lanugo
hypertrichosis
on a fetus Fadhil Alsultani
Lanugo.
Lanugo
skin may lighten
If a teenager still has Lanugo hair, they may have a nutritional or eating disorder, or hypertrichosis, where the full Vellus hair never fully develops. In the case of the eating disorders, usually the patient receiving all of their proper vitamins and nutrients will solve the problem, while Lanugo hypertrichosis will typically recede until the teen only has Lanugo hair where regular adult Vellus hair would typically grow. Alternatively, you could shave the kid.
This fine hair is called "lanugo."
Mowing the lawn, helps when it is raining outside.
Lanugo is what all infants are born with----fuzzy skin.
It is called lanugo, the skin is also coated with a white greasy like substance called vernix and protects the fetus from the effects of being in the amniotic sac ( bag of water)
around the 22nd wk of pregnancy. it then disappears from around the 31-40 week.