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Caring for baby's hairThe skin of children in their first months of life is delicate and soft. Proper care in the hair is critical to determine the health and texture of the hair in the future. Learn how to do this and make this time a pleasant experience for your child.

Baby hair
The experts determined that children develop hair follicles during the sixth month in utero. In fact, many mothers can be seen during ultrasound hair growth of their children.

At birth, the baby’s head is covered by a kind of fuzz that will fall to be replaced by a permanent hair with more texture and stronger, therefore, no need to cut in the first months.

Pedro Duarte, child doctor, says that “the heavy or light hair is an issue that is genetically engraved” and states that “the number of hairs you have is the number that hair is always going to have.” Therefore, a very common is shaving his head so that it leaves little more hair.

However, Dr. Duarte added: “May you go thicker, but you can shave 40 times and not going to be a hair more.” Many experts in hair care, meanwhile, say there is no evidence that the hair grows more volume, but it grows faster.

Every baby is different and that’s the reason why some are born with long hair, others with little and some almost bald. The dark-haired children usually have a full head of hair, while blondes have less and thinner.

Whatever your child’s case, it is important that during the first year of life to keep his head clean in a healthy way to stimulate hair growth. Read the rest of this entry »