Brazil's "reborn baby" phenomenon has drawn international attention. The trend of ultra-realistic dolls, which has been ...

Widely circulated videos showing women taking the hyper-realistic dolls to the park in strollers became a flashpoint in ...

To some, the dolls, known as reborn dolls, provide comfort, escape or just plain fun. But politicians across Brazil have ...

If you "blink", you could "mistake" them for the real thing, said the South China Morning Post. Bearing an "eerie resemblance ...

Brazilian shopkeeper Alana Generoso put on a diaper on a reborn baby doll at her store Alana Babys Maternity in Campinas, Sao ...

Alana Generoso, a longtime reborn baby collector who now owns her own doll store, insists that her customers are perfectly ...

The lifelike dolls, known as reborn dolls, can help people grieving after pregnancy loss, serve as a form of therapy for ...

In Brazil, hyper-realistic baby dolls known as “reborn" dolls are capturing attention far beyond ... suck on pacifiers and even pee just like real newborns". Most are made from silicone or vinyl.

“You fall in love with a baby ... doll creators started repurposing manufactured dolls to look more lifelike, hence the “reborn” name, he says. The average cost of a reborn doll is $250, but ...