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Our baby girl is 4.5 months old and sometimes while oiling her hair, her hair gets sticks to our hand and they fall. We are worried and want to know if hair fall is common at this age for babies.
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It is common for babies this age to have hair fall. She will have new hair growth simultaneously
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