Influencers have staged situations such as birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the hand-crafted baby figures, known as “reborn” dolls, creating videos that have gone viral.

"You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after receiving criticism for having a reborn doll Laura Ise; Coly Trigg/TikTok Lifelike dolls, known as reborn dolls ...

Brazil is witnessing a unique cultural and political moment as hyper-realistic “reborn” baby dolls gain massive online popularity and stir heated discussions in legislative halls, according to ...

Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute' The stay-at-home mom — who hopes her story will help remind people to be ...

Collectors have many reasons for buying the dolls, such as grieving after pregnancy loss or enjoying adult play, experts say "Culture is incredibly uncomfortable with grief and sadness and pain ...

Ravi is a hyperrealistic doll with an eerie resemblance to an actual infant. Some of the so-called “reborn” dolls cry, suck dummies, pee, and have nails, eyelashes and veins. But what really ...

There are a myriad of reasons for women (and it's mostly women) to buy — or “adopt" — reborn dolls, but Stack says that primarily, people "just love babies and think they're cute." “You fall in love ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Dozens of fans of hyper-realistic baby dolls known as “reborns” gathered at Villa Lobos Park, in Sao Paulo, for the 10th annual meet-up. The figures are often used for grief ...

Christina Keeler is opening up about finding comfort in her reborn dolls after pregnancy loss The mom of two tells PEOPLE she was 10 weeks pregnant when she miscarried this spring "I don't really have ...