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My sons hair is falling out
My three year old son, I believe, has had problems with hair loss since he was a toddler. When we would bath him, his hair appeared very thin in places. I mentioned to my partner that I thought he may have alopecia. We dismissed it though after we had shaved his head because his hair looked normal - alopecia is for adults wth bad nerves right? Or so we thought.
About a year later I noticed a small bald patch on the back of his head. It was about the size of an orange. It wasnt overly noticeable until we cut his hair and people starting asking what was wrong with his head. Eventually the hair grew back and he has been okay.
Last week though we noticed a bald patch growing again at the back of his head. Today it is absolutely massive. It looks like he is losing the hair all over one side of the back of his head. I know there could be worse thing happen to him and we should count our blessings but I cant help feel pretty gutted about the whole thing.
Is this permenant? Will he likely suffer this into adulthood? We thought he had gotten over it but alas it came back again and now Im fearful this is going to be an ongoing issue.
Thnaks in adavnce for any advice.
About a year later I noticed a small bald patch on the back of his head. It was about the size of an orange. It wasnt overly noticeable until we cut his hair and people starting asking what was wrong with his head. Eventually the hair grew back and he has been okay.
Last week though we noticed a bald patch growing again at the back of his head. Today it is absolutely massive. It looks like he is losing the hair all over one side of the back of his head. I know there could be worse thing happen to him and we should count our blessings but I cant help feel pretty gutted about the whole thing.
Is this permenant? Will he likely suffer this into adulthood? We thought he had gotten over it but alas it came back again and now Im fearful this is going to be an ongoing issue.
Thnaks in adavnce for any advice.
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Permalink Reply by Rose Marie' on
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Hi Leon
I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this situation again. I understand how devastating this condition can be. Sadly noone can tell you what is going to happen and when, I think that is the worst you have to come to terms with. My daughter lost her hair at 12 and is now 18 and has regrown and lost her hair three times in that six year period - so it's not unusual for hair to come and go.
If I can ever be of any help please drop in and leave me a message.
Take care - you aren't on your own
Rosy
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My son is also three and was officially diagnosed earlier this year. It sounds like your son's hair loss is pretty much like my son's was. Unfortunately, we have been told by several doctors that the growth/loss pattern will most likely continue for his whole life. The good part is, at three they don't know or care what their hair looks like, so that gives us some time as parents to get some knowledge and figure out how to deal with it.
My advice would be to first get it checked out by a doctor to make sure it isn't something else, like a skin infection or nutritional deficiency. Different doctors have different ideas for treatment, ours recommended doing nothing until he is bothered by the condition. I just buzz his hair off short and he couldn't care less what it looks like at this age.
It's hard for any parent to deal with a medical condition in their child, life-threatening or not, so don't discount your own feelings either. Talking to a couple of other doctors and some parents of kids with alopecia really helped me. Best of luck to you and your son.
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Permalink Reply by Tasha Dingler on
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Sierra as you may no was 4 when she was diagnosed with alopecia and all of the research that I have done I have found out that children with excessive hairloss at a young age do have a less chance of regaining thier hair. It doesnt sound like his is excessive tho yet. I would keep an eye one it! whatever you do DONT blame yourself. If he does experience advanced stages of alopecia you remember he is a lucky little man to have a strong involoved mother like yourself. And if it happens I recommened that video for children involved in his life! Thanks you so much for your beautiful comment on my blog. It was so nice! I love alopecia world everyone is so kind and I know why people call it a family! I will definatly read that to sierra she would really like to hear the commment. You will make her feel so special and I thank you for that! Have you ever when to an NAAF Con?
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