Shaving baby hair | Imamother

ymom

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 8:40 pm

Hi! I had very thin hair as a girl and I am nervous that my baby girl will also have thin hair. She was born with a head of hair but it’s very thin.
Someone recently told me In the chassidish satmar community they shave the baby’s hair so it should grow back thicker anyone know anything about this or anything else that can promote hair growth for my baby

HeartyAppetite

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 8:43 pm

I have never ever heard of this!!!!
Some people will give their daughter a layered haircut so it grows back thicker, but not shave it. They also wait till she is a little older and has more hair, like age 3.
Their are also hair thickening shampoos that you could look into. But I wouldn't recommend this for a young girl.

oneofakind

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 8:52 pm

Too early to tell anything. Sometimes hair thickens at puberty. A 5 month old won't care but I can't imagine it helps.

rikki!

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 8:56 pm

You don’t want to use harsh chemicals on your 5-month-old and most products contain that. Most babies that age don’t have much hair, anyway.

vintagebknyc

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 8:58 pm

Shaving doesn't make hair grow in thicker, since it's just like cutting but up against the scalp. This is a fallacy.

2cents

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:00 pm

Shaving hair can't and won't change her genetic predisposition to thin/thick hair. It might temporarily make the hair appear thicker, because you'll have cut off the tapered ends and the regrowth will have thicker, blunt ends. But that's it.

(Side note, I have family that is middle eastern and they have the same belief. One ttold me that he wanted to shave his daughters' head for the same reason when they were a few months old, but his wife didn't agree)

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Blessing1

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:00 pm

Omg omg omg this is the best yet thing I've seen on imamother that "chassidish people do!" Oh my I can't stop laughing! I'm literally hollering to myself, this is too funny!!! LOL

It's even funnier that someone actually believes this, oh my, thanks for the laugh.

Blessing1

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:01 pm

OP, your baby is 5 months old, most 5 month old babies have little and thin hair, doesn't mean anything.

yksraya

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:23 pm

I don't know of anyone satmar that would shave the hair off a baby. I have no clue where you've got this idea from.

ra_mom

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:27 pm

My daughter had thin hair that grew slowly so the hairdresser had us come every 2-3 months for a teeny tiny layered trim and eventually it grew in nicely.

PeanutMama

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 9:38 pm

All babies have thin hair at 5 months

It will get thicker in time be patient.

If not then it’s just happens she’s just meant to have thin hair

happyfaces

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:12 pm

I wrote a post and then deleted it after noticing that's not anonymous

flowerpower

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:15 pm

ymom wrote:

I hope you aren’t very gullible in general. Do you really believe people shave infants heads??! Cmon.

At 5 months just leave your baby as is. No need to worry at all.

tigerwife

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:19 pm

I know someone who did this to her babies (not chassidish FTR). I don’t see how it’s possible to prove it works unless you only shave partially, which is pretty awkward. Either way, her babies always wore hats to cover up.

cbg

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:28 pm

BTW- In Argentina, when a baby is born, in the hospital, they shave the baby’s head, so that the baby is nice and clean when given back to the mom.
I have a friend that was appalled that they did not do this in the US.

Einikel

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:31 pm

cbg wrote:

Why? It sounds so old fashioned. My baby had a head of dark hair I would never want it shaved.

zigi

Sun, Dec 27 2020, 10:35 pm

My daughter gave herself a nice haircut.... She wound up with a number 2 her hair changed she lost her curlyish hair. Now it is straight. My other dd had her hair shaved at 18 months by my russian mil .her hair before was wispy etc. I guess it grew in better. I kind of liked taking care of shorter hair no brushing .... Etc