TLDR An infant had two different natural hair colors on the scalp with no health issues.
The document reported a case of a six-month-old male infant who exhibited focal scalp hair heterochromia, characterized by two different non-artificial hair colors, without any detectable underlying abnormalities. The condition was observed in 2013 at Saham Hospital in Oman and persisted at a one-year follow-up. Hair heterochromia could be associated with factors such as iron deficiency anemia, genetic mutations, or mosaicism, although no specific cause was identified in this case.
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