(NEW YORK) — A Georgia mom is on a mission to spread joy and raise awareness after her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome, a hair disorder she’d never heard of until last year.

It's a hair condition that has frustrated parents for decades, now scientists believe they have found the genes responsible for "uncombable hair syndrome". Yes, it really is a thing. It's a hair ...

Having a bad hair day once in a while is pretty usual for most people. You might hide the occasional bad hair day by sweeping your locks under a hat or opting for a simple bun or ponytail to contain ...

There are a lot of things in life you never knew existed or ever learned about and for us, umcombable hair syndrome (UHS) is one of them. A young Georgia boy named Locklan Samples became an internet ...

The flurry of frizzy-hair e-mails began in 2016. Human geneticist Regina Betz of University Hospital Bonn in Germany and her team had just linked three genes to a rare disorder with eye-catching ...

In the 2009 documentary film Good Hair (now streaming on Peacock!), Chris Rock digs into the complications and societal expectations surrounding hair, particularly as it pertains to Black women. The ...

If you’re a kid with poofy blond hair that won’t stay flat when you brush it, a new study says you could have a rare case of “Uncombable Hair Syndrome.” Published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology, the ...

Aug. 31 (UPI) --New research suggests there is a way to focus on specific atypical genes to diagnose uncombable hair syndrome -- a rare hair shaft anomaly on the scalp characterized by dry, frizzy, ...

A toddler with an epic mop has been diagnosed as one of only 100 people in the world with "uncombable hair syndrome." Layla Davis, 17 months, has blonde locks that defy all attempts to comb them ...

It’s a hair condition that has frustrated parents for decades, now scientists believe they have found the genes responsible for “uncombable hair syndrome”. Yes, it really is a thing. Uncombable hair ...

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