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Hair loss – 7 year old
Hi B and Daniel – My 7 year old daughter had some some scalp itching since last 2 weeks. I checked for lice and it was clean.. but then the past week she has been losing a lot of hair in balls.. even when I just use my fingers to run through .. her hair is generally very frizzy and the ends looks so weak and thin suddenly.. she has good length until close to mid back. I am planning on giving her a hair cut first to get rid of the ends .. what are your thoughts on what could be the cause for this?Also I need recommendations for shampoo or any routines for the frizzy hair. I do coconut oil occasionally and use Aveeno shampoo and conditioner for her . Thank you in advance .
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– thanks for sharing your brand of shampoo. How long has she been using this for? Did you recently switch to it and do you suspect the dryness started after using this shampoo?
From an ingredient perspective, I would swap this out with a better low-tox shampoo.
I’m not sure exactly which one from that brand you’re using, but here are the ingredients in the shampoo for dried damaged hair:
Colloidal Oatmeal Extract, Water (Aqua), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Disunfloweroylethyl Dimonium Chloride, Sunflower Seed Oil Glycerides, Polyquaternium-22, PEG-7 Amodimethicone, Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Polyquaternium-39, Glycerin, Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide, Laureth-4, Glycol Distearate, Lauryl Lactyl Lactate, Propylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance (Parfum)
The ingredients in bold are toxic ingredients to avoid!
Where do you live so I can share a few better alternative recommendations.
There can be many reasons for hair loss. Have you seen this handout in the Symptom Dictionary? It can help identify and rule out possible causes.
If you can share a little more details about her other symptoms, diet, sleep, stress, any medications?, supplements, lifestyle, etc, we can help you narrow it down.
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Hey ,
In addition to Bernadettes excellent tips & questions, sometimes stress related causes can cause hair loss 2-6 months later (for example with telogen effluvium). Don’t only look at the current stresslevels, but check also stresslevels from a few months ago!
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Thank you for responding!! No we have not changed any products. The other shampoos at home are herbal essesnces the eucalyptus and aloe one and Aveda . Does any of that is good ?
No supplements but other than Vit c as needed .diet , sleep is all good and no new change .
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please describe her diet. Is it vegetarian? Does it include animal proteins? Does she have a varied diet or is she picky and may be missing nutrients? Is it more homemade whole foods or more packaged foods?
It might be easiest to track her diet with this fillable 3-day food journal, and upload it here for us to look at as a starting point.
And no, Herbal Essences is not low-tox. Where do you live so I can make some alternative suggestions?
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Hi B – I live in Canada. Yes please .. I can buy it atleast for her . Aveda is also not low tox? She is a bit picky. But generally alright. YEs vegetarian. She eats eggs though. Mostly homemade food. She eats fruits and veggies though.. yes I will work on that chart . Thank you
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there is not any stress as far as I know.. but I will talk to her
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Here are the ingredients in the Aveda Anti-frizz shampoo:
Ingredients: WaterAquaEau, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Chloride, Propanediol, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Babassuamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide Mipa, Glycol Stearate, Dioctyldodecyl Dodecanedioate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/ Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Ethyl Macadamiate, Glycerin, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Glyceryl Caprylate, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Fragrance (Parfum), Geraniol, Citronellol, Linalool, Limonene, Citral, Farnesol, Sodium Phytate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
Items in BOLD are toxic ingredients to avoid. So no, unfortunately Aveda is not low tox even though it is marketed that way.
Do you have a Whole Foods nearby?
Here are some lower tox shampoo options that you can check to see if they are available near you:
• Rocky Mountain (I know this is a Canadian company)
• Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve (shampoo bar)
• Noun Naturals
• Under Luna
• YarokYou can also check the Think Dirty app to help you shop for lower toxic beauty/hygiene products in general.
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Yes I do
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Also if there is anything in particular for frizzy hair. Then it would be great. She has curly frizzy hair
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I added brand suggestions in my reply above.
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thank you !! I will change the shampoos and see
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please do keep us posted and also please fill in the 3-day food journal for her
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Thank you, B .We were on vacation so I was waiting for everything to come back to routine. I will do the food journal this week and will send you.
Also I changed the shampoos but it is not helping with her itching.. her scalp looks fine to me when I look at it . But the itching hasn’t stopped . Any thoughts? Thank you!!
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does she also have dandruff or only itchy scalp?
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she doesn’t have dandruff. But severe itchiness.. that’s how it started
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