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This Baby Was Born With Hair Covering Over Half His Body Doctors in India were surprised to see a baby boy born with thick dark hair that covered more than half of his body. Doctors from the CHC Bawan in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, were initially stumped when the child’s mother gave birth to the infant.The baby had dark locks that blanketed over 60% of his body. The doctors decided to transfer the care of the newborn to a specialist, Dr. Ikram Hussain. He diagnosed the child with giant congenital melanocytic nevus, a condition in which patients will grow an abnormally dark, noncancerous skin patch. The patch will eventually grow to at least 40 centimeters (15.75 inches) across, and excessive hair growth can occur. Additionally, this can occur in one out of 20,000 infants worldwide.While the ailment seems cosmetic at first glance, the child has a high chance of complications. Giant congenital melanocytic nevus can cause skin-producing cells to form in the brain and spinal tissue, which can lead to seizures and even worse, brain tumors. Image credit: Jam Press Vid/Rare Shot News via The New York Post #ailments #skincondition #India #baby #infant #hair

Big Hair Moment: This Big Bride Hair From Turkey Beats Big Hair From TexasThe artist who’s making these Big Turkish Hairs is Eray Burhan.See the photos of Eray’s works below, where he intricately plays with extensions, bobby pins, hair spray, tiaras, and more embellishments.

It's True: Hair Does Turn Grey With Stress, but It's Reversible!A new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons showed that the old saying that stress causes grey hair is actually true.And best of all, the graying is reversible as once the source of the stress is eliminated, the stress-induced gray hair can return to its old color.The culprit that caused graying hair? Blame the mitochondria:To better understand how stress causes gray hair, the researchers also measured levels of thousands of proteins in the hairs and how protein levels changed over the length of each hair.Changes in 300 proteins occurred when hair color changed, and the researchers developed a mathematical model that suggests stress-induced changes in mitochondria may explain how stress turns hair gray."We often hear that the mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, but that's not the only role they play," Picard says. "Mitochondria are actually like little antennas inside the cell that respond to a number of different signals, including psychological stress."#hair #greyhair #stress #mitochondriaView the full video clip below: