Alopecia Areata private treatment.

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My two year old DD has recently been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. She has lost a lot of hair already and is still losing more. Our GP made a referral to dermatology at our local hospital but the appointment came through for nearly five months time. I’ve been looking at going private but it’s so hard to find somewhere that deals with it especially in young children. A lot of Google results are actually beauty clinics rather than medical practices. Does anybody have any recommendations for clinics/consultants? We’re SE,about an hour drive from London.

Hi, I’m afraid I don’t have any clinic recommendations but have alopecia areata myself. After visiting a specialist I was prescribed a topical steroid which my GP was later able to prescribe when I had a reoccurrence. Is it worth asking your GP if they will do this for you in the interim as it is pretty standard first stage treatment for alopecia?

Also this is not relevant for everyone but I later discovered that my flare ups were linked to a food intolerance I developed in my 20s. I have since cut out dairy and only have the occasional small patch of hair loss. Hope this helps

@Pottedfern thank you so much, that’s a brilliant place to start and so promising to hear that you’ve found a way to manage it. She had her allergens checked recently at the hospital because she suffered badly as a baby and they were fine but I have wondered if she may be coeliac-shes suffered with her belly since birth but this has been put down to Toddler’s Diarrhoea. With the hair loss now I’m wondering if it might be worth getting it checked out as I’ve read it can cause Alopecia and- tmi- at just turned two I could count the number of solid bowel movements she’s had in her life. Thank you so much for replying-I’ll get on to it.

You poor little DD, I hope you get the support you both need. I know it’s ‘only hair’ but it can be very distressing and so unpredictable. I lost around a third of my hair very quickly but you would never know now, so I hope your DD is similarly lucky.

There are lots of support groups on Facebook you may find useful. Good luck

@Pottedfern honestly, thank you so much. You have been more help than you realise. I phoned the surgery today and got an appointment with the doctor to discuss creams and coeliac-not for a fortnight but I’m glad I’ve got a plan. Hope you have a lovely Easter and thank you again.

I’m looking for the same but In the south west. We have bupa through dps work. The nhs have no appointments to book at all 😳

My 3 yo dd had hair but has two large bald patches, smaller bald spots and what she has is very thin.

We haven’t had any testing yet. She has no other health issues so not sure if they’ll just prescribe steroid cream.

It’s sad isn’t it. I get quite upset about it but she doesn’t even notice thank goodness x

Hi everyone, my two year old has a few bald
Patches. The dr thinks it could be alopecia areata. How is everyone's children now?