Just in case you’ve regained your appetite since yesterday:

Doctors say this hairball removed from a woman’s stomach weighed 10 pounds.

HAIRBALL: Appetizing, attractive, serene…

A previously healthy 18-year-old woman who consulted a team of gastrointestinal specialists. She complained of a five-month history of pain and swelling in her abdomen, vomiting after eating and a 40-pound weight loss. “On questioning, the patient stated that she had had a habit of eating her hair for many years — a condition called trichophagia.” The woman underwent surgery to remove the mass of black, curly hair, which weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches, the doctors said.

Thanks to Cory for sending me this link. It’s absolutely disgusting, but strangely compelling, at the same time—my favorite kind of nonsense news story.