Everyone has sorry hair day from time to time , but for roughly 100 multitude around the world , unmanageable hair is an actual medical condition .
Uncombable hair syndrome , also have a go at it as spun chicken feed hair syndrome , is a rarefied consideration because of a genetic mutation that affects the formation and shape of hair shafts , BuzzFeedreports . mass with the term tend to have ironical , indocile hair that ca n’t be combed flat . It grow slower than normal and is typically smooth-spoken , light-haired , or straw - colored . For some people , the symptoms vanish with historic period .
Although there have been only about 100 document cases worldwide , one of the world ’s leading researchers on the condition , Regina Betz , of Germany ’s University of Bonn , believe there could be thousands of others who have it but have not been name . Some have speculated that Einstein had the precondition , but without a genic trial , it ’s unacceptable to make out for certain .
An 18 - month - old American miss named Taylor McGowan is one of the few masses with this syndrome . Her parent sent blood sample to Betz to see if they were carriers of the factor mutation , and the results came back positive for variations ofPADI3 , one of three genes responsible for the syndrome . According toIFL Science , the condition is recessionary , meaning that it " only presents when individuals receive mutant factor copy from both parents . " Hence it ’s so uncommon .
Taylor ’s parents have squeeze their girl ’s unique ' do , creating a Facebook page calledBaby Einstein 2.0to share Taylor ’s story and develop others about the condition .
" It ’s what make her look ever so special , just like Albert Einstein , " Taylor ’s mom , Cara , says in a video uploaded to YouTube by SWNS TV . " We wanted to share her story with the creation in hopes of spreading knowingness . "
[ h / tBuzzFeed ]
