Infants are often born with a peculiar face. Yet typically, their looks change with the speed of light. A mother tweeted a picture of her infant one hour after giving birth to illustrate the drastic change.

At birth, hatchlings are often red, wrinkled, and covered with a yellowish fluid known as x ss. This material, composed of peeling surface skin cells and debris from t u, covers the skin of the fetus in gestation and performs a crucial function throughout pregnancy and birthing. By producing an adhesive and impermeable coating on the epidermis, x ss protects the skin of the fetus when it is bathed with t u during pregnancy.

In addition to protecting the newborn from external violence after delivery, the umbilical cord forms a natural waterproof barrier. In addition, it lubricates the skin to assist the baby’s passage through the pelvis during delivery. And even while the x ss is not very aesthetically pleasing, its function is just as vital two or three days following the birth of the infant. In addition, considering its protective function, physicians and midwives recommend keeping it on the skin after labor.

American photographer Bryanna Field contrasted the images she shot at the same delivery as everyone else to demonstrate how rapidly newborns change. The young lady took a photograph of a baby girl five seconds after her birth and another one of her a few hours later to demonstrate the drastic shift. In the first photograph, the tiny girl’s face is distorted and covered with x ss. The second photograph was taken about one hour after delivery. “I thought the contrast between before and after to be astounding. It nearly doesn’t seem to be the same baby in the second shot!” the photographer says.

Bryanna Field thinks that the contrast between the two photographs will appeal to Internet users and argues that it is quite natural for newborns to be imperfect. The photographer says, “Many parents expect that their kid would be flawless at birth, but this is seldom the case and there is nothing remarkable about it.”