When will the hair on a newborn's face fall off

Newborn babies will have lanugo, and some babies have more obvious lanugo. Parents are worried that if the lanugo falls off too early, the baby's hair will be sparse in the future. If it falls off completely, they are afraid that the baby's hair will be too thick, which will affect the appearance. Especially for girls, too much hair will give people a bad impression. So when does the lanugo on the face of a newborn fall off?

When does the fetal hair fall off?

Many people think that the lanugo only falls off after the baby is born. In fact, the baby's lanugo will fall off once in the mother's womb during the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy, and then gradually fall off a second time not long after birth, until all the lanugo falls off. There is no fixed time for this. Everyone is different. It is determined by personal physique and genetics. There is no need to deliberately shave or cut it.

In short, except for babies with special diseases or premature babies, lanugo is generally only seen on the body and face of newborn babies. It will slowly fall off over time. The hair on the head will also quickly change from lanugo to colored soft hair after birth.

The amount of hair a child has is mostly related to genetics, and has little to do with the mother's nutritional intake during pregnancy. Most newborns have fine and soft hair, and the front and back hair edges are low, which makes the baby's hair appear to be less and look like a bald head. But in fact, this is just one of the characteristics of physiological hair loss, so parents don't need to be too nervous. This phenomenon will stabilize after one and a half years old. The metabolism of hair will gradually slow down after the baby is one and a half years old and no special treatment is needed.