 [ Symptoms ] can a flu shot be the cause my 7 year old daughter is loosing hair  my 7 year old daughter got the flu shot in october that same week she began to lose hair its going on three months and she now has three bald spots please help [ Disease ] no patchy baldness is not caused by a flu shot but it can be caused by nervous hair twisting alopecia or a fungal scalp infection tinea capitus it would be best for her to see a dermatologist