Hair loss in 2 year old female toddler - Page 2

[sarahegeorge14]

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I forgot to mention I think it's stress related. I had a baby (her first sibling) 2 1/2 months ago and she started preschool shortly after. She showed no signs of being stressed but with a colicky newborn and being a big girl going to school I think it definitely was a big transition for her. She was sick about 2 weeks after he was born with a stomach flu but no coxsackie virus or anything. So at this point I think it is Telogen Effluvium due to stress.

Good luck!
 

[AAllred]

I'm interested to see how your kids have Bern doing. My daughter will be 3 this month and has been losing hair for the past 9 months. She currently looks like we have shaved the side of her head. She has had some regrowth but it always seems to fall out as well.

The doctor seems to believe it is telogen effluvium but from my research that is hair that falls out from the root. Hers will mainly break off. And it is usually dramatic. A week ago a whole ponytail broke of with no roof ends just broken hairs. That is not the first time and I take them with me to show the doctors but they just seem to blow it off. She is scheduled to go back on 6 weeks where they will decide on the deem referral. She has no history of fevers or nutrition issues and has blood work which has all been normal.

[R Gundberg]

I am updating you on the status of my 3 year old who started losing hair right after having coxsackie virus back in August. We ended up having to cut her hair intro a pixie cut because it was so thin. Since then her hair has been really filling in nicely. The length of her hair has not changed, but you can no longer see her scalp. Hopefully it will start to grow longer soon!

[podomama]

I am updating for the 2nd time on my son who first lost his hair back in April-May 2012..... it had started growing back in August 2012, but right the next month in September it almost all  fell out again, but this time in circular patches all over his head.  Dr. said it is Alopecia this time.  We had to shave the back and sides of this head, the front and top of his head still had hair so we left that .... He had so many bald patches I really was discouraged about it growing back...  Dr. prescribed topical steriods (2 kinds).  It didn't do anything for the first 2 months, but now I am actually seeing some regrowth even in the bald patches.  Thank the Lord.  I don't know if it is medication or other things, as I am doing a bunch of things also such as reducing his milk intake, reducing his gluten (even though he was tested for allergies and all came back negative), started putting Kale in his diet, letting him have as much sunlight as possible, I started putting hemp seeds in his diet for the good fats, I am continuing the probiotics. At this point I don't know what the cause was , I don't know what is actually helping the regrowth, but I just hope and pray it continues.  I hope all your sons & daughters also have a full recovery.

[momgs]

Hello, my two year old daughter started loosing her hair in December 2012, I am extremely worried because it started with a bald spot and now she has several. I think she is going to loose all her hair. The doctor told us that she has alopecia areata and I am more relieved because after several tests
We know she is healthy. She is going to school so I wanted to know f any of your kids went to school while they were going trough this. I don't know what to tell her if her friends ask and weather I should try to hide it or not. Iam scared she will feel different in a bad way.
Thank you

[mama2kjbf]

hey there, i originally posted in june and then again at the end of july. i just wanted to give you an update for those parents out there who are freaking out (as i was). my daughter's hair has ALL grown back in!! i'd even say it's a little thicker than before. it started in march of 2012 and by the end of june 2012 she was completely bald. i mean, old-man, shiny head bald. the most frightening time of my parenting life so far. in july we started seeing tiny little hairs coming back in, and since then it's all grown in at a normal rate and is probably about 3 inches long now and starting to curl up a little on the sides. there was actually a little spot on the back that grew in a little slower, but i'm guessing that was where she sleeps. 

but in the end we're pretty sure it was telogen effluvium caused by an unknown virus/high fever she had had in january 2012. 3 months later is when she started losing her hair. throughout the first half of 2012, she was also going through all kind of other skin issues---she had eczema and about 4 or 5 other random acute skin issues that were all just popping up one after the next. we did all kinds of blood/allergy tests and everything was totally normal....so we had to just wait and see, which you can not underestimate the stress and agony as a parent of waiting and seeing if your baby girl's hair is all going to fall out and then IF it's going to grow back in, so do know you're not alone if that's where you are right now. 

i certainly can't say that the hair growth will happen for everyone (i bet it will happen for most though), but in our situation we just kept focusing on the future and not letting that situation completely take over our lives (as hard as it was to ignore weird stares, etc.)....and eventually it grew back. all of it! don't loose hope and try to protect your child from thinking something is wrong with her/him.  if you have to tell people not to talk about it in front of her/him than do that (i.e. grandparents or unknowing adult friends). they may not even notice at such a young age, but if they do, remind them that everyone's body is different and that no matter how they look they are perfect just the way they are.

[mama2kjbf]

@momgs - my daughter was in school. at two there really weren't kids that asked anything about it and in fact the parents didn't really say anything to us either. i took the initiative though to email all of the kids parents to tell them what was going on. i didn't want them to be worried or start making up stories in their own heads...or even tell their kids something if they didn't know what was happening. it gave me a huge amount of relief to know that they knew she was okay and what the real story was. 

[n873]

I am 34 years old. I started losing my hair 6 years ago. It's is shredding everyday. And now my girlfriend is too. We have a six year old, he seem fine. I been noticing that my daughter is starting to she'd too. I am very very scare for her. I hope it's not because of me, that is gave it to her mom and her. The doc said that can not happen. I read a lot of story and not heard of any parents losing their hair. Help please