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Shaving babies' heads.

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Spidermama · 26/01/2006 22:16

I met a friend the other day who had shaved off her baby dd's hair. She's 12 months old. My friend says it'll grow back thicker for life.

Really? I can see why it would appear thicker initially, but does it really have this lasting affect.

It seems sad to shave off the cute bouncy dandelion down but if my friend is right it would be well worth it. I have fine, somewhat limp hair myself and dh's isn't much better.

What do you reckon?

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roosmum · 26/01/2006 22:17

sm...i have noooo idea...but what a great thread title!!

emkana · 26/01/2006 22:18

I always thought it was a myth that the hair grows back thicker, but am not 100 % sure.

Cutting off all the hair would make me cry though, I couldn't do that no matter what!

paolosgirl · 26/01/2006 22:18

It doesn't grow back thicker for life - my haridresser friend assures me it's an urban myth. All it does when they are babies is gets rid of the baby fluff, and the new thicker hair grows back in in one length.

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Next · 26/01/2006 22:18

I have also heard this but do not know if its true.

I certainly wouldnt do it though

Pruni · 26/01/2006 22:19

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Cristina7 · 26/01/2006 22:19

No, don't do it. It was common practice in Romania when I was a little girl (maybe still is common practice, i don't know) but I don't think we are all thick-haired as a result. I only had it shaved once or twice but my sister had it done 3 times. Last time she had it done my mum had just managed to convince her she looked good like that, then my dad saw her and asked mum "what did you do to the child?". Then sis burst into tears all over again.

tribpot · 26/01/2006 22:20

Nah. I used to have a theory that cutting your hair made it grow quicker, but it proved to be an urban myth .

LeftOverTurkey · 26/01/2006 22:20

Old wives tale. Cutting hair can't possibly affect the growth of new hair.

satine · 26/01/2006 22:20

How on earth can it affect how the hair grows? Each hair is formed within the follicle, I can't see how cutting off the dead end will change that.

soapbox · 26/01/2006 22:21

Not a good look is it

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Spidermama · 26/01/2006 22:22

Ok, ok I'll take it as a resounding 'no' then.
I'm glad really as I can't ever imagine shaving the soft fluffy curls.

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lucy5 · 26/01/2006 22:24

Sorry to hijack but Cristina where are you from in Romania? I used to work there.

Doesnt the muslim faith shave babies heads at some stage?

Cristina7 · 26/01/2006 22:26

Lucy - my family are from Pitesti (Arges) and I grew up in Bucharest. Where did you work?

lucy5 · 26/01/2006 22:27

I used to work Baia Mare (maramures[sp]) up in the north.

kama · 26/01/2006 22:29

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Cristina7 · 26/01/2006 22:29

I've been there once or twice in about 1991-92. Not an exciting place.

beetlejuice73 · 26/01/2006 22:33

This is common in Indian families, but strikes me as bollocks. My dad and his siblings were all shaved. He suggested several times that I should shave my DD's hair, and yet he never actually had me or my siblings shaved, so i suspect he's just trying to keep the faith by saying it.

RTKangaMummy · 26/01/2006 22:36

here is some info that explains it better

It is in HINDU families

SoupDragon · 26/01/2006 22:43

The ritual I was thinking of is Islam "On the seventh day of a baby's life his or her hair will be shaved off and the equivalent weight of gold given to the poor. " I remember seeing it on a children's programme explaining different religions once!!

Which is nothing to do with the original post mind you.

tribpot · 26/01/2006 22:45

Now I have had various Muslim friends do the shaving bit, but I'm going to question them on the gold angle tomrrow!

SoupDragon · 26/01/2006 22:57

Quite apart from the fact that we're not muslim, both DSs were virtually bald at birth so the poor would have got chuff all from us!

Janh · 26/01/2006 23:10

The new hair would look thicker, wouldn't it, to begin with anyway, because it would have blunt ends and all be the same length. (Like the lovely stubble when you shave your legs )

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