SAO PAULO — Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike dolls into ...

SINGAPORE: Do you sleep well at night? Aren’t you ever afraid that your dolls might haunt you? These were among the questions Andrea Lee’s friend asked when visiting her home. Lee tries to take such ...

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 a ...

Susan Gibbs is the artist behind Dizon Designs & Doll Works. She makes hyperrealistic reborn dolls out of silicone to “bring so much joy to people of all ages.” “I always loved dolls when I was little ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Reborn dolls have been around for several decades among adult collectors as well as kids they remain popular, but when the sale of newborn dolls hit the internet market, ...

In recent years, we've seen a trend for 'reborn' dolls - and there's a desperately sad reason they've proven so popular. These dolls are so intricately made, that even up close you'd be forgiven for ...

Betty Bading, 65, from Launceston in Tasmania was in her mid-20s when she was introduced to the art of porcelain doll making. She had amassed an impressive collection of 30 handpainted dolls, but a ...

Parents grieving the loss of a child is an all too common yet devastating part of life. Reborn dolls, dolls that are completely transformed by an artist to resemble a human baby, are being used to ...

When a brand new 'reborn' baby - the hyper-realistic dolls that look and feel like a real newborn, is delivered to their 'parent', a ceremonious 'box opening' usually takes place. The dolls, often ...

In the Reborning subculture, collectors “adopt” hyper-realistic artificial babies–impeccably crafted from vinyl, glass, doe suede, and up to eighty layers of paint. The “parents” care for their dolls ...