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[Maidmummy]

DD will be six at the beginning of September and she has little to no hair, since being born it's grown roughly an inch, anyway I've noticed over the last 6 months she's started pulling it out at the back and sometimes eating it and 90% of the time she doesn't realise she's doing it and I have to tell her about it. I contacted the GP who referred her to the child mental health team who basically sent me a letter saying "we don't need to see her as it's not mental health related, we suggest you speak to her school nurse". How am I supposed to do that when we've had lockdown so no school and they have now broken up for 6 weeks, what would a school nurse even be able to do 🤷 everywhere I have read suggests possible anxiety and isn't that MH related.

Is it worth taking her back to the GP and demand it be dealt with by the correct professionals?

The picture was taken about a year ago but her hairs still exactly the same

@Wherestheline

Trichotillomania Wouldn’t cover why the hair isn’t growing in the first place so i don’t think it sounds like a pulling disorder. I definitely think it’s one for the doctor.

That’s my thinking.

I would push for a peads referral and a blood test to look for any deficiencies

I think you need physical reasons for hair loss ruled out by GP.
Eating the hair afterwards can just be part of trichotillomania.
It is an impulse control disorder but is a different kettle of fish when occurs in children your DDs age rather than teens/adults so the same 'treatments' don't really apply. It wouldn't be a CAMHs referral unless part of a wider problem.
Trichotillomania is a bit niche and sometimes online/private services are better but rule out other physical causes first.
It's scary when people say trich is a psychological disorder etc, at its base it can just be a nice comforting habit. However it tends to cause distress as it results in hair loss. Please don't worry too much about your daughter being 'disordered' etc if it ends up that it looks like trich.

Also, just to say, if your DD has little hair anyway, it might be a good time to cut it short all over, it could also help break the habit of pulling if there isn't enough length for her to get her fingers round.

Did she have any blood tests?