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    Unhappy 12 year old daughter with hair loss/thinning

    I'm heartbroken. My daughter just turned 12 and has been experiencing severe hair thinning for about a year and a half. Her part is widening from her forehead all the way to the back/top of her head, and it's getting worse. Her hair is very limp and oily and she has many waxy flakes on her scalp; shampooing does nothing for the flakes and keeps the oil away for just a day. She saw a dermatologist in May of 2008, and the bloodwork showed her free testosterone level at 1.0, in July of 2008 it went to 2.7. Her ferratin was at 37, her Thyrotropin at 1.82 and free T4's at 14. The dermatologist told me that the testosterone levels were low, but that the bloodwork in general was fine. The thinning intensified and I'm now at a naturopathic doctor, who is checking her DHT levels and has put my daughter on Iron supplements. Also, my daughter experienced puberty early; by 10 she'd started developing breasts and she had her first period at 11 1/2, but it stopped and resumed five months later. With regards to family history, my mom is experiencing post-menopausal hairloss at 62 (does that count?). My daughter's other grand-parents and aunts and uncles have normal hair, although there is hair loss in my daughter's "great" aunts and uncles. I'm praying that this condition is related to puberty and won't worsen. I'm desperate for direction with this issue, as I'm afraid she won't re-grow what she's already lost. Thank you.

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