Baby Peach Fuzz Hair

We all know it.

Baby peach fuzz hair.

Vellus hair is the translucent fine wispy hair that appears all over our bodies at birth. Athena tsavliris february 9 2017. Your infant may be born with peach fuzz on her body a full head of hair or no hair at all. Many people notice that growth during this phase is colorless or very light.

Vellus hair or peach fuzz is naturally a finer and lighter hair so it will grow back much finer than other facial or body hair. Peach fuzz isn t the same as a man beard it s vellus hair as opposed to coarser darker terminal hair. If the fuzz doesn t bother you read no more. You ll also find these tiny hairs on your nose.

In latin vellus means fleece or wool. We all got it. This is due to slow color pigment cell formation. The presence of downy hair or peach fuzz indicates that substantial growth can occur.

Vellus hair also referred to as peach fuzz is the fine thin light colored hair that covers the majority of the body including the face arms stomach and legs. It will also be lighter than other facial or body hair despite removing it. This hair is translucent and unmistakably thinner than other hair on your body. More than likely it s something called vellus hair which can appear anywhere on the body although it s much more.

These are vellus hairs also referred to as peach fuzz or baby hair. I heard it over and over again when i was pregnant with my daughter. Vellus hair also tends to be very short and is usually no longer than 2 millimeters. Facial hair is just a fact of life but so many would rather backtalk their grandmother right in the middle of the jarred pimiento aisle in the supermarket than admit to any sort of shaving waxing or threading.

But for some reason we don t like to talk about it. Since the hair is similar to peach fuzz it s probably not pubic hair at all. Peach fuzz as the name implies is finer shorter softer and very often lighter in colour and in the majority of cases it s only visible at very close range. Even though the fuzz may appear fine sparse weak and discolored it points to future growth.