My Daughter's Hair is Not Growing

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I have a four year old little girl who gets very upset by comments at school calling her a boy etc. She has fair blond curly hair, but it is so short about two inches not even that in some places. I did try to trim a bit to stimulate growth but nothing? It really won't grow and it upsets her. I have really thick curly dark hair so i have no idea why it won't grow? or when it will? If any one has any ideas please email me xelizax123 AT aol.com thanks xx

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Try keeping her skin clean, make sure that it doesn't go more than two days without a wash. Try moisturizing, that works best. As for her hair, don't over brush it, this can cause some breakage and thinning. Only brush it enough to get the tangles out. Oh, yeah, and try changing her sheets, this could help with the eczema. make sure she changes her clothes every day. If nothing helps, try going to a herbal/natural store, the employees are always very knowledgeable and helpful, they can recommend something that might help.

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I can't answer your question but I will pray for you and your daughter. I admire you for taking such good care of your daughter. May God in heaven bless you.

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Let me just tell you straight up. A lot of doctors over diagnose eczema. They diagnosed my daughter with eczema when she broke out at 3 months of age. I knew it was not eczema because I had had it as a child. I asked for like 4 opinions until finally the nurse at her doctor's office told me it was another form of cradle cap which is very similar to eczema but is caused by bacteria. She recommended washing the child's hair with Selsun Blue shampoo. I'll tell you one thing, my daughter's skin cleared up in a month.

My little sister who was diagnosed with the same condition continued to use hydrocotizone creams and all that stuff until her mother got frustrated like me and tried the selsum blue. her skn eared up as well(I mean my little sister would scratch until she was bleeding and then her sores would get infected and leave dark scars). It worked. I just thought that would be helpful. it really works. Give it a month. It won't hurt.

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I posted this somewhere else so I just copied and pasted the whole thing below. I wrote about hair further down.

I have had Eczema all of my life, horribly painful, to the point of cracking and bleeding. I have had ointments, tars, lotions, medications, steroids, diet restrictions, supplements and finally UV treatments (where it just burns you, doesn't tan you). I have had doctors scrape my skin and remove plugs to try new meds, nothing helped. It is on my feet, legs, torso, arms, ears and scalp. I was tormented as a child, teased beyond belief! I had an uncle come visit, who I had never met and have never seen since. He told my mom to soak my scalp in Vegetable Oil. It worked like a dream!

I am now 37 years old and I still use this technique. As a child I had to do it once a week and now as an adult I do it maybe once per year! It is time consuming and much like dying the roots of your hair. Part and apply, part and apply, etc. Place a towel over your pillow and leave it on over night, minimum! I used to leave it on for a couple of days. When you wash it out you most likely have to wash a couple of times, it is sort of like a hot oil treatment. I know it sounds disgusting but it works for me! Oh, and I used to put vaseline on, in and behind my ears daily. I had it pretty bad on my ears but the vegetable oil helped that too. My mom rubbed it into my ears when she soaked my hair/scalp. As far as the Eczema on my body goes, I have a Tanning Canopy at home because the sun and/or tanning beds are the only thing that ever made the eczema go away completely and give me any sort of relief. I used to tan quite often, however now I only tan a few times a year and the eczema stays away. I realize the same techniques won't work for everyone but if this brought relief to even one person I would be thrilled! Good Luck!

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My oldest daughter had very thin, wispy hair that wouldn't grow. I was sick cos I thought, what's wrong with her hair? I finally asked a Hispanic lady I saw once, who had the most beautiful head of hair as did her daughter, what was the secret of the Hispanic people anyway? I told her they all seemed to have thick, long and shiny hair. I told her about my daughter and she told me, "Go home and cut it!" I almost fell over! I argued with this woman about how little hair she had.

Every thing I said, she said the same thing. And then she said "And when it grows back, do it again!, And again, and again. I promise you, her hair will get thick and long." I thanked her and thought she was crazy! But next day, I tried it. And it grew back, and I did it again, and I started seeing a difference! I did this maybe 5 times, and from then on until today at age 36, she's got some of the most beautiful, healthy hair I've ever seen! CindyM56

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Hi I have twin girls Jade and Amber and they are 4 and half. They came out with full heads of heads of hair, but when they turned one, they lost all there hair. Now they have some hair but its not even to their shoulders. I can't even really put it in a pony tail! I am very worried and scared please if you have any info on this email me at ggirl817 AT yahoo.com

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I don't know what advice you've received but eczema is worse with dry skin. A good moisturizer (without alcohol) like oatmeal lotion, eucerin, or sarno lotion helps. Also flaxseed oil and other omega 3 fatty acids will help her skin and hair.This may take up to 2 months to notice improvement.

Pay close attention to her diet staying away from sweets, (anything with more than 9grams of sugar is too sweet) and high salt (anything above 500mg of sodium is too high in salt). Good luck and keep us posted.

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I read thru this post (even though it's from back in April,'07)
& didn't see anywhere that hair nails & skin vitamins were mentioned,so I thought I would list it.
I found out about it because I am bipolar so after years of a variety of medicines my hair was thinning at a horrifying rate every day
It seems to have slowed a little bit
But that's what they are called
: hair nails & skin vitamins
here's a link to the search results: http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=y ... ail%20%26%20skin%20vitamins&ei=UTF-8

Post by melody_yesterday

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Well, I have twin girls.
& Ashley is younger by 26 hours.
And her hair grows like crazy.
But Hannas hair only ever grew down to her shoulder just about.
And they're four.
They have to go to the doctors for shots so I'll ask him(
PS: meat & vitamin e shampoo makes hair grow.
(It doesn't work on Hanna though)
Just so you know. =]!

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My daughter is two years old an i've been freaking out lately thinking something is wrong also, she barely has anyhair, an i've been getting scared she has a little more then a new born, maybe about an inch from head but thats it an its not growing but she isnt missing eye brows or anything like that i hope there is nothing wrong...

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Try thyroid testing

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