I heard a strange theory

This is going to sound so bizarre to some of ya'll but I have been wondering about it for over a year! I keep trying to Google this theory but no matter how I word it...there's no article to confirm this is even a theory!!!!
After my bleed, I was put in inpatient rehab for about a month or so. One day, I'm in my wheelchair talking to my rehab Dr. who was so super cute (don't tell my husband) that I would always ask him my questions instead of the Dr. that controlled the whole wing.
So, I was asking him about avms and what are possible theories of how they happen, how they grow, where do they come from and why. At this point I was always doped up so I wasn't doing my own research yet because I had absolutely no clarity. Of course he began the spiel we all hear, "No one really knoes." But then he told me this theory that he referred to as the hairnet theory. I know, it sounds silly already. Even as I'm typing and remembering I'm thinking, "I can't believe this dude told me this."
So, his theory was this:
As babies, we are born with this brand new hairnet of vessels. He explained a hairnet was the best way to describe this network of vessels. He said this hairnet is bigger than our brains at birth. As we grow from newborns to infants to toddlers to children so on and so forth, our brains get larger (obviously) and this hairnet grows and expands with our brains until eventually it covers our entire brain. He asked if I ever used a hair net. Naturally I laughed. Of course, I've used one. I worked in fastfood for 4 years:) Quizno's baby!
Anyway, he asked if every hairnet was perfect. The answer, "Of course not!" The ones I used to wear came kind of folded, all neat and nearly perfect. Sometimes you'd open it and there'd be a big knot seemingly formed out of nothing! And he pointed at me like, "There you go! There's the AVM!" At the time it made sense and I still think it makes sense but my problem is that I can't find this "theory" written ANYWHERE!!!!!It's really no big deal but you know how things make sense and then you research it and you're just....feeling really really dumb???
This conversation is one of my more common flashbacks. I was just wondering if anyone else heard this before and/or does it make sense? Or, does anyone know of a site or something to disprove this????

It's a good theory, and it makes perfect sense to me. I think one of the reasons that you are not likely to find this particular theory when doing an online search is due to two main factors: 1. AVM is something that is still not known very well; even in the medical field. 2. Since an AVM is just that, a malformation, basically any number of different examples could be used to describe how the AVM develops. This doctor happened to use the description of a hairnet, but he could have just as easily described it as a knitted hat with a bad stitch, or braided hair that got twisted funny in the process of completing the braid.

Another way that one could look at it is this... Electronic devices. They have wires and circuit boards running through them carrying electricity. As long as everything is connected the right way, then things should continue to run properly until something gets worn out. But, if in the process of connecting the wires, a glob of solder happens to cause a bad connection, it could result in anything from a light not shining as bright as it should, or a speaker making an annoying buzzing sound, or cause the device to stop working altogether. An AVM could be looked at the same way as that blob of solder.

Kristi...that's a cool way of explain an AVM. Wish I had him as my rehab Doctor. Where did you go for rehab? Must have been a really good one! As Jake said, it's difficult to explain why we have an AVM. I guess it's just a birth defect, but not too many people know about them.

I like Jake's way of explaining it too. Brilliant!

Well at least I'm not crazy for seeing this as a possible good way to explain an AVM. It just sounds so silly! But a blob of solder is also good especially when you add sound (not how you meant it, I know). But my avm gave me a bruit so I can identify with the incorporation of sound too. I do know that all avm theories are just that: theories. I just hadn't had a chance to really research beyond asking questions at that point. It seems there is more knowledge of treatment than origin, which is fine when considering the outcome of less knowledge of treatment.
@Louisa My rehab was awesome the first time, not so much the second time for some reason though. It was Reeve's at University in San Antonio. It was the "county" hospital they said but when I go to my cities "county" hospital (Memorial) it's definitely not as "grand" as University.