All children born are unique, but some stand out more than others – that’s just the way it is. But that certainly doesn’t mean that there is something “wrong” with toddlers who look different. Often there is an explanation behind it, as in the case of Shilah Madison Calvert-Yin.

But for Shilah, it would take years before everyone finally understood that she had a very unusual condition that caused her eye-striking fuzzy locks…

Shilah Madison Calvert-Yin, from Melbourne, Australia, is mostly just like any other 12-year-old. She’s a happy-go-lucky girl who loves laughing, playing with her friends, and learning new things in school.

If you look at this precious young lady today, you would never be able to guess that she has gone through a very tough period in life and that people used to tease her and call her “fluffhead.”

When baby girl Shilah was born, her parents were so excited to add a little girl to the family. Her mother, Celeste, had a perfectly normal pregnancy, and Shilah was born at 36 weeks.

The gorgeous little girl was born with soft brown hair like her older brother Taelan. But after a while, her parents could see how it began to fall out and was replaced with blonde locks.

”She was picture perfect, blonde hair, blue eyes, so cliché,” Celeste told Love What Matters.

As Shilah was growing, her parents noticed that her hair was growing straight up instead of down, it was also very soft and fragile. This started when their daughter was three to six months old.

”It didn’t seem to calm or settle, but I didn’t really think anything of it until people started to make comments,” Celeste told Daily Mail.

As many probably know, parents often compare their children with others. Since Shilah’s hair caught the eye of everyone, the parents often had to answer questions when they went out with their little daughter.

Sadly, her parents got all kinds of comments when they were out from passersby, who asked them, “what’s wrong with her hair?” Strangers also took the liberty to touch Shilah’s hair.

Her mom Celeste, who works as a teacher, explained how it felt: “It was hurtful and sometimes quite rude, but I’m sure they were just being ignorant and insensitive.”