My 15Year Old Daughter Has Hair Loss - Is She Too Young For a Hair Transplant?
My daughter is currently 15 years old.
She started experiencing hair loss when she hit puberty (approximately 10years old) as well as fairly serious acne.
She has had numerous blood tests to check for various hormonal issues, but to date, no definitive diagnosis — everything appears within normal range.
Oral contraceptives have greatly improved the acne but have not helped at all with the hair loss.
Her hair loss has now stabilized (does not appear to be getting any thinner); however her hair is very thin on top (you can clearly see through to her scalp and there is no way to do a “comb over” — just not enough hair).
The hair on sides and back is fine (normally thick).
My question is:
Is she old enough to consider a hair transplant?
I’ve read that it is generally preferred to be 25 years or older (???), however I am concerned that female hair loss is a serious social burden that will be especially difficult through the remainder of her high school and college career.
I’d really like to be able to help her now.
Thanks,
Thank you for your letter. Hair loss can be difficult to deal with at any age but it can be particularly hard for a young woman. Before addressing the possibility of surgery there are some other issues that should be mentioned. I think it‘s important that she had the work up to evaluate hormone levels even though it sounds as if this isn’t the primary issue related to her hair loss. Other common medical conditions that can contribute to hair loss are iron deficiency anemia and thyroid function abnormalities. She should be seen by her primary care physician to rule out these treatable causes of hair loss. If she is having any other medical signs or symptoms they should be discussed with the physician even if they seem unrelated to hair loss such as skin or nail problems as they may point to a genetic condition.
A family history of hair loss, especially in the females, may be a contributing factor. However, even with a strong family history, it would be uncommon for a female to start having hair loss at 11 years of age due to female pattern alopecia. You might check to see if there are any females on either side of the family that experienced hair loss at a very early age.
Probably the most important piece of advice I can offer is that your daughter should be seen by a medical professional that is experienced in the diagnosis of hair loss disorders and well versed in the medical and surgical treatment of hair loss. It is very important that the reason your daughter is losing or has lost her hair is established so that the proper treatment plan can be devised.
我女兒脫髮了，但是她只有15歲，這會不會有點太早了？
我女兒今年15歲，她在大約10歲的時間已經開始有脫髮和比較嚴重的生粉刺現象.我帶她到醫院做了各种血液化驗和荷爾蒙測量，但是都沒有確切的診斷結果，所有的診斷結果似乎都在正常範圍以內.通過吃藥我們已經很好的緩解了粉刺的出現，但脫髮問題依舊揮之不去，雖然她的脫髮情況現在再更加要重（沒在現有稀薄頭髮的基礎上繼續脫髮了），但她頭頂的頭髮真的太少了，已經可以直接看到她的頭皮了…
我想問的是，以她現在的年齡來看，她的脫髮問題嚴重麼？我看報導說，脫髮問題通常出現於年齡在25歲或25歲以上吧？女性脫髮真的是一個很嚴重的社會問題啊，特別是她們處在高中或大學生活階段的時候，將受到尤為嚴重的影響.我真的希望能幫助到她.謝謝大家！ ！ ！
醫生的回信：
感謝你的來信，脫髮對於任何年齡段的人來說都是麻煩的事，對於年輕女性就更加麻煩了.在給你我的治療建議前，我覺得還應該提到的是，她已經做過了荷爾蒙監測測量，並且結果顯示這不是脫髮的起因，其他可能引起脫髮的情況可能是缺鐵性貧血及甲狀腺功能異常.你們應該找她的主治醫生了解一下情況，是否能夠排除這些可能.如果她還有其他什麼症狀，最好能和她的醫生討論清楚，儘管這些症狀可能和脫髮無關（比如什麼皮膚或指甲方面的問題什麼的），但他們可能代表著某些遺傳因素在裡面.你並沒有提到她是否在接受藥物治療，如果有的話她有的話，這些藥物也有可能是引起她脫髮的原因.還有膳食方面問題，過度的節食和低熱量的攝入都可能與脫髮有關.
如果有家族脫髮史，對於女性這可能是個引起脫髮的重要因素.但儘管有家族脫髮史，10歲就開始女性士脫髮也是非常罕見的.你可以去查詢一下，你們的家族上是否有過女性在年齡很小的時候有過脫髮現象.
我能給你的最好建議就是，你最好為你的女兒找一個脫髮症醫學經驗豐富、精通醫學和外殼脫髮手術的專業醫生，找出你女兒在這樣低的年齡脫髮的真正原因是現在最首要的問題，只有找出了病因，才可以針對性的做出治療計劃.
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