A 21-month-old girl in North Carolina is turning heads thanks to her unusual hair.
Phoebe Brasswell, of Smithfield, was born with a rare genetic condition that makes her locks always look as if theyâve just been hit with static electricity.
The condition, âuncombable hair syndrome,â causes her hair follicles to be kidney-shaped instead of round. It also affects the hairâs protein, which gives it shape, according to Inside Edition.
As a result, Phoebeâs hair is fine, coarse, constantly tangled and constantly staticky, according to SWNS.com.
Phoebe is one of only around 100 children worldwide with the condition, according to Professor Regina Betz, who researches UHS at the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Betz told SWNS, âThere may be many more which have not been reported.â
Phoebeâs mom, Jamie, said no haircare products seem to work on her daughterâs hair, but she loves it anyway.
âEvery morning it is sticking straight up and throughout the day,â she told SWNS.com. âI try and spray stuff in it to keep it down, but within 30 minutes itâs spiky again.â
Jamie Brasswell has nicknamed her little girl, âPoppy,â after a character in the movie âTrolls,â according to Inside Edition.
Still, people unfamiliar with the condition arenât shy about making suggestions to Phoebeâs mom when they are in public.
âWe were in the grocery store once and a lady said, âShe is going to hate you when she looks at her baby photos because you let her go out in public like that,ââ Jamie told SWNS.com. âPeople say, âYou should brush it better. Why donât you put it in a ponytail?â But that hurts her.â
Jamie has tried to minimize those comments by having Phoebe wear a headband when out in public.
Although Phoebeâs hair sticks out in a crowd â and pretty much everywhere else â doctors expect it will become more manageable when she reaches puberty.