Within the last year I've noticed that Caroline says "OW!!!!!" when I help brush her hair in the mornings before school. It seems that when the brush slightly touches her scalp, it's painful. I can't recall this happening when she was little. Of course I'm gentle with the brush (and use bottles upon bottles of spray detangler) but no matter what I do, she complains that the brush hurts her scalp. The scalp is not sunburned, irritated or red. My other girls don't complain when I brush their hair, so I'm chalking Caroline's complaints up to loose anagen.
Looking back over the symptoms of LAS, I don't see where a sensitive scalp is a usual complaint. The hair loss with loose anagen is mostly painless. It doesn't seem to cause her pain to lose hair when pulling out a hair band (which invariably happens) but only when the brush gently meets her scalp. I suppose there's nothing to be done for this other than to be very careful and not rush styling her hair.
Yet another fun aspect of this syndrome!
How old is Caroline now? When was she diagnosed? Im guessing 2 ish. Have you seen any improvement?
ReplyDeleteHey Jaclyn - she's 8 now and no real improvement. Diagnosed around 4 years old. It's okay though, I can't imagine her any other way. I wish for her sake she'd have longer hair but it's has sort of a 1920's flapper feel to it which I love also. We just try not to think about it too much (even though I have this blog, it's just cathartic)!
ReplyDeleteWow! I just came along this blog when trying to figure out why my daughters hair won't grow. Yesterday at her visitor's day at dance I started looking around the room noticing that her hair just didn't look like anyone elses. I have been thinking it would grow, but now at 4.5 it is just not. I made an appointment to see a dermatologist and am hoping for a diagnosis. I have been not cutting her longer hair in the back thinking the front hair will catch up, but we will head straight to the salon for a bob cut since I now know that she won't have long hair. My husband doesn't understand how much your hair is part of you growing up....I hope that we can find a cute way to wear it!
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