Big Bad Baby Hairs
Andrea asks: I have a question regarding short “baby-like” hairs that grow around my hairline. I’ve had them ever since I was little and I’m wondering why they never grow out. They’re not due to damage. They’re not long enough to be “fly-aways”, but they’re obvious enough that I’m too embarrassed to pull my hair back in a ponytail. Is there anything I can do, or any product I should use, to help these baby hairs grow out?
The Right Brain Replies:
We recommend washing your hair with baby shampoo, wearing Baby Phat perfume, dressing in clothes from Bebe, and listening to music by the 70s glam-rock band, The Babys. Joking!
Why are some hairs different than others?
Seriously though, there’s really nothing you can do to make your “baby hairs” grow out. Their size and shape are determined by the genetics of your hair follicle. Some types of hairs are “programmed” to only grow so think and so long. You can read more about it in our post on “Why Armpit Hairs Don’t Grow Down To Your Knees.”
I’m sorry that we can’t recommend a product to help you battle baby hairs, but if they really bother you you might consider have electrolysis or laser hair removal.
Does any one else have trouble with baby hairs? Leave a comment and share your misery!
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LeighAnn Says:
I deal with this problem. I have these hairs at my hair line, and the crown. They have nothing to do with damage since I treat my hair like spun gold. Ive tried everything for frizzy or fly away hair though that does nothing to help. Even hair spray doesn’t glue them down. Sometimes I would like to shave my head and start over.
Karen Says:
Maybe there are degrees of this. Call me “nuts” but I actually kind of like mine! I think they soften my hairline.
Roxie Says:
Karen: you’re not “nuts”. I like my baby hairs too, It’s other people who find them funny and annoying! I hate pulling my hair into a ponytail though, they stick up instantly.
mtrimier Says:
I like mine. They stick out like little horns whenever I put my hair in a high ponytail and don’t gel them down. I wonder if that is some sort of sign? :-p
In non gel situations, they just lie there, hanging out. Growing up in my neighbor hood “baby hair” was the thing and the girls would gel theirs down with what had to be something industrial and even comb it down and style it to emphasize it.
Kellerassel Says:
I love mine, too. They are a sign of healthiness. When I had colored my hair with the usual chemicals I hadn’t got them. Now they are back, as I quit coloring with chemicals.
Please, don’t do electrolysis or laser on them!!!
picaloflapjack Says:
I also mostly like my baby hairs. I have fine, wavy hair and when I had it long, the strange wild hairs at my parting showed I still had hair when I pulled it back in a ponytail (with a high forehead and round face, I can look a bit moon-ish with no hair to break up the roundness).
Now it is shorter, I sometimes need to resort to hairspray (smmothed down with my hand) or one of those frizz-easing serums to restrain them a little bit - but I just accept I’m never going to have really smooth shiny hair, and enjoy my waves and frizzies instead.
Cho Ly Says:
I hate mine. My problem is my ONLY hairstyle is a ponytail, I don’t know how to do anything else to my hair. However, because of my babyhair, I can never enjoy a SLICK PONYTAIL. They stick out despite the hairspray, gel, or any other hairstyling product. They stand up PROUDLY. But I hate them, people keep laughing at how my hair stand up all the time.
Glitterati Says:
Yes, I am miserable too! Well, not really, but I also have those pesky hairs. Some of them are long enough to be called “tendrils”, so I usually just pin those back. But the little ones! They make sleek updo’s a prob.
When this gets me down, I look at photos of baby-me, and see my giant sticky-uppy scrub-brush porcupine hair, from which these baby hairs must be an evolutionary holdover. And I feel better.
Gloria Says:
I got bangs… covered the baby hairs right up!! Why deal with short little curly baby hair when you can just deal with long straight hair. =D
My stylist always plays with my baby hair. Teehee..
The only time when it’s been a BIG problem was when I danced. We were required to have super slick buns, but my baby hair would stick up after a while due to all those gel/hair spray. =D
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Cheripie82 Says:
I have baby hairs, I have tried cutting them - which just made them worse! I love wearing my hair in a pony tail tho so what i do to make it better it to brush some of the hair forward, like a very thin fringe and then part it where my normal parting is and tuck behind my ears. I like my hairdresser to put in layers to the front which makes it nicer!
Emily Says:
i tried cutting mine when i was young and they grew back thicker and worse!!! they won’t grow out and i always look untidy when i have a ponytail !i hate it.
Jezebel Says:
I cut mine. They grew back to be anywhere from 5cm and up and now I look weird. I use hairspray to keep them down and it works although people always ask me why my hair is shiny and want to touch it. They laugh,
deb Says:
I have broken hair from dyes and it looks like baby hair. It no longer seems to grow just where it is broken. It sucks, I have thin hair as it is and well my hair has changed so much over the years. What could it be and how can i get my thining hair back and also get rid of what looks like bald spots, I make it sound much more serious than it is. But please help I know many peolpe have this problem and there does not seem to be any genius who has invented anything for it.
bianca Says:
I have them too! I just noticed how outrageous they were a week ago! Now Im searching for a way to style them and keep em down!
amanda Says:
Help, I have them too, but mine are on the sides of my head and when I try and put them behind my ears they just stick out and look like wings. I always get made fun of for them and I absolutely hate them.
mommy2katrina Says:
I have these too, except like Amanda I have them on the sides of my head so that when I wear a ponytail I have to use hairspray to hold them down–luckily they are that long that they will stay down. I also have them in the front at my hairline, same thing there. I’m lucky that most of them are long enough they will stay down. I only notice them when I wear a ponytail or if I try to make my hair really straight (my hair is thick and wavy). I find it seems to help if I pin the hairs down with bobbypins after getting them wet or after a shower, then letting them dry completely while pinned down.
Amai Says:
My wisps turn in kiss curls, and help with the fact that my face isn’t actually shaped to have the hair pulled back into a pony tail (or braid) but it’s the only hair style I can stand
Anna Says:
I kno! they drive me nuts! even when i straighten my wispies, they stick right back up!!!
some people make fun of them, others say that they’re cute, but at the same time, i doubt anyone of them would want to have them, lol!
They make me miserable, im just glad that im not the only one!
plz, someone find a cure!