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What kind of mental illness causes you to eat your hair?
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Default What kind of mental illness causes you to eat your hair? - 12-27-2008, 06:42 PM

I met this girl over the weekend who eats her own hair. Not just like nibbling, but eats large chunks at a time. Apparently this is a mental illness, does anyone know what it is?
   
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Default 01-02-2009, 02:23 PM

Cat scratch fever (my cat is always licking herself and barfing up hairballs).
   
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Default 01-04-2009, 06:05 PM

Maybe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
   
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