Hello I have taken my 2 year old to the GP and I m not sure I m satisfied with the answer. The other day I noticed, close to the hair roots on a patch of his head about the size of a largish coin, what looked to be some kind of food stuck in his hair. I went to try to pull out the food and the hair came out very easily - no resistance whatsoever - my son didn t even notice. It came out in 3 clumps and now there is a small round bald patch on his head, and the skin is a little crusty still but does not look irritated. I m now assuming the food was clumps of dry skin. The doctor smiled when I asked if it might be alopecia and said most likely it s due to an essessively dry patch of skin on the scalp, and he prescribed some medicated shampoo. I ve since searched extensively on the internet and cannot find anything on the type of hair loss my son has experienced (coming out so easily and completely in one patch) being due to a dry scalp. I can only find that a dry scalp may cause a bit of thinning. Conversely, I have read that really in these cases a blood test should be carried out. Am I right to doubt the GP s assessment? Thank you