2006-09-23 05:13:32 · 11 answers · asked by OnionSkin 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The phenomenon you are describing is called trichotilomania which is an impulsive control disorder. Although it is not too dangerous, in extreme cases hairballs may develop in the abdomen (called trichobezoar). This condition can lead to intestinal blockage, which may only be relieved via surgery.
2006-09-23 05:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a lot. You can't digest your hair (or your fingernails, which are made of the same protein), so if you eat enough hair at a time you may get a hairball, but if you nibble it in small pieces like people who bite their nails, you won't even notice it. (Until you get a strand stuck halfway down and it makes you gag.)
Oh, and your hair won't really look terrific.
2006-09-23 05:18:05 · answer #2 · answered by telcontar328 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a hairstylist, I have pulled many hair splinters out of my body. Hair can be sharp and work its way into the skin. I'd be concerned what its doing inside your body and the soft tissue thats in there.
2006-09-23 05:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much, unless you eat a lot. It will be digested or passed. There are better things to eat.
2006-09-23 05:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by fdrsnail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat your hair and find out!!!
2006-09-23 05:20:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will get a hairball (look at cats.)
2006-09-23 05:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will cough up hairballs.
2006-09-23 06:02:05 · answer #7 · answered by togo4thandprosper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll get lots of fiber
2006-09-23 05:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by mhlfj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probable.... I don't know
2015-06-25 14:23:04 · answer #9 · answered by Raymond 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will die a agonizing death
2006-09-23 05:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by tom 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋