Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

My daugther is 10 years old and is losing hair already. Is that a bad thing?

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

when i was about 13 i went through a period when i lost a ton of hair. At first it seemed to be just when i went to comb it after a shower - i would have a thick handful out every time. My hairdresser told me to go to the doctor, just in case. The doc said not to worry, its not that unusual, and was likely from stress or a recent sickness. These things can mess with the normal rate that hair falls out, so that a whole bunch comes out all at once.

THe whole episode lasted about 3 months, and i ended up losing about 1/4 of my hair. i couldnt tie my hair back, because you could actually see the stubble where the hair was coming back in. It was rough for a while, but my hair all grew back, thick and healthy.

So, i would recommend going to a doctor just in case. But tell your daughter not to worry, because it should go away by itself and everything will grow back.

Hope this helps.

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

Hair loss in cancer patients usually comes from chemotherapy side effects.

But there are a number a reasons she could be losing her hair. It could be caused by allergies, something lacking in her diet, stress, Lupus or other autoimmune illnesses, reaction to medication...

Just about anything.

Please take her to a competent MD.

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

probably not, and if someone losing their hair does have cancer, it doesn't have anything to do with losing the hair. Hair loss sometimes occurs as a side effect to chemotherapy. Because chemotherapy is a fairly common treatment for cancer, baldness has been associated with cancer. However, the disease itself does not cause the baldness.

A few individuals start losing their hair naturally at a very early age. I first noticed mine going at 25, and know people who lost it much earlier.

It is quite unusual for a female to lose hair that young, however. it's probably not cancer, but it might be a medical condition. Definitely see a doctor.

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

hair loss for cancer happens at the end of the treatment. if u had it like a month go and ur hair is fallin out now NO u dont haev cancer this stage happends like 5-6 months after u were seen with it. and ur hair is prob. just fallin out of stress or home prob. i hope this helped

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

is she losing her hair, or pulling it out?

usually some things that cause hair loss besides hair pulling are hormonal, vitamin deficiency, stress.

Certain diseases can also cause hair loss (ones that actually affect the hair follicule or dieases such as thryoid disease, liver disease and a few others. I would get her a complete check up.

Do you have cancer if you lose hair at a young age like a tween or teen?

no,not in necessary.

diet could be the cause.