Alopecia in 4 year old, any advice please?

[crescent]

My gs has just been diagnosed with alopecia, following us finding a bald patch right on the crown of his head yesterday. I have been doing searches on here and elsewhere and am just feeling sick currently. He is a generally healthy little boy, although he does have asthma and the usual bugs!
I'd be really grateful for any advice.

Me too. My ds aged 7 has a bald patch due to alopecia. He has been to the dr who prescribed nothing and said it would go away on its own. It's not a huge patch, but it's about 2 inches long, just above one ear.

My dd had this last year when she was 12; a bald patch moved around her head, hair growing back while another bald patch appeared, if you see what I mean. The dr said it was to do with her immune system, prescribed something and now it is all grown back.

oh how upsetting having it happen to both of them, elasticwoman . Was it a steroid cream that was prescribed for your dd? Our doctor hasn't prescribed anything at the moment and know my dd wouldn't be keen on a steroid cream as my gs already has steroid inhalers for his asthma.
Has your ds had this patch for long?

Ds has had the bald patch for a few months but I only noticed it recently, and then remembered that the mobile hairdresser pointed it out when it was just a thin patch.

I think it may have been a steroid cream for dd. The whole thing was much more upsetting for her than it is now for ds, who doesn't seem to care at all. Dd used to go to school with a thick bandana on her head and I alerted the teachers so that they wouldn't ask her to take it off. The hair has grown back the same as it ever was and she's fine now. Some people have it much worse - go completely bald and if the hair grows back at all, it's all dry and fuzzy.

well I'm keeping everything crossed that my gs will be like your dd and that it will all grow back. It's just such a shock, isn't it?
thanks for replying though I really am a neurotic grandmother, even worse than I was as a mother! Can't bear anything that might upset gs. You'd think I'd get better with age!

How does your gs feel about it, Crescent?

well he's only 4 and as the patch is on the top of his head, he doesn't seem too concerned at present, so hoping it stays as just that one patch and no more. None of the other children in his nursery have noticed so far. Must have been really hard for your dd.

Yes it was. Probably the hardest thing was not knowing how it was going to pan out. With the bandana on it was never noticeable, but it's the thought of how it might progress. All better now, back to her original thick, healthy hair.

Hi Crescent and Elasticwomen I realise this is very old but how has it all been? Is your GS ok- did it grow back and elasticwomen have your children ever had any remission? I've just found a very small patch of my 5 year old and as I have alopecia myself which comes and goes I'm just so worried I've given it to my son x