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How can you get rid of lanugo caused by not eating?

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Dr. Stevan Cordas answered

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Lanugo: Lanugo? The dictionary tells us this is downy hair on the body of a fetus or newborn baby. Perhaps you mean something else.

Answered 10/4/2016

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