My cousin shaved her 1 year old daughter's head!

[WhipEffectz1]

Is there a reason for this? She, the little girl, had a nice head of hair for a 1 year old. I feel like calling CPS (Child Protection Services)!!!! She says that she did it for her hair to grow back quick. Is there any validity to this "old wives tale?" Its too cold for her to have no hair. My little cousin looks like she could be a baby mannequin model!

 

[kally]

That is very sad. If it was already nice and healthy, what in the world made her decided to do this to her daughter?

 

[MoMo]

I've read in some Asian cultures that it is customary to shave an infants hair at one month old to grow long thick hair.

 

[imstush]

If she already has a head of healthy hair why shave it? I've never heard of this "wives tale". But yes it is too cold, I wont even take my son to get a hair cut.

 

[tetbelle]

Is your friend Indian or from Pakistan? I know they do that in their culture. They think that it will result in longer healthier hair.

 

[WhipEffectz1]

If she already has a head of healthy hair why shave it? I've never heard of this "wives tale". But yes it is too cold, I wont even take my son to get a hair cut.

She said its going to grow back longer and healthy. Its the first I've heard of it.

 

[WhipEffectz1]

Is your friend Indian or from Pakistan? I know they do that in their culture. They think that it will result in longer healthier hair.

Wow, you have some nice healthy looking hair!!!!!

Ummm, in regards to your question, my cousin is 100% african american and so is her child.

 

[CaliJ]

OMG, I'm speechless!! I have a one year old daughter and would never dream of shaving her bald .

 

[Mortons]

She said its going to grow back longer and healthy. Its the first I've heard of it.

It will appear thicker but I dont know how shaving it could make it grown back longer. Thats like the grown women who say that cutting your hair makes it grow

 

[StrawberryQueen]

A lot of people think that, b/c of how we shave our bodies and the hair grows back in quicker.

But that baby is too young to be around those clippers, and it's too early to be hustling the child on to the long hair obsession train.

 

[kweenameena]

One of my best friends, who is hispanic, got her hair cut when she was younger to make it grow back thicker. I've heard of this a lot but mainly in other cultures.

 

[camellia]

I've heard of this old wives tale before but I don't believe there's any truth to it. When you shave your hair off it appears thicker because it's all coming in at the same length together, but it doesn't make your hair grow any faster.

I wouldn't do it to any of my children, especially not in the winter.

 

[Honi]

I have an asian co-worker that did this to her son twice. When I asked her why she said that it wasn't growing right in one spot.

The only time I've seen this in a Black child was at my kids daycare. They completely shaved her head down to the peach fuzz. I dunno why she did that. It was quite uneven and patchy so maybe she did it so it will grow back even.

 

[scorpian]

I had an african braider do my hair once that said that she did this to her infant child because it was bald in the back and she wanted it all to grow in at the same length.

 

[WhipEffectz1]

So what was the outcome of shaving?

 

[chocolatesis]

I know many African cultures shave the heads of girls but I'm not sure why. Sorry! I'm Nigerian, and one of my cousins wore a shaved head until she was about 9 years old. This is the first I've heard of shaving a baby's head to make it grow in thicker. It's way to cold here for that.

 

[kally]

This just not make sense to me. It seems the hair will still grow the orignal way it grew before.

Look at mens hair for instance, I have never heard of a man shaving his head for these reason. When he does shave it, it still grows in the same way it did before.

Now, I am no child and I shaved my head due to damage to grow it back healthy, but it still grows the same as before.

 

[baby42]

WOW

 

[victorious]

One of my best friends, who is hispanic, got her hair cut when she was younger to make it grow back thicker. I've heard of this a lot but mainly in other cultures.

My godmother is Puerto Rican, and she did the same thing years ago. She cut my godsister's hair into a cute boy style when she was one or two years old. She had two wispy ponytails before the cut, and then her hair grew longer and fuller.

 

[sweetwhispers]

My mothers from Niger, all the little girls in my family had their heads shaved. It grows back thicker and more even.

 

[dede1174]

i have read about this before. It is supposed to grow back longer and thicker.
i heard from a vietnamese from back home in New Orleans BUT i don't know about oding that for my baby.

i mean its just that an old wives tale.

it hard to mess up a baby'd hair that quick. well thank GOD hair does grow

 

[sareca]

In my family, the boys are shaved and the girls get a big chop. I don't see what the big deal is. We're talking about 5-6 inches of bizarre texturized hair. Right?

 

[DCBrown]

I never heard of the old wives tale myself, BUT 12 years ago my sister gave birth to identical twin girls. They were in the hospital for a long time, and when the nurses run out of IV sites on the arms and legs, they go for the head . Twin A got her hair completely shaved off over the course of two weeks, Twin B never got her hair shaved. 12 years later, Twin A has butt length hair and Twin B has healthy APL hair (it may actually be brastrap, not sure). But they are identical twins, exact same DNA, same haircare regimen so who knows? I would never do it if it weren't necessary, that's for sure.

 

[Pussinboots]

In the tribe I come from, your mother-in-law cuts of all of your babys hair. They believe that cutting the baby hair allows for the new hair to grow in strong and healthy. This is usually done when the child is around 1, and it has to be done by the mother-in-law.erplexed

 

[Junonia]

My son had a high top fade. He had a little afro on top and barely any hair on the sides. At 16 months, we took him to the barber and it was shaved all off. His hair is even all around and thick. However, I think it's been pretty slow growing. I don't think I would have done that if I had a girl.

 

[20perlz]

I have never heard of this either. It does sound crazy but most baby hair begins to "change" its texture betwwen 7 months - one year or so. Maybe that has something to do with the thought process behind this one.

 

[TowsonGirl]

I would never in a million yrs shave my daughter's head.

 

[janeemat]

What a depressing thread....

 

[dicapr]

I've heard of this before. A Chinese co-worker talked about her mother wanting to shave her daughter's hair to make it grow back thicker. But she decided against it. Besides, I think she knew that her daughter's fine hair texture was from her father-he was white.

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

I've heard of it before.