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By Andrew Nuttall A teenager battling anxiety had to be rushed to hospital after she became unable to keep her food down. Unbeknownst to her parents, Jackie Williams and Gary Jones, Melissa had been eating her own hair to cope with her anxiety and bullying – a condition known as Rapunzel Syndrome. Doctors discovered a clump of hair the size of a rugby ball in her stomach and performed life-saving surgery to remove it – by cutting it into four pieces. Two years later, 15 year old Melissa’s hair is growing back “beautifully” and she has started taking her GCSEs, reports the Liverpool Echo. Jacki…

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