What are the scientific taboos of shaving baby hair?

Within a few weeks after the baby is born, the lanugo will gradually fall off the baby's body, but the hair must be shaved off. Because the baby's skin is tender, if parents do not disinfect and care for it in time, it is very likely to cause skin damage in the process of shaving the lanugo. Therefore, the time to shave the lanugo should be careful not to choose winter or during the period of eczema. It must be ensured that the baby is one month old.

The baby's lanugo may fall off in the first few weeks after birth and recover after a few months. Mothers should not shave it deliberately.

During the neonatal period (0-6 months), babies generally go through 1-2 hair changes, during which hair continues to fall out and new hair slowly grows.

During infancy (over 6 months), the baby's soft hair gradually falls off and is replaced by permanent hair. The baby's hair begins to enter a stable growth period.

According to folklore, shaving a baby's head when it is one month old and removing all the hair with a razor can make the baby's hair grow thicker and thicker in the future. In fact, this statement has no scientific basis.

Mothers should not deliberately shave their baby's hair. The baby's scalp is very tender. If an unsterilized razor is used to shave the hair, it is easy to scratch the scalp and cause fungal infection. At the same time, the original layer of fetal skin on the baby's head will be "scraped" off. Without the protection of the fetal skin, bacteria can easily take advantage and cause infection. Just pay attention to taking good care of your baby at ordinary times.

According to folklore, shaving a baby's head when it is one month old and removing all the hair with a razor can make the baby's hair grow thicker and thicker in the future. In fact, this statement has no scientific basis.

Moreover, the baby's scalp is very tender, and shaving with an unsterilized razor can easily scratch the scalp and cause fungal infection. At the same time, the original layer of fetal skin on the baby's head will be "scraped" off. Without the protection of the fetal skin, bacteria can easily take advantage and cause infection.

Is it necessary to shave the lanugo?

Many young parents like to shave their baby's hair and eyebrows after the baby is one month old. They thought that doing so would make their children's hair and eyebrows grow dark and thick in the future. In fact, this practice lacks scientific basis.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "hair is the residue of blood." As long as you are in good health, your hair will grow fast and thickly. However, the hair of people with unhealthy bodies will grow sparsely or even fall out in clumps, and the hair will be dry, yellow and dull. In addition, the baby's skin is thin and tender, and the stratum corneum of the epidermis is not fully developed. When shaving their heads and eyebrows, babies are ignorant and active and are not easy to cooperate. It is easy to damage the skin and allow bacteria to take advantage of the opportunity to enter, causing suppurative inflammation of the skin and other infectious diseases. If bacteria invade the hair roots of the skin and cause folliculitis, it will also affect the normal growth of hair and even cause hair loss. If the eyebrows become infected or ulcerated, and scars form after the ulcer heals, you will never grow eyebrows again.

Generally speaking, a baby's eyebrows will fall off and be replaced on their own in the 3-6 months after birth as a process of metabolism. Therefore, young parents should not shave the hair or eyebrows of their one-month-old babies, as that is harmful and useless.