# Newborn baby born with hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 22, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758 "2016-02-22T00:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/1 "2016-02-22T00:29:17Z")
The sister of a friend of mine just gave birth to a baby boy yesterday. In looking at the picture, this baby seems to have quite a lot of hair. Is it normal for a baby to be born with recognizable hair? It’s quite a contrast to my friend’s other sister who gave birth 2 months ago. That baby is still close to bald, even after two months. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/2 "2016-02-22T00:37:02Z")
Sure it’s normal. I delivered a lot of babies with pretty full heads of hair, back in my baby-delivering days. Nothing remarkable about it at all. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/3 "2016-02-22T00:37:56Z")
Either way it’s normal. Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/4 "2016-02-22T00:39:32Z")
Yup. Normal. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/5 "2016-02-22T00:43:11Z")
Another vote for normal. One of my cousins came home from the hospital with a bow in her hair. Our (Italian) family has thick hair. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/6 "2016-02-22T00:45:53Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Either way it’s normal. Seriously? Absolutely. My baby picture and my brother’s baby picture show a tiny amount of fuzz, so does my nephew’s. Before the smart phone era, I didn’t often see pictures of newborn babies that weren’t very close to the family. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/7 "2016-02-22T00:51:53Z")
It’s often more noticeable on babby with dark hair. Blonde babby often has very fine, very light hair that sort to blends in. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/8 "2016-02-22T00:57:13Z")
Bald is more common than hairy, but it’s still not anything bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/9 "2016-02-22T01:05:35Z")
All three of mine, including the one born 6 weeks early, had 1-2 inches of hair on their head at birth. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/10 "2016-02-22T01:09:48Z")
My daughter was born with hair , all the babies in my family had a head of hair when they were born . My sister’s baby had a beautiful black hair when she was born. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/11 "2016-02-22T01:18:26Z")
My daughter was born with a full head of hair, and my son was pretty much bald. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/12 "2016-02-22T01:21:45Z")
There is even an old wive’s tale that mothers-to-be have more morning sickness from babies born with lots of hair - which I seriously doubt has any validity at all, but my point is that hairy babies are common enough to have generated such a myth. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/13 "2016-02-22T01:36:10Z")
If memory serves, newborn hair typically falls out and leaves the baby bald sometime after birth, right? Permanent hair then grows in like it does on a baby who was born bald? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/14 "2016-02-22T01:37:27Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If memory serves, newborn hair typically falls out and leaves the baby bald sometime after birth, right? Permanent hair then grows in like it does on a baby who was born bald? I can happen–it happened to my daughter–but it’s by no means a sure thing. I was born with a full head of hair that never went away. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/15 "2016-02-22T01:38:29Z")
I’ve seen tons (literally) of babies in my work. Some are bald and some need a haircut (and a few need a shave)! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/16 "2016-02-22T01:40:43Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Either way it’s normal. Seriously? This does seem to be a time when a [google image search](https://www.google.com/search?q=newborn+baby&biw=853&bih=557&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMjMbpnorLAhUF2T4KHXK9C-gQ_AUIBigB) would clear things up. Lil bro and I are redheads and we both had noticeable hair at birth. I think **John Mace** is on the money with blond/e babies being harder to notice their hair. **Tom Tildrum** , that _can_ happen, but I don’t think it’s any more typical than a baby being born with a different hair color at birth than they end up with the rest of their childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/17 "2016-02-22T01:42:59Z")
I had a big head of hair when I was born. Seriously, you’ve never heard of this? ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/18 "2016-02-22T01:43:19Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If memory serves, newborn hair typically falls out and leaves the baby bald sometime after birth, right? Permanent hair then grows in like it does on a baby who was born bald? This didn’t happen with my baby or my sister’s baby . Their hair turn texture as they got older. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/19 "2016-02-22T01:46:19Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If memory serves, newborn hair typically falls out and leaves the baby bald sometime after birth, right? Permanent hair then grows in like it does on a baby who was born bald? I don’t think so. I know that hair can change after birth, but my first was born with a full head of hair and stayed that way. You can even see hair on the ultrasounds. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758/20 "2016-02-22T01:49:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If memory serves, newborn hair typically falls out and leaves the baby bald sometime after birth, right? Permanent hair then grows in like it does on a baby who was born bald? My daughter’s black hair fell out over time, to be replaced with blonde hair. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newborn-baby-born-with-hair/746758.md?page=2)