Mosquito bites on scalp?

[UpNorth]

I have never thought of this issue before I joined TLHC and learned about a healthy scalp, but today when I was out at my daily walk there were hundreds of mosquitos (summer is finally here;)) and off course I got a few bites on my scalp that itches and swell like crazy. I try not to scratch, and they feel better now, but can their bites cause shedding or something by itself? I mean I maybe got 10 bites on my scalp and some parts feels sore and swollen without me touching them.

[BlazingHeart]

Unless you're allergic (which would be pretty obvious - very very swollen, possibly painful without being touched, etc), it's not likely to cause hair shedding unless you scratch hard and damage your scalp and roots that way.

~Blaze

[dollyfish]

Just wanna say that EVERYONE is allergic, and that's why bites swell, but some are more allergic than others.

But yeah, you should be fine. The bite in-and-of itself won't cause any hair problems. Only indirect things, like damage from itching. I recommend spot-treating with a tiny bit of aloe. That usually helps me at least.

[Wavelength]

My husband's a longhair, and he's quite allergic to mosquitoes (poor guy). He gets a lot of nasty swollen bites every summer which I treat with herb robert, (a.k.a. cranesbill, which fortunately grows wild around here). He gets bites on his scalp as well but so far it's never affected his hair growth.