Tow Headed
My son was born with a full set of dark hair except for one patch of WHITE hair on the side? What is this?
He is now 3 and still has it only the rest of his hair is now dark blond, but that white patch remains. People call him tow headed, but from my understanding of the meaning of tow headed it doesn't seem to fit. His doctor seems stumped as well as fascinated.
We call them 'milk cravings' (all birthmarks are supposed to come from maternal cravings during pregnancy: coffee cravings, strawberry cravings, wine cravings like Gorbachev's...)
The reason is that for one reason or another melanocytes, which form together with other nervous cells and then migrate to the skin, failed to reach that spot.
Usually it is harmless but in SOME cases it is related to other conditions.
A class of cells that makes up the hearing system is related to melanocytes, so deafness and white tufts can go together. Also fairer sposts in the eye irises are to watch out for. A condition associated with white spots is Hirschsprung's disease, the lack of nervous cells in the last part of the large intestine, but if your son is 3 and healthy that would not be the case - Hirschsprung, when present, is easy to recognise, with constant severe constipation and an enlarged abdomen.
But don't worry - in most cases a spot is harmless.
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