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Is it true that shaving baby’s hair will do grow thicker hair for the baby?

August 13th, 2009

Now that your baby is already 4 months old, your relatives have begun suggesting you to shave your baby’s hair bald. They said, it’s good to grow a thicker hair for the baby. Now is this myth true? Find out below

I really hope that shaving baby’s hair can make baby’s hair grow thicker (my baby has really thin hair), unfortunately according to experts, this practice is more like a routine in some cultures, but it has no effect on how the hair grows in.

The reason is this: hair grows from a follicle beneath the surface of the scalp. What you do to the hair that’s on the outside has no effect on the hair that’s developing in the follicle.

Usually around 4 months old, it’s very common for babies to lose some or even all of the hair they were born with. After that, the new hair might take a while to grow again and when it does it may be thicker or curlier or even a new color. But the fact ism whether you shave, or brush, it won’t affect how the hair grows in. Thick or not thick, long or not long, that’s up to genetics.

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