In a message dated 5/18/98 5:23:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< A mom called me wanting to know how to handle a baby that is beginning to
pull
 at the hairs growing around her nipple.  <snip>  She said she
 had always heard you should not pull these out, so what should she do. >>


One mother I dealt with who had a similar problem found it possible to simply
clip the hairs very short and close to the skin with a small scissors.  She
had also been told not to wax or pluck the hairs due to possibility of
infection in the open follicle.

Diane DiCarlo
LLLLeader
Brooklyn, NY