Hair loss in 3 year old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all! I finally managed to get an apt at children’s national. I live in Adam’s Morgan. I might ask the pediatrician to run a blood panel for my own peace of mind since thyroid might be an issue as suggested. He has been losing hair since March and now it’s pretty noticeable. No bald spots as yet and otherwise he is his usual rowdy 3 year old self. He has gone through a lot of changes in the past 12 months ( a move, daycare, new sibling and Covid..) and I was reading up that it might be stress related...as strange as it may sound.. anyhow I just hope it’s nothing serious

Please keep us posted OP, if you come back to this post. I hope it goes well!

[Anonymous]

Hi all. OP here- went to the dermatologist (contrary to popular belief it is really difficult to get an apt with a pediatric dermatologist!) apparently he might have Telogen effluvium- caused by stress usually to an illness and also covid. He has neither in the past year but he has gone through a lot of change including starting daycare which was a very rough ride so they believe it could be triggered by that. Bottom line being they are not sure why he is losing hair but it’s not alopecia since the hair fall is gradual and not thyroid related either. We are now just hoping it will stop and start growing back. Thanks for all your suggestions and support! Hope this info helps anyone else who might be dealing with this sort of unexplained hair loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi all. OP here- went to the dermatologist (contrary to popular belief it is really difficult to get an apt with a pediatric dermatologist!) apparently he might have Telogen effluvium- caused by stress usually to an illness and also covid. He has neither in the past year but he has gone through a lot of change including starting daycare which was a very rough ride so they believe it could be triggered by that. Bottom line being they are not sure why he is losing hair but it’s not alopecia since the hair fall is gradual and not thyroid related either. We are now just hoping it will stop and start growing back. Thanks for all your suggestions and support! Hope this info helps anyone else who might be dealing with this sort of unexplained hair loss.

Thanks for the update OP. I’ve had tellogen effluvium myself when I was dealing with work related stress. It does pass when the stress source is removed. So the thyroid test came back normal?