A myth comes to modern young mothers: you need to shave your baby's head a year so that his hair grows better. It used to be practiced by almost all families. But in fact, children's skin and hair are too delicate for such manipulations.
Why did babies shave before
A few years ago, almost all babies were bald a year. Our grandparents very actively shaved our parents' heads to stimulate hair growth. Now it is much less common to see a shaved baby. And this is good news, because due to such a treatment of delicate skin, you can get many problems.
How hair changes in children
Hair in a newborn is very different from that of an adult. They look more like light fluff. Even if the baby's hair is very long, it is most often thin and light. They stand on end from any breeze. Babies with thick curls are extremely rare.
The fluff on the baby's head is very thin, it is easily wiped off from the collar on the clothes (especially if there is still not enough vitamin D). Gradually, children's hair becomes longer and denser. About a year, the process begins when full hairs appear. It is at this age that the need to get a haircut often arises: it tickles the ears, the bangs get into the eyes, etc. But you don't need to shave your baby.
Why shaving your head is harmful
The number of hair follicles does not increase over time, as there are in the skin, there will be so many. The baby's body knows better when and how they should work. Shaving will only damage the scalp. And this is just fraught with the fact that some of the hair follicles will simply die. The razor will scrape off the protective layer from your skin, which can cause a crust to form.
The hair itself after such a procedure will indeed become stiffer, but for the delicate skin of a small person, this is not good. Hard bristles will scratch it from the inside, inflammation and pustules will form. The density of hair in children does not depend on whether they shave their head when they are a year old.
All these inconveniences - scabs on the baby's head, inflammation, ingrown hairs, stiff bristles - are unlikely to contribute to the well-being of the child. A more adequate option for parents to act is to simply let the hair grow by cutting it where it causes discomfort. Someone already has a thick hairstyle a year, and someone goes to almost 2 years with "two hairs". You should not worry about this and harm your own child by shaving his head. There is a time for everything: fluff is replaced by hair in children sooner or later.
