Reborn dolls, or hyper-realistic dolls, have carved out a unique niche in both art and therapeutic circles in Brazil. "I started this for children, but it was something that everyone loved, children, ...

"The more realistic it looks ... to educate people on the benefits the dolls bring. Meet Knoppe's reborn baby doll Charlie. "I've had (people) tear up in the middle of the store, because it ...

Gabi Matos looks the quintessential doting mum as she changes Ravi's nappy, cooing reassuringly as he stares up at her.

A woman holds her dolls during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a park in ...

“Everything looks very real: (The doll’s) face is rosy, her skin looks like a real baby’s, and her nails.” Jessica Wu with her reborn doll, Lillie, which she bought from Lee. Lee ...

Reborn dolls are weighted baby and toddler-sized figurines ... and the dolls her “babies,” she does not believe they are real. She also doesn't think the dolls keep her suspended in longing ...

For her “older” doll children, Cunningham concocts a fake formula, as she says that real baby formula in the Reborn community is “a big no-no.” The millennial woman was also already ...

She adds, "As a kid, I used to make so many kinds of dolls — paper dolls, fabric dolls, clay dolls — but once I found out silicone could feel so much like a real baby, it was over. I knew that ...

Why don’t you have any people skills anymore?” Along with being “cringe” because of its emphasis on motherhood, the Reborn baby doll community is also simply comprised of women passionately doing ...

"Then they're weighted like a real baby. So when you're holding them ... Don't buy from just anyone purporting to sell "reborn dolls," Knoppe says. Make sure you go directly to an artist for ...