Baby girl has to take multiple baths to keep skin from cracking
Jennie Wilklow's daughter
Anna has a strange condition. Minutes after she was born via C-section, the
newborn's skin began to thicken and crack, creating fissures across her body.
Speaking to People
magazine, Wilklow said that out of the womb, her daughter's skin became dry and
hard, like armour.
Wilklow remembers the shock
among hospital staff as Anna's eyes swelled shut and circulation in her hand
and feet were cut off.
It turns out that Anna was
born with harlequin ichthyosis, a rare condition that causes newborns to form
thick plates of skin, according to the First Skin Foundation.
According to experts, the
hardening of the skin can dramatically affect an infant's appearance and cause
their lips and eyelids to turn inside out. The condition further creates
constriction around their chest and makes it difficult to breathe and eat. Read More
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