Pediatric Tuina Yang Xiao: What happens to the baby's thinning and yellow hair? What are some common pitfalls to avoid?
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Recently, many people have asked me questions about the baby's hair, and many parents always feel that their baby's hair is thin and yellow, and they are very worried about their children's nutritional deficiencies. Is thinning hair really caused by malnutrition? Today we will talk about why children have thin yellow hair.
First, the reason why the baby's hair is thin and yellow
1. Genetic factors
The baby's hair is directly related to the genetics of the parents, and the genetic tendency is more obvious, including the number, color and curvature of the hair. If there are parents or immediate family members with bad hair quality, they can also be passed on to the baby! So you can now observe your hair quality first and then make a judgment.
2. Growth factors
Baby long hair and long height a truth, there are early and late, there are fast and slow, as long as there is no disease factor, most of the baby's hair will develop with its own growth, slowly from thin to dense, from yellow to black, so parents do not need to be too entangled. Usually, when the baby is around 1 year old, or even earlier, the hair will slowly grow out. By the age of 2, the hair was already relatively lush. If the newborn has less hair, parents do not need to worry too much, and they cannot treat the child casually, so as not to hurt the baby. If you wait until the baby is 2 years old, or find that the baby's hair is very small, for the sake of insurance, it is best to take the baby to the hospital for examination, try to avoid taking home remedies.
3. Insufficient kidney qi
Chinese medicine believes that the color and thickness of the hair are related to the kidneys. The Suqin Six-Verse Visceral Elephant Theory mentions that "the kidney ... Qihua is in the hair. "The growth of hair depends entirely on sperm and blood, the kidney hides sperm, so there is a saying of "its Hua is in the hair", and the nutrition of the hair comes from the blood, so it is also called "hair as the rest of the blood".
Therefore, the color, thickness, suppleness and suppleness of the hair are very closely related to the kidneys. The body's kidney qi boom and bust can also be manifested from the hair. If your child's kidney qi is insufficient, it is easy to have hair problems.
4. Weak spleen and stomach
As mentioned earlier, "hair is not enough blood", if the child's qi and blood are not enough, the hair will not be good. The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry. The food we eat is digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach, and only then can the water valley in it be transformed into nutrients that the human body can absorb, that is, "qi and blood".
If the child is weak in the spleen and stomach due to congenital factors or acquired feeding, it cannot convert food into qi and blood, become the nutrition that the human body can absorb, and cannot nourish the internal organs, and the child's hair will naturally be rare and yellow.
5. Lack of nutrients or illness
Malnutrition is the main culprit that causes many problems. Comprehensive and balanced nutrition can be supplied to the hair follicles through blood circulation, so that the baby's hair grows stronger and more beautiful.
Some babies have thin yellow hair and the lack of nutrients in the body, such as a lot of hair at birth, but then gradually worn off, shedding, accompanied by irritability, sweating, crying and other symptoms, which is likely to be the lack of vitamin D in the body caused by the performance of rickets.
In addition, hair color is also a kind of reflection of the disease. Anemia, typhoid fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, etc., can also cause the baby's hair to grow slowly, yellow, dry and dull. If the baby in addition to yellow hair, but also often accompanied by poor weight gain, poor appetite, no luster, sleep restless, teeth grinding, irregular stool, emotional anxiety and easy to panic, parents should pay attention to, take the baby to the doctor in time, understand the baby's health status.
2. What kind of hair is healthy for children?
In general, the child's hair should be dark and tight, shiny and moist, which is a manifestation of kidney qi and sufficient sperm and blood. However, a small number of children's hair may be born with a slight brownish yellow, which is a genetic phenomenon, and if the parents are yellow-haired, it is normal for children to have yellow hair.
The Source of the Four Sacred Hearts says: "He who has a beard is born, where the camp blood breeds, and where the true guard develops... When the two camp guards cultivate their own branches, they will get it. "It shows that the growth of hair needs to be nourished by blood, and it is closely related to the spleen, stomach, liver and other organs."
Hair color is not the only criterion for judging health, the most important thing is to look at the luster and luster of the hair, which can reflect the blood and qi of the internal organs.
If the child is just plain yellow hair, sometimes it is not a big problem, and parents do not have to worry too much. If the hair is not only yellow, but also dry, thin, easy to fall off, mostly belongs to the body is weak, health problems, we must pay attention to it.
Third, what should I do if the baby's hair is less thin and yellow?
1. Wash your baby's hair frequently
Wash your baby's hair regularly to keep the scalp clean and hygienic, stimulate the scalp, and promote hair growth. Use baby shampoo when washing your baby's hair, gently massage the hair, do not rub it to prevent the hair from tangling together, and then rinse it off with clean, warm water.
2. Massage appropriately
Older children can give him a proper massage of the scalp, combing his hair, promoting blood circulation in the scalp, improving the nutrition of hair follicles, favoring the growth of hair, and making the hair shiny and flexible.
3. The baby's nutrition should be balanced
Be sure to add complementary foods to your baby according to the age of months, and correct the bad eating habits of picky eating in time. In the diet, it is necessary to ensure the intake and matching of various foods such as milk, lean meat, fish, eggs, shrimp, soy products, fruits and carrots, and the iodine-rich seaweed and kelp should also be often eaten by the baby.
4. Give the baby the sun frequently
Proper sunlight and fresh air are of great benefit to the growth of the baby's hair, ultraviolet radiation is not only conducive to sterilization, but also promotes the development of the scalp and hair growth, but do not shine in strong sunlight.
Fourth, common misunderstandings in life
Myth 1: Do not wash your baby's hair
Because the baby's hair is thin, many parents dare not wash the baby's hair, for fear that the original rare hair will fall off, but in fact, the hair that falls out during the shampoo process itself is aging and automatically takes off, and it will not fall out because it does not wash the hair.
On the contrary, the baby's metabolism is vigorous, the scalp oil secreted a lot, if the hair is not washed for a long time, it will make the baby's scalp stimulated by oil and sweat, causing the scalp to itch, blister, and even secondary infection, affecting the growth of new hair.
Myth 2: Shave your head
Some parents will use multiple shaving and other folk remedies to stimulate hair growth, thinking that this can accelerate the growth of hair, in fact, shaving the head not only can not achieve the effect of blackening and brightening the hair, but also may cause trauma.
When the baby's scalp is injured, due to the low resistance to the disease, it is easy for bacteria to invade the scalp, causing scalpitis or folliculitis, which will affect the normal growth of hair.
This is why many parents wonder why their babies still don't grow hair after shaving their heads.
Tips: If you still want to shave your head, it is recommended that the baby boy is best cut into a small flat head of 0.5-1 cm, while the baby girl only needs to cut her hair shorter, do not blindly shave the head. Especially when the weather is hot, it is easy to sweat, and bacteria are more likely to invade the skin bag.
Myth 3: Apply ginger liquid
Some parents will take it for granted that rubbing the scalp with ginger and applying ginger liquid to the scalp is actually very undesirable! After all, the surface of the baby's scalp is still very fragile, how can it withstand the stimulation of ginger liquid? In the long run, this stimulation of the scalp will not only not promote hair growth, but may also stimulate hair loss more seriously.
Note: Individual mothers will also listen to rumors of smearing drugs such as "hair growth essence" and "hair growth spirit" on the baby's scalp, hoping that the baby can grow thick hair, it should be known that this kind of drug is not suitable for the young scalp of infants and young children, and even bring adverse consequences!