Contents:
- Medical Video: Real Questions - Can you stimulate facial hair growth?
- How to stimulate your baby's hair growth
- 1. Don't let it sleep too long on your back
- 2. Pay attention to your baby's MPASI intake
- 3. Cut your baby's hair
- 4. Don't shampoo too often
Medical Video: Real Questions - Can you stimulate facial hair growth?
As a parent, of course you are very concerned about all forms of child development, right? Hair growth problems are no exception. Generally, parents hope that your baby's hair can grow thick.
However, unfortunately not all children's hair can grow thickly. Some children even have very thin hair or even are bald. Even so, you don't worry! There are several ways you can stimulate your baby's hair growth. Find out how in this article.
How to stimulate your baby's hair growth
Basically, thick-thin hair is not an indicator of health for the child as a whole. The reason, as a person the most important thing to note is ensuring that your child can grow well according to the age of development and always in good health.
There are many factors that cause your baby's hair to not grow perfectly. For example, because of heredity. Not only that, it turns out rbaby's hair only grows an average of a quarter to half an inch each month. With that calculation, he only has an additional hair length of around 10-15 cm per year.
However, you can do several ways to keep your baby's hair healthy, thick, and avoid hair loss, namely:
1. Don't let it sleep too long on your back
According to Dr. Stephen Muething, MD, Director at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, one of the causes of slow baby hair growth is because your child is often left to sleep on his back. As a result, besides being susceptible to having a "peyang" head, the baby's hair will also be prone to baldness due to continuous contact between the head and the pillow which indirectly inhibits hair growth.
That is why, often change the position of your little one on his stomach so that his head is not too long to come into contact with the pillow. Even so, don't forget to always keep an eye on your little one if he is on his stomach so he can avoid breathing difficulties.
2. Pay attention to your baby's MPASI intake
After your little one has started the age of MPASI, you can provide food intake that helps the growth of baby hair to be healthier. Try adding foods such as salmon, milk, eggs, fruit, and vegetables that contain lots of vitamin B-1, L-cysteine, omega-3, zinc, and iron which will help process food into energy needed for healthy skin and hair . This food factor influences the health and fertility of your baby's hair.
3. Cut your baby's hair
Many say that by cutting baby hair often, the hair will be thicker and thicker. But apparently the assumption is not 100 percent correct, you know! Because the thickness of the hair factor is more determined by heredity. Well, the activity of cutting baby hair is actually more useful to make the little one's head cleaner than dirt or crust that sticks to the scalp.
4. Don't shampoo too often
Choose the right shampoo for your baby and avoid using shampoo that can irritate your baby's eyes. In addition, excessive use of shampoo also risks irritating the baby's head.
Regularly cleanse the baby's scalp by pouring a gentle baby shampoo and mixing it in warm water. Then, gently massage the baby's scalp in a circular motion with your fingertips. This method will help get rid of dirt that sticks to the scalp, oil, and helps stimulate the release of hair follicles. Rinse with warm water and dry the baby's head with a clean, soft towel.
Avoid hardening your baby too often and you should use a conditioner. Sometimes a conditioner is enough to clean a baby's hair.
