A BABY’S fluffy blonde locks make her look like Boris Johnson thanks to a rare condition shared with only 100 people in the world.
Layla’s Natural hair led to Charlotte nicknaming Boris her mother because of her wild mane.
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Uncombable Hair Syndrome was the condition that caused the 18-month-old baby to be born. This causes hair that is dry and frizzy and cannot be flat combed.
Mum Charlotte Davis, 28, told Central Recorder: “Sometimes we call her Boris because her hair is just uncontrollable, no matter what we do to it her hair will never go straight.
“We have tried all sorts like blow-drying it, conditioning it, but we’ve just learned that this is just how it is.”
The condition, also known by spun glass hair, is thought to improve with age, usually during adolescence for reasons that are not known to scientists.
Scientists think that there are only 100 cases of cancer in the world.
It is due to a mutation in genes responsible for the formation of hair shafts.
Layla was last week diagnosed with the condition.
She lives with her mother Charlotte, father Kevin 35, and brother Freddie (3), in Great Blakenham (Suffolk).
Charlotte added: “We’ve been in the shops and people would stop and say, gosh she looks like Boris Johnson.
“It’s so funny, we’ve always thought she looked a bit like him. Albert Einstien as well.
“I think Layla really likes it.
She likes to play with her hair, but she has to get used to other children coming over in a playground to ruffle her hair.”
Uncombable Hair Syndrome first became known in 1973.
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