Newly Diagnosed

Hi All

Not sure if I am in the right place, I saw there was an area for parents.  My son is 12 and is losing large areas of hair now on the side of his head - it happened rather slowly, and we thought it was triciliomania, since he was pulling it. Now however it is coming out in clumps. I am trying not to alarm him, but it seems to only be speeding up. We see new dermatologist tomorrow and he is on a steroid creme, but I just want it to stop and it seems to be only getting worse.  I hope the creme is not making it worse.  However, he does seem to be getting new growth in the places that were lost already.  He has bright red curly hair so it seems even more obvious with him.  Could use some words of encouragement.  Thanks

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Comment by aweiss on July 14, 2015 at 2:19pm

Thank you!  I really hope it slows down soon :(  I think the fact that it is curly does help.  You are right about staying strong.  How is yours now?  He does not want to, but I think we are trying steroid injections. I feel that might work better.

Comment by Tallgirl on July 14, 2015 at 2:17pm
I had alopecia in junior high. Curly perm could hide some, but the fact of this condition is that it might come and go over the years. If I were a guy in school in this decade, I would let the school staff know and start wearing cool signature hats BEFORE hair is lost, so people just think it is a fashion thing. Take great Facebook pix in the hat(s) and ALWAYS smile in the pix and in public. If others think you are cool with it and confident, they will take a clue to be the same. Ignor any haters. Shake shake shake it off and just go prove yourself in sports, music, or drama. Good luck!

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