What Causes Poor Hair Growth In A Child?

Posted on Tue, 6 Dec 2016

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Tue, 6 Dec 2016 Answered on

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Question : My daughter is 3.5year, she was born approx. 3 months premature (DOB 30th June’2013) (Birth weight 801gm) current weight 12kg+. She is very normal child in terms of growth and IQ. But her hairs are not growing as normal she has very short hairs. Kindly suggest way forward please.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Get certain tests done

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have gone through your complaints and would recommend you to get her haemoglobin, serum ferritin levels and thyroid function tests done as anemia and thyroid disorders are common causes of poor growth of hair as well as hair loss.
Meanwhile you can also use a hair serum for increasing her hair growth.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (2 hours later)

Dr. Can you plz suggest any hair serum

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Either XXXXXXX xl hair growth serum or zohair serum

Detailed Answer:
You can use either XXXXXXX xl hair growth serum or zohair serum.
Either of the two can be used once daily for 3-4 months to see results.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D