.

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    1. Trichotillomania and Trichophagia: Modern Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods Dermatology and Therapy · 2018 · 30 citations
    2. Trichotillomania, Trichophagia and Trichobezoar in a Male Paediatric Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review International Journal of Surgery Case Reports · 2024 · 4 citations
    3. An unusual case of trichotillomania and trichophagia associated with authentic hair extension as seen in a young African-American female adult Discover Psychology · 2022
    4. Annals of General Psychiatry An unusual case of trichotillomania and trichophagia in a young African American female adult Research Square (Research Square) · 2022
    5. A Subset of TREM2+ Dermal Macrophages Secretes Oncostatin M to Maintain Hair Follicle Stem Cell Quiescence and Inhibit Hair Growth Cell Stem Cell · 2019 · 101 citations
    6. TREMendous Macrophages Inhibit Hair Growth Cell Stem Cell · 2019 · 4 citations
    7. Novel immune mechanisms in androgenetic alopecia 2024
    8. Tricoses compulsivas Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia · 2004 · 13 citations
    9. A trichobezoar in a child with undiagnosed celiac disease: A case report World journal of gastroenterology · 2014 · 9 citations
    10. Rapunzel syndrome: a rare form of trichobezoar in the stomach with some extension into the small intestine Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica (Tiskana izd.) · 2018 · 6 citations
    11. Fatal Rapunzel Syndrome American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology · 2023 · 3 citations
    12. Classification of psychodermatological disorders: Proposal of a new international classification 2023 · 2 citations
    13. Trichotillomania with trichotillophagia, Progressive Psychosis-Like Symptoms and Disinhibition, Following Suspected Frontal Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report 2026
    14. Gastric Trichobezoar in a 2‐Year‐Old Girl With Severe Malnutrition and Social Risk: A Case Report Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health · 2026
    15. From Hair-Pulling to Trichobezoars and Rapunzel Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of Trichotillomania Quality in Sport · 2024
    16. Searching for a Lead: Diagnosing a Rare Cause of Recurrent Intussusception Pediatrics in Review · 2024
    17. Complicated Trichotillomania of a Trichobezoar about a Clinical Case Scholars academic journal of biosciences · 2023
    18. Trichotillomania with Giant Gastric Trichobezoar in a Female Child: A Case Report European medical journal · 2022
    19. TRICHOTILLOMANIA WITH GIANT GASTRIC TRICHOBEZOAR IN A FEMALE CHILD: A CASE REPORT European medical journal · 2022
    20. 10-Year-Old Female with an Irregularly Shaped Patch of Hair Loss Clinical Cases in Dermatology · 2022
    21. Unusual Presentation of Rapunzel Syndrome in an 8-Year-Old Girl International journal of medical science and clinical invention · 2020
    22. Trichotillomania Springer eBooks · 2018
    23. Trichobezoar: An Uncommon Cause of Upper GI Bleeding The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2012
    24. Rapunzel Syndrome as a Rare Presentation of Trichobezoar ˜The œInternet journal of surgery · 2008
    25. 발모벽 환자의 임상 병리조직학적 관찰 및 동물 실험적 연구 대한피부과학회지 · 1999
    26. Gastrointestinal bezoars: two distinct cases illustrating diagnostic and surgical challenges International Journal of Surgery Case Reports · 2026
    27. Trichotillomania American Journal of Psychiatry · 2016 · 219 citations
    28. Rapunzel Syndrome in a Pediatric Female Patient: A Case Report of Trichobezoar Causing Intestinal Obstruction Cureus · 2026
    29. Immune cell regulation of the hair cycle Experimental Dermatology · 2020 · 27 citations
    30. Psychocutaneous disease Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2017 · 38 citations