Hello, I am a father of a 6year old daughter who may have alopecia. We found a small bald spot on her head a few weeks ago, it hasn't changed but no new hair has grown either. We took her to a doctor asap and he looked at the spot with a light and said its alopecia, he sent us for blood work and haven't heard back with the results so I called the doctors office. I was informed that if anything was out of the norm the doctor would contact us...and that he will be away for a few days. I said not good enough and made an appointment we don't have very much confidence in our doctors here in Yorkton Saskatchewan(atleast my area anyways). This is eating me up inside and not sure how far it will progress we have no idea how to or when to try to explain this to our little girl(I can hardly talk about it without breaking down). So I guess after rambling away my question is how is a diagnosis for alopecia made, should we see something in the blood work or do we just wait and see how much it progresses if at all? Also how much should I excpect from a doctor, should we find other doctors. I have done many searches and can't find much on alopecia in Saskatchewan, not even a support group the closest group is 5hrs away in Winnipeg MB. If its alopeica that we are going to be dealing with I would like to seek out others who live with it and maybe get a support group started. So any info on ways to start a group or seek out others who be in need of people to talk to and socialize with would be a great help.
Thanks for reading and listening.
Paul