The Toddler With Albert Einstein Hair! - She Has Same Gene Disorder As The Physicist

The toddler with Albert Einstein hair! Mother spends two years and hundreds of dollars trying to tame her daughter's frizzy hair - only to find she has same gene disorder as physicist

• Jaili Lamb's, 2, hair is bright white, tangled and constantly stands on end
• Her family spent hundreds of dollars on around 20 treatments trying to tame it
• Jaili was diagnosed with 'uncombable hair syndrome' earlier this month
• Most people think Jaili looks adorable, however, some worry her hair is burnt
• Her mother Sara thinks Jaili's dandelion-like hair suits her fun, quirky personality

A mother spent two years trying to tame her daughter's frizz before discovering the little girl has a rare genetic mutation that causes erratic hair.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Jaili Lamb's hair is bright white, tangled and constantly stands on end due to 'uncombable hair syndrome' - a condition that is rumored to have also affected Albert Einstein.

Sara Lamb, 29, from Pike County, Arkansas, spent hundreds of dollars on around 20 hair products trying to flatten her daughter's frizz before they got the diagnosis.

Ms Lamb said: 'She looks like a dandelion.

'She has a quirky personality and her hair is an extension of that.'



Jaili Lamb's, 2, hair constantly stands on end due to 'uncombable hair syndrome'




Her mother Sara Lamb, 29, spent hundreds of dollars on products trying to flatten her frizz



Jaili's locks resemble Albert Einstein's, who is thought to have had uncombable hair syndrome

'She has a quirky personality and her hair is an extension of that'

Ms Lamb, a trainee nurse, read about a set of twins with uncombable hair syndrome and thought Jaili may also have it.

Mr and Ms Lamb sent DNA samples to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Bonn last month.

Results revealed last week that Ms Lamb carries one of the three genes known to cause the condition.

Ms Lamb has now accepted Jaili's locks are impossible to tame.

She said: 'It's very strange but I love it.

'Our other little girl has hair that is straight as a board. They are polar opposites.

'Jaili is such a beautiful, happy little girl with this crazy hair.

'She has a quirky personality and her hair is an extension of that.'

WHAT IS UNCOMBABLE HAIR SYNDROME?

Uncombable hair syndrome is a rare inherited disorder that causes locks to stand up from the roots and not be flattened.

Such hair is usually silvery-blond or straw colored.

The hair usually appears between three and 12 months of age.

In rare cases, the syndrome has occurred alongside bone and eye abnormalities.

The syndrome usually resolves or improves at the onset of puberty.

It may be more manageable through applying conditioners and using soft brushes.




Her mother, a trainee nurse, read about twins with the syndrome and thought Jaili may have it



Her mother believes Jaili's hair is like a dandelion and reflects her quirky personality



Most people think Jaili looks adorable but some question whether her hair has been burnt

'She looks like a dandelion'

Jaili's hair draws attention wherever she goes.

Ms Lamb said: 'We can't go anywhere without at least three or four people stopping us to say something.

'It's usually, "Oh my God, her hair is so cute. She is adorable".

'We have a friend who said she looks like a dandelion and I think she does.

'It's also so bright white that when it catches the sun her whole head is iridescent. It's almost like a little rainbow.'

Yet simple tasks such as a trip to the shops can end in upset if strangers make cruel comments.

Ms Lamb said: 'I have had people make snobby remarks and scold me thinking I had put chemicals on her and burnt her hair.'



Her parents sent DNA samples to the University of Bonn (pictured her father Jarrod, 28)



Jaili's mother (pictured) worried her hair was due to something she did when breastfeeding

'I thought it was something I was doing'

Ms Lamb said: 'When Jaili was little she had typical baby hair but then that fell out and this wiry, coarse hair started coming in.

'We just thought it was unruly and that it was going to be really curly, but it has this strange texture.



'At first I thought there might be something wrong with her diet because her hair was so brittle.

She said: 'She was breastfeeding until she turned two so I thought it was something I was doing.

'We tried everything. We had a lot of suggestions from people who recommended I try products for ethnic hair, but that didn't work. They were too heavy.

'When I brushed it is just made it worse. It's like brushing curly hair - it makes it frizzy and it all just stands up on end.'

Andrew Messenger, professor of dermatology at the University of Sheffield, said: 'Uncombable hair syndrome is a rare inherited hair problem.

'Recent research from Germany has shown that uncombable hair syndrome is due to alterations, known as mutations, in three genes involved in producing hair proteins.

'In any individual only one of these genes needs to be abnormal to cause uncombable hair but the result is the same whichever of the three genes is affected.

'There is no medical treatment for uncombable hair syndrome but it is reported to improve with age.'

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