Does shaving an infants head help his hair grow-in thicker later?

Question

Our nearly 8 month old son's hair is growing in, and I've heard that shaving an infants head helps it grow in thicker and fuller later- is this true?

Answer 1

Of course not! Alot of people seem to think that if you shave something, it will grow back thicker...believe me, what you do to the outside, does not affect the inside growth! It's a fact!

Answer 2

Hi, as far as I know the answer is no! I am a girl with the same problem, been through hospital appointments, tests etc and told its just thinning hair - however I found a product called Nanogen - there are other similar brands available (hope its ok to mention brands on here, am new so sorry if this is wrong!) which is fibres you apply to the root which give the impression of thicker, fuller hair. They have really helped me anyway - good luck!

Answer 3

The hairdressers tell me that this is not true, but when my daughter was almost 2 she did shave her head and now she has beautiful thick hair and has been that way since it grew back in.. so from personal experience i will say YES it does grow in thicker.

Answer 4

I have never heard of anyone doing that. I personally think it could be dangerous to try to shave a squirmy infant with that sharp blade. Why is thick hair so important to you? It will only increase the baby's discomfort in the heat and if it is too thick it can restrict air circulation to the scalp and increase the chance of balding later.

Answer 5

No. It can cause razor burn and irritation. It can cause itching when the hair starts to grow back (which could take a while). It will cause a funny looking infant and perhaps home visits from CPS when the pediatrician sees it and decides perhaps the child is either being abused or raised by someone who is not mentally able to raise a baby.

Answer 6

No, it's not true. When you shave your beard, does it grow in thicker? When your wife shaves her legs, does the hair grow in thicker? No. Same goes for hair on top of your baby's head. :)

I think that's something that's done in China though...for good luck maybe? My brother-in-law's aunt adopted a girl from China, and when she brought her home, her head had been shaved. I forget why...no medical reason...I think it was for luck. Or maybe they think it'll grow in thicker. :) At any rate, it's not true.

Answer 7

In some countries They do that, its like a cultural thing
I don't Think its so awful like they said.
Its better in a way because baby hair falls about the 4th month .
I shave 1st baby's hair in Spain when I went to visit and her hair came out much thicker .
If you do it you have to do about the 1st month to there 4 month

Answer 8

I don't know...I do know from experience that if you put babies/toddlers hair into ponytails it seems that it makes it grow faster. My daughter's hair was almost non-existent and then I started doing this little inky dinky ponies, and then her hair was growing faster.

I guess this belief of shaving their heads could be from when women shave their legs it seems to come in faster/thicker/whatever. But I think it might be all perception.

Answer 9

infants naturally have fine wispy hair. Without shaving it, it will gradually change with time to what it is meant to be. Genetics will determine just how thick and full the hair gets regardless of shaving.

Answer 10

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