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Lanugo is the light covering of hair that is found on newborn babies. While babies are in utero they have fine hair covering their body. When they are born, some of the hair is still there. Most times, the hair is gone after a year or less.
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Lanugo is a thin, "peach-fuzz" like hair that gorws on the skin. It is often light colored, and commonly found on the back, chest, arms, and face. People who are severly underweight or do not have proper amounts of body fat are at...
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I don't think that alone the lanugo would be strong evidence of the evolutionary chain. Many species have fur and hair not just chimps. The evolutionary argument is mainly won through the study of the genetics and DNA similarities between h...
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My daughter had it on her back, shoulders, face, forehead and ears. She's 8 weeks now and all is gone except the forehead and ears. I think those should go away by 4 months or so. Just have some patience and it will go away.I think my baby ...
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1. the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
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The growth of lanugo is one of the body’s way of insulating itself. i think that if you keep eating the way you should, and you get to your ideal body weight for a person of your size, etc., i see no reason why it should stick around. but i...
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Vernix is a white, pasty, cheese-like coating on the skin consisting of fatty secretions from the sebaceous glands and dead epidermal cells. It protects the skin of the developing fetus. Lanugo is a very fine, silk-like or down-like hair th...
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Lanugo that develops as a result of severe anoxeria usually disappears on it's own once you regain normal weight and have adequate nutritional stores of vitamins and minerals. Lanugo doesn't usually show up on the face, so you may be seeing...
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Lanugo is not hair you get when anorexic! You have it all over your body before you are born and it is the fine hair you have on your face and other parts of your body.
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Actually, the lanugo (hair) and vernix (cheesy/waxy coating) has more to do with the timing of your baby...as in early birth or later birth. Babies tend to have more when they are born early. Since these protect your baby in the fluid, they...
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