Good morning sisters, can anyone give me an advice please. My daughter has just turned two and she has hardly any hair. I have been blessed with thick black hair and also my husband. The reason why I want her to have hair not because of vanity but she suffered bad plagiocephaly - flat head syndrome only one side and people at playground keeps staring. One of my friend has suggested to shave her head, my husband is against it and he said he won’t talk to me if I do it. I have cut it really short however it doesn’t make any difference. She doesn’t eat much and have been diagnosed with low iron which she is taking supplements for. Any suggestion would be appreciated. With love L
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Shaving their head is supposed to work when they're young, I wouldn't do it now at all.
If you're concerned about her hair growth your best to speak to a doctor and get some advice about whether or not there are any medicines to stimulate hair growth.
Now is the perfect time to teach your daughter about resilience, she is super young and I imagine she doesn't really know that people are staring specifically at her. It's yourself that is phased by it. Get her some cute bows, hats, headbands etc. that match her outfits :)
I wouldn't shave it. I'd work on the resilience. And I do know what it's like to have my child stared at.
Maybe look at some cute hats, which she should be wearing outside anyway to protect her skin.
My girl is almost two and hasn’t got a lot of hair either. I deywpulvdt shave it but I am starting to give her more frequent hair cuts to hopefully give it a growth spurt.
Other things I do, it’s brush it and really work her scalp. I feel like stimulating the scalp might help it grow but tbh I have no idea. And I often massage her little head and give it a good scrub when washing and a bit of a massage then too.
For the mean time, does your daughter keep headbands on? You could always try those turban type of headbands when in public (if that takes away from the flatter side of her head, but maybe it could draw attention to it. I’m not sure)
It will grow.
2 out of 3 of my kids were literally bald until about 3 years old, my poor daughter had a odd curly red mullet for a while and my son was so fair with such little hair I actually had someone ask me if he had leukemia (WTF right?). He is 10 now with magnificent thick blind hair and my daughters hair is now light brown and poker straight (and it covers her while head lol)
I have a Maori heratige and my partner has an aboriginal heratige so we both have quite dark features and thick dark hair and we were fully expecting our kids to inherit those traits but they didn't, genetics are amazing!
I wouldn't shave it, hair grows from the scalp not the ends so you're only cutting of the fine flyaways, just leave it - as much of a painful process it is you'll get something to work with eventually!
I don’t understand if you want to grow it, why keep cutting it short? Let it grow. Shaving it is a myth.
My girl was almost completely bald until nearly 3, she’s 7 now and it’s halfway down her back. She doesn’t eat much which hasn’t seemed to make a difference. It will grow eventually, just try not to make a thing about it and invest in some hats or cute headbands of it worries you
If there’s other things going on, then I would see a wholistic GP or naturopath. Get full testing done, look at her diet, gut health, immune system and any environmental factors