What is lanugo?

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A few days ago

Anonymous

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It’s the fine dark hair covering a newborn’s body. Most of it is gone by the time the baby is born, but if it’s premature, it can still be there.

A few days ago

countrygirl969702

Lanugo: Downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, usually appearing on the fetus at about five months of gestation. It is very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented. Although lanugo is normally shed before birth around seven or eight months of gestation, it is sometimes present at birth. This is not a cause for concern: lanugo will disappear within a few days or weeks of its own accord.

“Lanugo” is the Latin word for down, like the fine small hairs of plants.

A few days ago

mystic_chez

The fine downy hair covering a human foetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation

A few days ago

Jenny L

people who suffer from anorexia can also have lanugo because they don’t have enough body fat to keep themselves warm.

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Anonymous

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What is lanugo?

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