My children are losing their hair. Please help!

[gemini_girl]

Why do children loose their hair?
This has been going on for about a year now and I have seen doctors, speacilists, had skin scrapings, used creams, changed shampoo and conditioner but nothing is working.
My daughter was first to start loosing her hair. She lost it in small patches at first. It started to grow back only to loose it again. She is now having to wear a hat to cover it because she has almost no hair left at the top of her head. It is also starting to thin towards the back and the sides.
My son, well from the front he looks as though someone has taken the clippers to his head before a power failure occured or something similar. From the back he has some hair starting to grow back again, but this is what it did a couple months ago before it all fell out again.
My son is not to fussed about it, but other kids seem a little concerned, especially when they first meet him.
We have another appointment with a different specialist which I'm hoping it's not going to be a repeat of what I have already been told. "It's just one of those things" as that coment is getting old, and it doesn't help them socially.
I was told to wait 3 months, it's been a year, how long will this go on for?
if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them please.

[Olive]

my 3yr old has had some issues with hair breaking/falling out but certainly not to that extent. i asked at my health food shop about it and they said she is deficient in silica, so shes now on silica daily, maybe look into that

[gemini_girl]

Thank you Olive, I have just done a quick google search for silica and was quite interested in what came up. Some of this other stuff mentioned that I am already aware of with my son. So thanks again!

[YoYo]

There is a condition called Alopecia where people lose their hair.....could it be that?

Hope that isn't too scary! I'm not sure if it effects littlies

[gemini_girl]

Olive how long has your daughter been on silica and has it made any difference?

[RhiChiChi]

Hey there,

I had issues with hair loss, well more brittle hair/not growing when I was young and it was just before I hit puberty that it really started to grow. I had too tried Naturopaths, Chinese Medicine etc... and once I stopped worrying about it, it started to grow. My hair is now really healthy & thick.

Sometimes stress can also cause hair to fall out

[smiles4u]

Just make sure your seeing a Trichologist and not a dermatologist for hair loss, many GP's make the mistake in sending people to dermatologist when it's a Trichologist they need to see.

[squidipa]

personally i know that stress can do that but thats VERY un likley with your children keep pushing to get it sorted out 's to all

[briggsy's girl]

have you been referred to an endocrinologist in amongst all the specialists? they are the docs that focus on hormones and may be able to tell you if there is an imbalance there. i have alopecia (a term used to describe the hair loss, not a cause) due to hormonal irregularity. there is something i can take to correct it but not until i am sure i don't want any more children as it inhibits a certain hormone group and would be harmful to a developing fetus

[gemini_girl]

Thanks smiles I will take note of that as it is a dermatologist that we were referred to. No I wasn't joking about going to a hair-loss clinic.Hubby and I are tired of getting the same answer from different doctors. I have been asked from the school what is happening with him. It sometimes feels as though they're concerned he has some sort of contagious disease that needs to be addressed.

I don't think it is stress, with my daughter it could be possible, but, highly unlikely with my son.

I will take that advice to, thanks Briggsy's Girl