Has anyone else had this WEIRD craving?

[BorgLady]

I really really want to chew my hair! Especially while I am reading. It's driving me crazy and giving me nasty split ends, but I want to do it so much I don't care.

Anyone else had this? What might my body be lacking?

Or is it just crazy?

weird cravings can be a sign of iron or other deficiencies

just googled it and hair cravings can be a sign of pica. Some more information here

Towards the end of my last pgcy I had an overwhelming craving to touch and smell ds1's skin. I don't see how that could mean my body was lacking in somehting! In any case I took iron supplements throughout.

I don't see why you shouldn't indulge, it seems fairly harmless. Just try not to swallow the hair. The craving will pass, you'll trim your hair, and the split ends won't matter.

It was sponges for me, I had an irrestible urge to chew sponges. Dp used to find me locked in the bathroom chewing sponges

thats my craving carmenere! I have to smell brand new sponges im totally addicted and dp keeps hiding them grrr have so far resisted the urge to chew as im not sure there digestable pmpl

SPONGES!!!!

I'm so glad im not the only one lol

I have to buy the green and white sponge scourers then i jump in the bath with a magazine and chew them full of water. I then keep them in a cup in the bathroom and pop in a few (thousand) times a day and have a little munch. Then when they start breaking i throw them away and start afresh

weird but oh so satisfying!!!!

I might try sponges, that does sound appealing. Glad to know I'm not the only one who craves chewing, it's so weird!

I'll have to keep an eye on that Pica thing, I'd never heard of it before. Thanks for the link!

How weird is that? It was chewing wet sponges that particularly appealed to me. What on earth is that about???

Someone i know was into nibbling pine!! Think it was the smell.....she used to have a big binliner if pine shavings and used to rub her face in it...

i think it goes back to when i was little i used to suck the bath water out of sponges alot! Lol this is my second iv had this craving with both. Could never put one with a scourer in my mouth though incase i scrubbed a filling pmpl the thought of that is giving me horrid goosebumps like chewing wool lol

ooooooh i love the gritty feeling of the scourer!!