My son who will be 5 in June has Alopecia. His entire hair on his head is gone, now it is affecting his eye brows, one eye brow hair has gone and the other is thinning out. This started when he was about year and half old.
IWe have been to every specialist I can think of, nothing seems to work. He has had prescription medicine and ‘alternative’ treatments. Nothing works.
Has anyone gone through what my son is going through? If so what is the best method? As mentioned we have gone to several Dermatologist and I really have not been happy with any of their theories or conclusions.
Thank god he is a boy and he has a pretty head. But it’s really bothering me now that it is effecting his brows and he will be going to school full time, he already has to deal with challenges(Downs), I don't want kids to tease him because he is "bold".
Thanks so much!
my cousin who is 30 now got alopecia around 8. he lost everything immediately. eye lashes, leg and arm hair, head hair, never got any "man" hair etc....not that i asked but from my aunt said lol..
anyways they tried caps and wigs but it just became more of a distraction. it was just better him being him and he learned to be more confident being himself then hiding behind something.
It was a long process but got better.
I have a friend who son has this as well. I believe her son is 8 or 10 yrs now (?). Let me know if you would like me to have her contact you :) I have been hearing about this with many boys as of late...seems to have become a common, for lack of better word, thing.
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A boy in the middle school I work in has alopecia, and life has been hard for him because of it. He's becoming a lot more confident, I'm happy to say. He does wear a hat every day, and he wears it below his brow.
I don't think there are any cures, unfortunately, but I would love to be able to suggest to this boy's family that they consider permanent "makeup" to give him brows, at least. Also, they can make human hair pieces these days that look as natural as real hair.
I don't know at what age a child can have permanent makeup tattooed; because they are still growing it may not be possible until he is older, but it is a consideration. I saw RuPaul on tv the other day, and he had had his eyebrows drawn on for the day, it was masterful and looked just like real eyebrows. So you would have to research a lot to find an expert. It's not something you want to mess up, obviously.
But it's nice to know that the technology exists to make someone with alopecia look fairly normal.
i think you mean bald....but being bold is a good thing too. i would just have him wear a baseball cap everyday. maybe having one for each day of the week or several to go with different kinds of outifts. kids will be mean no matter what but if your son can understand this and if you have a talk with him. maybe have him learn to say something postive back when a kid says something mean. try having him say" bald is beautiful".
