In Moscow, doctors removed hair up to 5 cm long that had grown in a man's larynx after his tracheostomy was closed

A 49-year-old patient at the Sverzhevsky Research Clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology had hair 3–5 cm long removed from his larynx; it had grown from hair follicles that entered the airways along with a skin flap used to close his tracheostomy. The treatment took place in several stages, and the man is healthy.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 9 November 2026 at 17:342 min read

The key facts

The hair grew from follicles that entered the airways with transplanted skin after a laryngeal tumor was removed at a regional hospital.
Surgeons removed the area of skin with the follicles, temporarily recreated the tracheostomy, and then the opening closed on its own.
According to the Department of Health, the cough and the sensation of a foreign body no longer bother the patient.

A rare complication after larynx surgery

Doctors in Moscow rid a 49-year-old man of hair that had grown directly inside his larynx. The city Department of Health announced this on its channel “Moscow Medicine”; ; details are reported by Life.ru. Several years ago, a tumor of the larynx was removed at one of the regional hospitals, after which the patient breathed through a tracheostomy — an opening in the neck — for some time. Later, the stoma was closed with a flap of the man's own skin, but hair follicles entered the airways along with the transplanted tissue. Over time, hair began to grow from them, making it difficult to breathe and swallow, and when the discomfort became constant, the patient turned to specialists at the Sverzhevsky Research Clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology.

How the treatment proceeded

“The hair was 3 to 5 cm long. This is a fairly rare but possible consequence of closing a tracheostomy with a skin flap,” said Elena Kirasirova, head of Otorhinolaryngology Department No. 7. The treatment was carried out in several stages: first, surgeons removed the problem area of skin along with the hair follicles and temporarily recreated the tracheostomy. When it was no longer needed, the tube was removed and the opening closed on its own. According to the doctors, the man is now doing well — the cough and unpleasant sensations in his throat no longer bother him.

Not the first unusual case in Moscow clinics

In connection with this case, Life.ru recalls other rare findings by Moscow surgeons: it was previously reported that a 25-year-old patient was found to have a teratoma in her ovary — a rare tumor inside which bone tissue and a fragment of a jaw with teethhad formed; surgeons also removed a tooth that had grown there from the nose of a 15-year-old teenager. The outlet cites these examples as illustrations of unusual clinical cases; the details of each are described in separate publications.