3.5 year old girl short hair
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Anonymous
| My 3.5 year old girl has very short hair. She was born with a lot but then a lot fell out as a baby and following that it's grown back slowly. It's think and scraggly. I guess I'm looking for reassurance that it will grow and it's just taking time. The girls in her class have hair down their backs. She keeps asking me for hairstyles and braids and I can't give her that. Her little sister (1.5 y/o) has hair longer than hers already. Just looking for similar stories or encouragement. My hair dresser told me to cut it because it'll grow back healthier, but we've never cut her hair and I don't know if that's the correct thing to do. |
Anonymous
| I would Google that, OP. I don't know the answer, but my guess is it will LOOK thicker short, but won't necessarily grown back thicker. |
Anonymous
| It will certainly grow. Think about it: I’ve never seen a 7 year old with thin, scraggly toddler hair. But I have seen many 3 year olds with this look. I think it all evens out by about age 6. |
Anonymous
| Can you give her regular trims? It might sound counter intuitive but trims will help neaten the hair and make it look fuller and less scraggly. Pageboys are adorable on 3 year olds! |
Anonymous
| My DD was like this as a little one. She wanted long hair, but it took years. Counterintuitively, this was actually because she ended up with very thick hair. As the new hair grew in, the longer, thinner part would start to look scraggly (kind of like a mullet) and we’d have to cut it. She was finally able to grow it out in early elementary, and now (in high school) her hair is very thick and long. |
Anonymous
| Can you do a braid on the side with a piece of her hair and then clip it back? |
Anonymous
| Have you seen a dermatologist? There are some (benign) conditions that do impact hair growth, e.g. short anagen syndrome. Probably it's all fine and will even out with time but that would be the specialist to consult for reassurance or more information. |
Anonymous
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I have heard that you need to shave off the scalp a few times to grow thick hair.
My mom got my head shaved a couple of times when I was an infant because she wanted me to have thick hair. All my infant pictures are with cute caps because I was actually BALD. Anyways, I have really thick hair that grows very fast. I actually have to pay extra to thin out my hair. I am 58 yrs old. |
Anonymous
| Shaving the head does not make the hair grow back thicker. |
Anonymous
| Consider yourself lucky, OP. Long, scraggly hair looks ridiculous and unkempt on little girls. DD had short hair until she was old enough to take care of it herself. |
Anonymous
| I would absolutely cut it to even it out. This was my DD at that age. Now at 7 she has super long thick glossy hair! |
Anonymous
That's ridiculous. |
Anonymous
| Definitely get her a trim to shape the ends. Blunt ends look much thicker and "older" than the wispy scraggly toddler ends. A tight, neat page boy with or without bangs will look great and you can do lots of cute headbands and clips until it's long enough for braids. |
Anonymous
| DD was like this, her hair has some wave to it. During those in between years I did let it grow in the front and kept trimming the mulletty part in the back, and would side part it and clip the front back with a small elastic as it got long enough. It took some time before I could even it out to a bob at around age 4.5. She has super thick, wild hair now but it remains pretty wispy around the hairline. |
Anonymous
| Yes, ime when you cut the hair, the thin baby curls might be replaced with stronger, thicker strands. But, that just might be your daughter’s hair type. My sister’s hair is thin and takes forever to grow. It looks fine but on her as an adult. |