Smoking 1 Pack Per Day For 30 Years, Men's Sacrificial In Austria Grows Hair

Illustration of hair loss. (Freepic-Sweet_tomato)

JAKARTA - A man in Austria (52) who for 30 years smoked 1 pack per day experienced a very rare condition. Inside the man's throat grows hair.

This health condition, named endotrakeal hair growth, had to be faced by the man for 14 years. He also became scheduled to pull out his hair in his throat if he didn't want to continue to lengthen.

Citing Hindustantimes, Thursday 27 June, a report by the American Journal of Case Reports said the man visited doctors for the first time in 2007.

This patient complained of hoarse sounds, difficulty breathing, and chronic cough. He also told doctors that he found 5 centimeters long hair coming out of his mouth after coughing.

To the doctor, he also said he had a history of being an active smoker since 1990 and his health problems have been experienced since 2006.

The doctors then carried out bronoscopy on him and found several hairs growing in the patient's throat area.

The patient's throat was operated when he was a child due to drowning in the pool. The operation involved a trakeotomi, namely cutting the trakea so that the air hose can be installed to help oxygen reach its lungs.

The medical action was then closed using skin grafts and prone bones from the patient's ears. However, the area then became a place for hair to grow when the patient was an adult.

The patient finally underwent surgery to remove his 6-9-inch hair from his throat. However, the hair was removed after growing again.

Until finally every year for 14 years in a row, the patient visited the hospital to pull out his hair in his throat.

According to the doctor who handled this case, the hair growth stemmed from the habit of patients smoking. This condition stopped after the man stopped smoking in 2022.

The doctors then coagulated the plasma argon endoscopy, which involved burning hair cells.

A year after the procedure, two hairs were removed from the throat and coagulation was carried out again. Since then, there have been no reports of hair growth experienced by the patient.