As early as when she was a child Tina liked eating her hair. Not on purpose, of course. She did it every time she was lazing about.

One time, her mom asked her to get up and do her chores. She didn't budge from where she sat, and continued to watch cartoons on TV. She twirled her hair around her fingers and sucked on them.

"You keep doing that and you'll get a stomach full of hair," her mother told her, but Tina ignored her.

When Tina was a teenager, she'd procrastinate on her homework often. Her hair-sucking had become a habit, which she continued to do while scrolling on her phone. She'd chew her hair as it grew.

As an adult, she often...