Babies are born with fine, downy, short, and slightly pigmented body hair called lanugo. The term comes from the Latin word "lana," meaning wool. In some babies, the hair is barely visible.

Sydney: Babies are born with fine, downy, short, and slightly pigmented body hair called lanugo. The term comes from the ...

Sydney: Sydney University and Alka Kothari, The University of Queensland Sydney, Nov 26 (The Conversation) Babies are born with fine, downy, short, and slightly pigmented body hair called lanugo.

Find out when your baby will start to grow hair, what happens to a baby's hair after birth, what lanugo is, and why preemies ...

Lanugo is the fine, downy hair that appears on a fetus and can be present at birth. It plays a role in protecting the newborn ...

Statistics indicate that 11 percent of new born babies in the country are premature.