There are many reasons for hair loss in children, such as physiological hair loss, hereditary hair loss, nutritional deficiencies, fungal infections and other factors.
1. Physiological hair loss: similar to adults, children’s hair is in active metabolism every day, and there will be growth and shedding phenomena, if the number of hair loss is more than 100 per day, this may be a non-physiological phenomenon.
2. Hereditary hair loss: hair loss is also related to family genetics, if the parents have severe hair loss, the chance of hair loss in children will be higher than that of children of the same age.
3. Malnutritional alopecia: if the child does not pay attention to diet, there are picky eaters, anorexia, etc., there can be a lack of nutrients in the hair follicle tissue, hair loss and other phenomena; in addition, if there is a lack of vitamin D and calcium in infants aged 3 to 6 months or older, occipital baldness can occur, causing obvious hair loss.
4. Fungal infection: in the usual not pay attention to head hygiene, easy to lead to local fungal infections, causing ringworm and other diseases, affecting the hair follicle organization, local hair loss and other phenomena.
In short, small children appear hair loss phenomenon, it is recommended that parents take their children to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor’s standardized treatment, do not self-medication.