Five-year old Lyla-Grace Barlow has a condition called Uncombable Hair Syndrome. Yes, you read that correctly. Her hair is uncombable. According to Wikipedia the condition is caused by a mutated gene which creates abnormal heart-shaped hair follicles instead of round ones.
Lyla’s parents, Alex and Mark Barlow, have tried countless hair products and spent hours trying to drag a comb through her hair.
Lyla’s Mother told The Sun
“When Lyla was little it used to stand up like Sonic the Hedgehog, like a little white afro.”
It is said that Albert Einstein also had the condition. and that’s why his hair always looks so unruly.
Layla’s mother even went to a hairdresser and the hairdresser asked Lyla’s mother if she bleached the child’s hair because she’s never seen hair like hers and she doesn’t know what to do with it.
The condition is said to affect just 100 people worldwide. Well, it seems as though being “tender headed” is officially medically a thing. Folks on social media, however, aren’t quite buying it. See below:
What say you? Real or Nah?
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The cornrows look adorable on her..
I have the same hair I didn’t know it was a genetic mutation. I was tortured as a child because of my hair. I got asked if I stuck my finger in a light socket, why I had horse hair, and was asked by adults about my hair. My mother had no idea had to deal with it. Not until I got a hold of a Chi flat iron, it literally changed my life. I have to flat iron my hair every day, but you can still tell it’s different. I think the reason why it’s a “syndrome” for white people is because it’s a genetic mutation. It’s a very rare thing. I have seen one other person with the same hair as me and I am 36 years old. Kids are cruel and I hope this child doesn’t go through the same hell I went through.