Could allergies be the cause?

Hi!

My daughter is 9 and was loosely diagnosed with alopecia about 6 months ago. I say loosely because there have been conflicting opinions by 3 doctors.

After a horrible reaction to sunscreen, my little girls hair seemed to develop bald spots, including half an eyebrow, within weeks and though most have grown back or are starting to, just recently, some new little patches have appeared and she seems to be shedding an awful lot all of a sudden! Thankfully her hair is super thick and nobody has really noticed yet! I do feel that it won't be long though and we'll have to start dealing with some confronting questions by school mates etc!

Anyway - I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with an allergic reaction? Her skin seems to be horribly eczema ridden at the moment too which is making me wonder if there's a connection.

I'm taking my daughter to a naturopath to be tested for allergies soon as I'm not keen to start steroid treatment just yet.

Any feedback would be wonderful!

:)

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Permalink Reply by Aussiemum on September 11, 2017 at 8:03pm

Hi there! Thank you for your super detailed reply! All very new to us and I'm looking forward to an upcoming appointment with a tricholigist. So far lots of my daughters spots have grown back and though new ones have appeared too, it's nice to know that they grow back so quickly.

I agree with your advice re encouraging self-love and self-acceptance and we're naturally a very positive family anyway, so shouldn't be a problem there!

Thanks again and all the best to you.

:) 

Permalink Reply by Mom of Israel G on September 11, 2017 at 5:53pm

i feel your pain my son started when he was 2 yrs old having patches after going through tons of different dr s everyone had a different opinion but nothing was fixing it finally at 3 he was diagnosed with Alopecia Arreata by that time he had nothing but one last patch on his head. Many say that it is correlated with allergies. All i know that it took from 3 to when he was 4 1/2 yrs old to get his hair back so he was ready for kindergarden but now at 13 we are having so many allergy issues all of a sudden . he has always had a sensitive skin so we have a chemical removal and water conditioner to protect his skin the water he uses for bathing and drinking for cooking.  He had been ok till now . He is now constantly breaking up in hives they go and come as they want  cant figure out whats causing them he cant sleep at night its a nightmare. my pediatrcian wwhen i ask if it can be something autoimmune because of the fact that AA is now considered autoimmune looks at me like im crazy and says no but in my gut i know that the hives have to do with kids that have or have has Alopecia from what i have read.

Permalink Reply by Aussiemum on September 11, 2017 at 8:08pm

Hello Mom of Israel - thank you for your reply! It's lovely to hear from people going through the same things! Autoimmunes are tricky and feel like we're constantly looking for answers!

We've started cutting out gluten (not completely) and waiting to see if that improves her skin but its only early days.

Looking forward to an appointment with a renowned tricholigist in the coming weeks to actually get some decent information as the GP's were very unhelpful and unsympathetic! Anyway, onwards and upwards and positive energy to you and your son.

Thanks again!

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