The parents of a teen were shocked to discover that their 15-year-old daughter was carrying around a ball of hair weighing 1.6 kg in her abdomen. Swati Somani, a Std IX student, was complaining of severe abdominal pain since a month ago. When none of the remedies worked, her parents finally took her to Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri.

The mass of hair, which had balled up in the teenager’s belly over six years, began giving her acute aches about a month ago