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How to Remove Lots of Hair on a Newborn Baby

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Marie Bell

The soft, thin hair that is sometimes found on the face, shoulders and back of newborns is called lanugo. All fetuses grow lanugo hair in utero. The hair generally vanishes between 36 and 40 weeks gestation. Thus, premature infants are more likely to have lanugo hair.