Doctors have removed a huge hairball from the stomach of a five-year-old girl, who won't stop eating hair.
Known as Rapunzel Syndrome, the hairball, also called a trichobezoar, is often caused by trichophagia or compulsive hair eating.
The large lump weighed 1.5kg or just over 3.3lbs.
The girl was initially taken to hospital after complaining of pain and swelling in her stomach, as well as loss of appetite.
Doctors identified that the source of the pain was a giant hairball stuck in her stomach.
The girl's parents admitted that she has been eating hair for the last two and a half years.
They reportedly tried to stop her and even resorted to cutting her hair.
But their efforts didn't work and she started eating other people's hair instead.
Dr Vivek Bhadoo led a team of five doctors in the operation to remove the huge bezoar at a civil hospital in Chandigarh, India.
Photographs show a giant lump of matted black hair being pulled out of the girl's stomach.
The hairball is curved and dense with smaller greenish yellow lumps attached to it.
The surgery to remove the hairball took over an hour according to doctors.
"This condition is mainly associated with people suffering from [a] psychiatric disorder," said Dr Bhadoo.
"However, it is very rare among children. Worldwide, its prevalence is 0.3%."
Another image shows the girl lying on her back in a hospital bed with a doctor standing next to her.
She is now reported to be in a stable condition.
