6 year old daughter diagnoised with Alopecia
I have a beautiful 6 year old daughter that has fairly recently been
diagnosed with Alopecia. She has started a series of injections, one every two
months.
The places DO seem to be improving nicely, but I was wondering if any one had
any additional suggestions/comments.
Thanks in advance,
J.
July 20th, 2005 at 4:19 am
J.
What are the injections for? Has she ever had hair? Our daughter
has Netherton Syndrome and she does not grow hair….wondering what
the injections might do?? Does your daughter have any other
symptoms?
Blessings
Karla Brown
July 20th, 2005 at 4:45 pm
Hi Karla,
Yes, she has/had hair. When she was about 2, she had 2 very small "spots"
right at her hair line where the hair came out. Just as quickly, it grew right
back in, so we really thought nothing of it. Then again around 3 1/2, a few
more spots appeared, and the dermatologist said it was "viral Alopecia". Again,
it all grew back. This past summer, she had another episode, but this was far
worse…multiple areas with a pretty large diameter. The original place from
the summer is coming back in nicely, BUT the other areas are not doing well at
all. The last time we took her to the dermatologist, he started her on the
injections, which is basically a corticosteroid like Celestone or Kenalog. Since
that time, she is doing a great deal better, but again, there seem to be new
areas almost daily.
There is SO little information that I can find, and I was so pleased to have
found this board. Thanks for letting me ask questions and express concerns!
Any info will be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jana