Daughter's Hair

She could need more of the animal fats which are NOT unhealthy especially in one growing. Or low in B vitamins which are in meat. I have read a few times that it is very hard to get all the nutrients you need in a vegetarian/vegan diet. Its doable but it requires things like soaking your grains to sprout them (adds nutrients) and being more deliberate about what you eat. I would read up on it and also consult your pediatrician. It could be dietary - it could be something else and the timing is a coincidence. Does she take fish oil or eat fish? We eat fish often and get it frozen at Trader Joe's quite inexpensively.

i would use the conditioner you use. i never used kids conditioner on my daughter. i went from baby shampoo to regular hair products on my daughter. i would link it to the lack of meat. try a hot oil treatment on her or even hair cholesterol. start the multivitamin and try to work some meat in to her diet.

It definitely could be a dietary deficiency, a simple blood test could tell you what vitamins she's lacking. Her body could also be changing getting ready for puberty to set in. She isn't playing a lot of sports or have a highly rigorous schedule for a 7yo? Stress can cause hair changes too.

I had straight hair till I was about age 10 or 11 and then it suddenly changed to curly/wavy/frizzy. It was extremely dry and brittle - mostly because no one taught me about curly hair and how it really needs a lot of conditioner, no brushing when dry, etc. I did everything wrong for years and years. I would brush and brush it - which turned it into a poofy afro. I would do all kinds of things to try to make it look good and it just made my hair more and more dry...it was crackly and hard in middle school. Why my mom did not help me out is a big mystery. My MIL said she had her hair change as well...so I guess with some people it does. Maybe your daughter's hair is doing this...that would be my guess.

I'm a hairstylist. She either has brittle hair that is breaking, or it's breaking from being combed/brushed while wet or some other mechanical force. If it's not from that, then it could be some type of vitamin deficiency, but that will mostly likely be the case if her nails are also brittle.

Some nutrients that can help if that is the case:
http://www.healthsupplementsnutritionalguide.com/dry-brit...

For starters, when brushing/combing hair, do not brush when wet. Use a wide tooth comb to gently comb when dry. Do not start combing at the scalp or midshaft, but at the ends of the hair and softly work your way up.

Also, curly hair is drier, since her hair is getting curlier, you need to make sure she is getting a good cleansing as well as thorough conditioning. I would recommend a spray on conditioner for her after bath time.