"I was a real-life Rapunzel - but chopped my hair off for an easier life"

A woman branded a "real life Rapunzel" by her friends and family says she decided to chop a metre off her hair because she got bored of it.

Anaram Alizadeh, 25, from Zurich, Switzerland, blamed her hair for worsening her neck and shoulder pain and says they took an entire day to wash and style.

Despite loving the compliments she received, the political science student says having 1m 20cm hair wasn't worth the upkeep - and her head feels a lot lighter now.