A few months ago, back in January, a child I care for with ASD started pulling my hair. The child became aggressive one evening and went for my hair. The child dug the fists into my scalp and pulled from my roots. It was sore. The behaviour continued for a number of weeks but it reduced in frequency and minimised. The last hair pull was in May.
A clump of hair came out of my head with the original hair pull. There was an area of my scalp that remained tender for a few weeks after that.
Just tonight, I was washing my hair and the area of scalp that was tender a few months ago, started paining me again. It's not very sore now but I know something is jot quite right. Should I be going to the doctor or will an over the counter pain medication be OK? Will an anti inflammatory med target the area?