An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Hyperrealistic baby dolls can cost upwards of 15,000 euros. Babyclon, a doll producer, uses medical-grade silicone, alpaca hair, and nail resin ...

Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute' "You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after ...

A WOMAN has revealed how using specially designed reborn dolls has helped to speed up her recovery from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression. Jo Marsh, 32, from Gateshead, be… ...

Reborns--lifelike baby dolls--are an international phenomenon. They first popped up in the US, and then crossed the pond to the UK, Asia, and, more recently, rural Germany where Kunz, a Berlin ...

Videos featuring emotional moments between "reborn mothers" and their hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing ...

In the late 1990s, the story goes, a British woman disassembled a store-bought baby doll and painted veining and a birthmark to make the doll look human, giving birth to the Reborn craze.

Now in its second year — but already one of the largest conventions of its kind in the world — the R.O.S.E. International Doll Show will shine a light on the lifelike world of reborn baby dolls.

This week on 2 Girls 1 Podcast, Alli and Jen talk with Reborn artist and YouTuber Stephanie Ortiz about the appeal of hyper-realistic baby dolls.