My 9 year old girl has a bald patch a bit bigger than a 50p piece on the side of her scalp. Completely smooth. Not sure if she's noticed it and I don't want to draw attention to it to make her stressed as it might make it worse. Haven't taken her to GP as i don't want to stress her if they can't treat it anyway. Having googled, it seems to be alopecia areata, for which there doesn't seem to be a good treatment. Has anyone had this experience? Should I just ignore it, and hope it goes, and deal with the consequences if it gets worse? Or take to GP and risk her being stressed for no reason - dilemma. Has anyone found an effective treatment? Thanks.
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